Portrait of Kiki

Here's a pic of Kiki - the feral dog adopted by Mike of Animal Ark.
So sweet.

Karen

KIKIMIKE SAYS:
Isn't she just absolutely beautiful!?


DENISE SAYS:
What breed(s) do you think she is??? I agree that she is beautiful and very unusual-looking.

"Unadoptable" dogs find forever homes

FROM ANIMAL ARK BLOG:
04/12/2009 - 8 "Unadoptable" Dogs at Animal Ark (including Kiki from Red Lake)

Those who have followed the blog should have been anticipating this picture. . . it has become a bit of a holiday tradition for us to post a holiday picture of all the dogs who show up to celebrate.

Today, we had an 8-dog Easter, with 8 of the best behaved "unadoptable" dogs ever.[Photo]I call them "unadoptable" because every dog in this picture would certainly have been deemed "unadoptable" at any of the traditional animal shelters in our area. In spite of that, all of them are happy, healthy, well-adjusted pets.This year's canine crew included: Shilo, Manny, Chester, Ben, Meghan, Chico, Tasha and Kiki.

In spite of there being 5 male dogs in this grouping, and there being a lot of food to compete over, everyone got along beautifully. Chico even got his ears cleaned out by Ben. There was just enough canine theft of Easter dinner to make the day extra fun for everyone.

Kiki considers a triathalon

Kiki was a feral dog that was rescued with her littermate Niki. These poor girls had really no future and no appropriate placement. Thankfully they were able to go to Animal Ark after an animal clinic put on by their Neuter Commuter. Eventually Kiki was adopted by Mike.

Pics show Kiki at the shelter and now adopted. What a big difference!

KarenUPDATE FROM MIKE
For the dogs in my house, it would be great if all days could be like today.

We started the day off by getting a second bike for our dogs. During the spring, summer and fall, the canines in our house love to go biking. However, the humans in the house do not believe that biking with dogs on 2-wheeled bikes is responsible or safe. Since the bikes that are safe for dogs are pretty expensive, it has taken us a while to save up for a second bike.

Today, we went to the Edina Bike Shop and got our second "Zoomer". The zoomer is a 3-wheel bike - two wheels in the front and one in back. It is a design perfect for biking with dogs. We got our first Zoomer about a year ago. So, for the past year, the dogs at our house have had to go biking in shifts.Now that we have our second Zoomer, the whole family can go out biking together. What a treat! Tasha and Kiki can run along with the bikes. Chico (the Chihuahua) rides in a pouch on a lap. Photos of that will be posted soon!

We also set up Kiki's pool in the back yard today. Playing in the water is one of her other favorite things, next to biking. Here is a photo of her trying to grab the reflections of waves that move on the bottom of the pool. This is a pasttime she can do for hours!During the winter, none of these favorite pastimes are really possible. So we always look forward to spring when we can get out the bikes and the pool. Today was a perfect day with which to mark the start of the warm weather season!

I hope all of you got out to enjoy the fantastic weather!