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August 26, 1999

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Niko, the Dog of the Day
Name: Niko
Age: Two years old
Gender: Male Breed: Shiba Inu
Home: Orange County, California, USA
 
   Niko is special because he keeps us entertained with his antics all day long. People, especially children, often mistake him for a fox, and sometimes we'll play along and say that we found him in the nearby woods!

    Niko eats anything that moves! When he wanders outside in our back yard, he'll snack on sow bugs and worms. It seems that he really enjoys their crunchy texture in the mid-afternoon after the worms crawl out onto the concrete and dry up in the sun! He chases flies in the house as if he was a cat, and usually has a successful combat with the fly ending up on the kitchen floor. Hence we rarely have use for our fly-swatter.

    Niko hates to get wet and will not go near a pool or the shoreline at the beach. He is the only dog we know that will "tip-toe" across the wet lawn to go to the bathroom. Again, his cat-like qualities shine through.
 

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