Lalique Pekingese

Lalique is a ten-pound Pekingese who likes to mix it up with other dogs in the park.

“The bigger the dog, the better,” says her owner. “She wants to be in the middle of the action.”

Although the champagne-hued pooch recently learned how to do “a little rearing up” like her larger four-legged friends, the truth is that she is “outgoing, very loving, and she’ll play with anybody.”

Lalique, who lives in Aqua and turns two next month, “likes to go outside for a walk even if it’s raining or snowing.”

But since she came to Chicago last February and didn’t go outdoors until April, she’ll test her fondness for all-weather frolicking during her first full winter this year.

— Daniel Patton