Today's dog featured in Dogtown Vancouver is Aki, Edward's pup. Here's what he had to say about him...
NAME: The Mighty Achilles aka Aki.
BREED: Shiba Inu.
HOOD: Downtown Vancouver.
FAVOURITE SNACK: Socks, cellphones, chargers, tablet computers, baseboards, his sister Sei-Sei's head, furniture, underwear and pretty much anything else he can fit in his mouth.
OTHER INFO: The Mighty Achilles was born on February 11th, 2015 in Astoria, Oregon. Aki has been happily living with his Vancouver family for just over a year. Being an ever-impulsive Aquarius, Aki found himself becoming a local celebrity last summer. The young Shiba decided to give his dog-sitter the slip while his mom and dad were honey-mooning in Hawaii. While Achilles was touring the city, galavanting through the streets snacking on garbage and cruising down fragrant alleyways, his devastated parents were frantically reaching out to any and everyone they could contact through social media. Luckily, Aki was taken into custody early the next morning by animal control and returned alive and unharmed! The result from the social media blitz was an amazing outreach from the Vancouver dog-community. Aki would be approached for weeks following by fans asking if he was the runaway Aki; regaling his parents with stories of how they had shared the missing mutt post and walked the dark streets searching for him. The capricious canines folks were impressed by the community spirit of Vancouver and the willingness of strangers to support one another in a time of need. Aki's parents have also created this rather fetching video of pups in slow motion, check it out here to brighten up your Tuesday!
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