Ephiny Nikita
Meet Clio's Dog
Nikita moved into a house already inhabited by a
2-month old kitten, and they get along brilliantly. She also gets along well with a second
cat to join our household and considers herself the protector of the many foster kittens
we've taken in, defending them against neighbourhood dogs, other cats, and the occasional
over-exuberant foster dog. Not every Malamute is so easy-going with small animals, and in fact for
many the mere sight of a tiny furry moving object is enough to kick their hunting instincts
into overdrive. Nikita has turned out to be gentle and tolerant with small animals, although
she's always ready to assert herself as alpha with any dog closer to her own size.
Her favourite game was to turn the kitten over with her nose and gently grasp the kitten around
the middle or head -- alarming at first to the kitten's owner, my roommate,
as you can imagine, but all we ever ended up with was a wet cat. The kitten's
favourite game was incite-the-doggie. Most of the feral kittens my roommate has worked with
have taken well to Nikita--in fact, they usually prefer the giant dog to the humans in the house!
Malamute Temperament
After less than a week with Baby, Clio could already agree that rescue Malamutes bond with
their adoptive owners as easily as dogs brought into the house as puppies.
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We've shared harrowing road trips to New York, Toronto, Michigan, and back to Austin;
shared hotel rooms (where Nikita became fascinated with her reflection in a full-length
mirror, silly vain dog); played in the snow; had her undercoat stripped out
by a groomer in Syracuse (I had no idea this was going to happen until I
returned to find the groomer's shop ankle deep in white fluff); we've won
over a state trooper through the use of soulful Malamute eyes; and once again
we're both bracing for a blisteringly hot Austin summer. She's a horrible
inconvenience, I can't imagine life any other way. I'm starting to fantasise about cloning my dog.
And we received our favourite compliment to date from a NYC cab driver who
pulled over to tell us, "That's a good lookin' dog ya got there."
