Remembering Kaia

There is no sadness like the loss of a friend, and it hurts even when the friend is a companion with four legs.  We had a sadness last week when our family lost Kathy and Eric’s Kaia.  

Kaia came into our lives in 2014 as an exuberant year-old pup.  She had a large personality in a medium-size body.  She was one of the few dogs I have ever seen climb a tree just for the fun of it. 

 

When she and Cousin Clover were pups, they had a grand time running with the rest of the Bagley Pack and swimming in the stock tanks. The older dogs had a hard time keeping up. 

   

Kaia was a champion stick-fetcher and a staunch guardian of her home and her people.  

I understand that she also reduced the squirrel population at the Micro Farm, and recently gave a largish raccoon quite a battle.  Kaia enjoyed life and was a devoted companion not only to Kathy and Eric, but also to Little B, the newest member of the Cash-Vanderbeck family.  She was his playmate as well as his protector.  Little B’s lineage, like Kaia’s, was mixed, but their appearance was striking similar.  Both had glossy black-and-white coats; Kaia was just bigger, with much longer legs.  

Kaia’s passing leaves a big hole to be filled in Kathy and Eric’s hearts.  We will all miss her big pit smile, her saucy sauntering gait, and that coffee-table-clearing tail.  

R.I.P. Sweet Kaia, you had a big heart to match your personality and when you crossed the Rainbow Bridge we all lost a friend.