What a sweet puppy! This is Nikita with her new best friend in the whole world, Kimberly Vinnedge. Nikita  is a German Shepherd puppy, born on June 16th and pictured here at her first Puppy Plan appointment on August 23, 2002, when she weighed 13.4 pounds (at 9 weeks - that's a big  puppy!).  Kim tells us that Nikita is getting settled in at home - right now she is fascinated with learning the finer techniques of mopping floors (helping Mom, of  course!) and she also delights in playing with people at night when they really want to be sleeping. What fun is someone who is trying to sleep??  This puppy is going to keep Kim on her toes!!!