Getting to Know Each Other

I've been surprised/amused to find that Nikita:

- sleeps most of the time,
- snores like a drunk, and
- chews anything in sight those rare moments when awake
(furniture, ankles, cords of all kinds, edges of staircases...)

I've been less delighted with Nikita's:

- razor-sharp, if tiny, teeth; and
- propensity to worm her way into tight spaces
(then require delicate and potentially painful extraction).

Nikita appears to enjoy it most when I:

- rub her belly,
- play tug-of-war with her,
- run around in zig-zagging lines for her to follow, and
- tell her what a "good girl!" she is.

She seems less-than-thrilled however when I:
- try to keep her out of the mud in the garden, and
- take away the box of treats she keeps managing to both access and open.