Charlie’s “sister” Nikki is living with our friends, Margaret and Dave. Margaret took this photo of Nikki. She looks more like a mountain goat than a Keeshond. We do not know if Charlie and Nikki are litter mates, but they were adopted from the same owner. If they are not litter mates, then maybe good climbing ability and balance is an overall Keeshond characteristic (see my post entitled Good dogs gone bad, below). I never noted this trait in Scruffy, but he was a larger dog and older when we adopted him. He also had hip-joint disease (of course you already know this since you all have read my book).


Nope not litter mates. Charlie was born in Oklahoma 1/11/05 and Nikki 1/23/06 in Upstate New York Snow angels kennel. BTW Charlie loved B-day cake!! lol