Lola Kuida-Osumi turned me into a dog lover. We met Lola in June 2018 when we dogsat for her. My friends Ernie Yoshikawa and Nayon Kang were her foster familia who trusted and encouraged us to take her into our family. I was allergic to dogs and not fond of them at all but Maiya always wanted a dog. We watched her - couple more times before adopting her as a senior dog in September 2018. She was sweet, quirky, stubborn, and silly. She didn’t ever bark or complain and was always happy and content. We have so many funny stories of how she ripped up our curtains while a guest in our house and we adopted her anyways. A few days after we got her, she tore into Maiya’s lunch box on the floor and ate half a burrito and not knowing any better, I took the day off from work and sat with her outside all day working on the porch waiting for her to barf it up (she didn’t). Or the time she pulled a new bag of $17 Dashi off the shelf and I thought she would die of sodium intake. She graciously and patiently accepted Max into our lives in 2021 as he ran circles around her.
The past year has been tough on her as her legs got weaker, she had problems hearing and seeing, and she forgot that you’re supposed to potty outside. Finally, about a month ago, her legs stopped working, she spent a lot of time sleeping, then slowly stopped eating and barely drinking. On Thursday she barely woke up at all and so we had Serenity Pet Care come to the house and help us gently say goodbye. We are so lucky that she allowed us to be her family. We will love her forever.
❤️ Peace, sweet Lola. ❤️
