Poor Tia!

Kris just wrote a blog post about having to put down one of the dogs, Tia ("tye-a"), a Rhodesian Ridgeback. It's quite sad; for all his size and legendary ferociousness (when he was younger and his brother Tuskar was alive), he was really just a big baby. Other than half knocking me over whenever he bumped into me, Tia was a nice dog to have around.

I don't have any good close-up pictures to share, so you'll to make due with this one and one from a distance. Too bad you can't see his sad eyes!

Tia suffered frequently from mango worms, which would burrow into his skin and irritate the heck out of him. I've tried to pop them out with Chrissie, Katie, and Amy, but he always could tell what we were about to do and run away before we could sit on him. Pastor Dave is the only one Tia would ever let de-worm him.

Sorry if that's too much information. :)