We Love You Kaygen

Yesterday we had to let one of our very best friends go. For us it has been awful, horrible, gut wrenching, traumatic, the list goes on & on, we're all a wreck around here...but in the end, it was what we needed to do for such a loyal & loving friend. It's hard to believe that it was almost 15 years ago when John was at the casino & won some cash playing craps, he spent that money the next day when we went to pick up Kaygen...hands down, best money he's ever spent. We picked Kaygen's name out of a baby name book I picked up at a garage sale. Kaygen means little fiery one & was he ever. I remember the first time we ever left him alone, right after we moved into a duplex together...I came home to what looked like a tornado had gone through that duplex. Every cushion on the couch was in a different room and he "peeled" an entire bag of potatoes! John spent a lot of time training Kaygen, he was an excellent duck dog, super smart & super tuned in to John. Kaygen adored us all but in the last several years he became John-Rob's dog in particular. John-Robert is scared of everything, he won't go to the bathroom by himself, his room by himself, you name it...he requires an escort. Kaygen very happily obliged John-Robert in his needs, even when his arthritis was getting him down...John-Robert just had to call..."Kaygen, heel" and Kaygen would drag himself up. Kaygen lost his hearing this past year & John-Robert had to resort to hand signals, he slept with John-Robert in his bed every night until about a month ago when he just couldn't jump up there anymore. Kaygen was a part of our family, we are all better people for having this amazing creature in our lives. We love him and will always miss him.