Today's ornament is for my old dog, Kodi (short for Kodak), the first American Eskimo dog of my very own (we had one growing up but that was a "family dog"). I got Kodi from a breeder in Blaine, Minnesota when my mom and I were up visiting my brother and other family in the Twin Cities. I was going into my senior year of college and I knew I'd be leaving the dorms and finding my first apartment. I had the dog before I found a pet-friendly apartment in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois where I went to school.
I found a cute place and decorated it with garage sale finds that my mom fixed up. I know my mom felt a bit better that I had a dog if I was going to live alone. American Eskimos are great watch dogs! My mom had this ornament made for me and I love it.
Kodi was a great dog and he loved Jay when he met him years later. I had Kodi for 13 years before we had to put him down for health issues in Lincoln, Nebraska. I still have his collar and tags hanging in the laundry room.
We miss you, Kodi.
We miss you, Kodi.
