PERSONALITY/TEMPERMANT:  Dakari is my little laid back man (I call him "Little Man").  He is the just hang out type.  He loves to be pet, cuddled, belly rubbed ... you name it! He is a magician, though, and hates to be alone, although he does not suffer from separation anxiety.  When he was little and blocked in his room, in about 5 days, he learned how to climb a single baby gate, so I bought a second.  Well, not much later, as he grew, he learned how to climb and jump both (that's at least 4 feet high).  So, we had to rig something up with a base and put the gates about 5 feet high, and also put plywood so he couldn't grab the rungs.  He, however, has never been destructive.  When I started leaving him in the house by himself, he was happy just to not be locked in a room and was content to hang out and sleep.  He was also very easily paper trained and then potty trained.  I left 2 puppy pads in his room for emergencies (it took him awhile to figure out to come get me if he had to go potty, so he would go in his room on the paper if I wasn't right there to let him out).  He only ever messed in my house three times, and they were my fault for not paying attention.  When I started to take him to the sandbox to go potty (when I got him), it took him about 3-4 days to know the back area of the yard was the potty area.  There is a large 10x20 sandbox on their side of the yard.  When he was still very small, he couldn't figure out that he had to go around the fence to get to the box, but he would go to the back of the yard on the opposite side of the fence and box and go potty.  So, he knew the vicinity, just not how to get to the box.  VERY easy to train.  He was also easier to crate train and never as freak-outish in the crate as Takeia.  And I got him at 10 weeks (Takeia was 7 weeks).   Dakari is more verbal with barks, but still very rare.

He is VERY smart, and everything I hoped for!!!  He has always travelled well in the car and has only gotten sick once (when he was much smaller).  I made sure to take him almost everywhere with me in the car from the time I got him.  He is calm and loving, and everything I hoped he would be.  He does carry his tail a little higher and more curved than I'd like, but otherwise is a perfect specimen!