Happy birthday Koda-baby!!!
It’s unbelievable to me that almost ten years has gone by since I brought this little fur-baby home. July 27th is his ten years with-me-day! I was just a kid at 19!!!
Dakota has enjoyed many things through this 10 years with me: the college experience (use your imagination), all-nighters, roommates, puppies/kitties, sleepovers, ear pulls from little ones, climbing mountains, swimming, moving MANY times, road trips, heartaches & shamefully, captain & coke. Silly as it sounds, Dakota has been a great friend to me; always there for cuddles & he never says too much! He’s a great listener! 
I do not like that he is getting older. Not only is it a sign that my twenties have flashed before me, it’s a reminder of recent friends’ pets that have been lost & the inevitable circle of life, that one day I will lose Dakota. Sigh…
His bright boxer brown/red may have left him, but he’s still my same sweet, energetic pup!
Happy birthday baby boy!
