REMEMBERING KODI

On May 30, 2011, Kodi, age 11 yrs and 7 months, took her final journey.   She is now reunited at Rainbow Bridge with her best buddy Bernie, and all who have gone before her.  Ben, Kinsey, Martha, Teddy, and Kita. She is in very good company.

I don't have many pics of her available on line but the few that remain are very special to me. Many were lost forever when my "hard drive" "bought the farm recently". 

                     

Kodi's life passed in the blink of an eye. As I drove her to Tufts yesterday, I reflected on how short a dog's life truly is. It seems like only yesterday this small pup was in the back of my truck and I was driving her home for the very first time.  Our life together had begun. We were official, a team, a family. The best was yet to come.
Hiking, camping, water holes, chasing squirrels and bunnies, double cheeseburgers, vanilla soft serve, homemade dog cookies, and relaxing under the very large rhody bush near the front door. Kodi loved her walks witht the Mighty Mann's, most especially the infamous Stratton Pond hike in 2009, and the many walks at Look Park with Miss Blu and Monette.   Kodi was an incredible "dog mom" to Bernie from the get-go and watched over him during his all too short life (5 years). She was a gentle giant, tolerant, patient, and totally committed to her pack. 

                                   Bernie and Kodi (2010)

                                     VT-Stratton Pond Trail

                                   "Yummee...my favorite!"

                          "Do you really expect me to eat this?"         

                                 "Now that's more like it!"

                                  GRIZZLY DETERMINATION

                     "Where did this come from? Not another BMD!"

                                      "I love you Molly."

Nap under the Rhody bush

       KODI...YOU WERE THE BEST!  WE LOVE YOU NOW AND FOREVER.

                                       CANIS MAJOR

                                    The great Overdog
                                    That heavenly beast
                                    With a star in one eye
                                    Gives a leap in the east.
                                    He dances upright
                                    All the way to the west
                                    And never once drops
                                    On his forefeet to rest.
                                    I'm a poor underdog,
                                    But to-night I will bark
                                    With the great Overdog
                                    That romps through the dark.
                                                -Robert Frost