Goodbye, Bhindi girl | FlannelEnigma

On December 28, 2025, we said goodbye to our Bhindi: the OG, Big Dog, Bhindi dog. Bhindi do. Bhindi Lu.

She will always be there bestest girl ever. She completed our family and made our lives immeasurably better in all possible ways.

She was. a goofball who hated new people and loved the ones she knew. She loved her besties Bubba and Liz, both of whom are waiting on the other side of the. rainbow bridge, where no scary strangers lurk. Just her and her friends.

Bhindi's first day at her forever home. The yard she loved to lay in.
Hanging out in the neighbored and looking for stray french fires.
Meeting one of her besties, Bubba (RIP), for the first time.
Surveying the landscape in Virginia's mountains for the first time.
Watching her dad watch football and suffering an Arsenal scarf (good luck dog, Arsenal won).
Hanging out in the yard at her Annie's in VA with her cousin Laurel.
Hanging out with her best, bestiest, bestie Liz. They ran around the yard and the house a lot together. They get to run again.
First time in Michigan. What's the snow stuff? (She loved the snow.) "No, Mom, I'm not going down the slide."
Looking at the Shenandoah valley from the parkway. She loved it up here.
She liked the beach too. Dug in the sand like show. Here, at Folly Beach, but she also loved Amelia Island.
"I'm going to roll around in just a minute."
Hanging with Hank, her human bestie. He's gotten so big now.
Hanging out in the office hard at work or hardly working.
Bhindi loved her snow. Favorite thing ever.
The sentinel of the front yard.
Hanging on the stoop sentineling. Master of all she surveys.
Watching Dad fly fish on Fightingtown Creek. Wasn't the first time, but it was the last.
Last trip to the top of the mountains. Shenandoah National Park and the Skyline Drive.
Getting greetings from both her and Emmy arriving at home.
Walking with Emmy and Dad with the Macinac. Bridge and Great Lakes in the background on Mackinac Island.
Last trip to Michigan. That's a big lake there, even though she had very little interest in such waters.
Dogpile with Emmy and Mom.
Her first portrait with her sister Emmy.
Hanging out in the hall in their usual positions.
"Dad, it's suppertime." Every night during the evening news.
Family portrait whilst still able to run with Emmy dog. Thanks to David Feldstein.
A good rest before end.
Goodnight sweetest of dogs.
Ghost print of her nose, which was usually pressed up against me at suppertime.

Bhindi found her forever home a little more than a year after she was born into bad circumstances near Griffin, Georgia. The original rescuer had developed a sever allergy to dogs, and so she came to us after being rescued, but still confined to one room of her old house. She arrived here in a crate too small for her, and crates were shortly a thing of the past as she took ownership of our home.

Given her behavior, I can only shudder to think imagine what she had been through. It took about a week for her to come to Kris for pets. It took her even longer to trust me (as I was on the road for work a lot). She wouldn’t be within 10 feet of me for a few weeks.

But. then she lived, and she lived a long full, happy, loved life. From recognizing her friends after the initial barking when they arrived, to. playing with her other canine friends: Bubba, Liz, and Steph (and finally, Emmy).

You will be missed. The sweetest bestest good girl ever.