Kodiak Bear

Kodiak Bear

Meet Kodiak Bear, the newest addition to our family. Unless you absolutely want a dog, don't tell Julie you might be dog hunting. Aaron sort of wanted his own dog since its been a year since Amber ran away and he's finally mourned long enough. We looked into getting a husky here, but the adoption fee at a shelter is $250 and that was a little out of our league, and we were really looking for a puppy. We told Julie we were going to look around for a dog (since it was cheaper to get a dog at the shelter in UT and fly it back) and Julie went crazy. She found us several dogs to look at in shelters around the area, and found us one in Las Vegas to look at. Ollie was the dog in Vegas and Julie went to look at her and said she was the sweetest Lab she had ever seen. So we went from sort of looking around for a dog to falling in love. Score one for Julie! We fell in love with her sweet disposition and great personality. Thank you Julie for your help and the kennel! We never expected so much of it!

Aaron named her Kodiak Bear, Kodi for short. She was an absolute doll in Vegas, but I don't know if it was the lack of heat or she just got used to us in Alaska because she went nuts! She is a crazy fun-loving puppy here for sure. She is still fairly well behaved. We are working on just chewing toys and always coming back, but she was potty trained and kennel trained in a day. She knows how to sit, stay, lay down, shake, and we are working on roll over. She needs work on her leash work because we haven't put her on one since she got here. She is really good at staying right next to me, and behind me every time we have seen wildlife. I wish I were so lucky with Sadie, our moose chaser. She has grown like crazy too! When she first got here, she was about an inch shorter than Sadie. She is now, only a month later, about three inches taller. She eats four cups a day and loves dinner time. She will drag her dish into her kennel whenever she thinks she needs to be fed. She is a lot like Amber in the attention hog, body slamming, lick your face way but such a good listener. Sadie took to her immediately. She loves her. They play together all the time! The only peace we get is after a whole day of playing outside or a five mile run when they both pass out on the floor. Aaron loves her like crazy.

She has the goofiest grin

Kodi taking Grant on a walk

Favorite spot at Julie's house was the fireplace

Sleeping on the floor in Seattle at our seven hour layover. Flying is difficult with dogs because they make you grab them on layovers (try finding a flight to AK without a layover) and you have to go through security and hang out until an hour before the flight where you have to go through security again. Boo! I guess she was worth it.