Chikara is awesome! Quiet and very calm and gentle too. A complete house dog, she came in the first day and has not left the house since! She goes to the door to ask to go outside. She sleeps through the night with no accidents in the house.She also gets along with all the dogs, even my older grumpy ones have not growled at her once. She has been coming to work with me all week. She and Winnie just lie down in fornt of my desk and watch the people walk by. She is good on a leash and with her small size, she would make a good companion for an older person who just wants a walking buddy. I am guessing about 2 years old for her, I will have the vet give me her opinion of the age too. She stays right in the yard when she goes out to go potty, this one is not a runner. She comes right to you when you call her.This little girl is a keeper!