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This is Bella
I would like to take this opportunity to formally introduce you all to Bella, our family beagle.
Bella is a purebred, American Kennel Club (AKC) registered beagle. Her official AKC name is actually GEM's Bella Rina (kinda like ballerina, get it?). She is a 13" beagle (they also come in a 15" variety) and has tricolor markings (beagles also come as red & whites, "blueticks" and "lemons"). There were only two pups in Bella's litter, and her brother unfortunately died within hours of birth. Luckily, there were other puppies at the kennel for Bella to grow up with, and she is very social. Bella joined Bella's Mom and me about about a year and a half ago, when she was 12 weeks old. We had lost a pregnancy quite far along, and were recovering from the trauma of it all. Bella helped save our mental health.
Top Ten Factoids about Bella:
1) She was born in a small town near Eugene, Oregon at GEM Beagles.
2) Bella claims that her real name is "Lady Jean Casilbury" and that she is actually not from Oregon, but is one of the Queen of England's Royal Beagles, well-known throughout all of Nottingham Forest as a champion fox hunting hound. (I made this all up, she's really from Oregon).
3) Bella's father "PD" was the Best of Breed at the 2004 Wesminister Kennel Club Dog Show and the 2004 National Beagle Club Best of Breed (really!).
4) Bella has eaten two of her mom's cell phones. The cell phone insurance company has cancelled our policy because of her. Bella has also eaten one pair of Adidas and one pair of Nikes.
5) Bella has a theme song, Tiny Dancer, by Elton John. "Bella Rina, you must have seen her. Dancin' in the sand..."
6) Bella enjoys eating diapers, preferably used diapers. I can vouch for the fact that diapers are not digestible, and emerge from the dog's digestive tract unchanged.
7) Bella has eaten a tube of Desitin. There is such thing as Animal Poison Control. They charge $55 for a consultation, and are very helpful. They said beagles eat everything, and they never die from anything they ingest, no matter how toxic. Other breeds apparently do.
8) Bella has a very precise biological clock. She wakes up at precisely 7 AM, and expects to be fed at precisely 8 AM. Dinner must be served at precisely 6 PM.
9) Sometimes Bella gets gas. Bad gas.
10) When our baby son got his last set of vaccination shots at the pediatrician's office, the only thing that made him stop crying was a picture of Bella.
Bella really is our first child, and we love her very much. Despite the fact that she drives us crazy at times, she enriches our lives in many ways. She is a loving, loyal pain in the ass, but we could never imagine how things would be without her. She's glad to meet you!
Mirty - Bella believes the following:
1) squirrels - chase and bark!
2) Cats - enemy of all that is good. See details below.
3) Tummy rub! - (Or vigorous scratching behind the ears).
There is a neighborhood cat who drives Bella absolutely bonkers! The cat sits directly in front of our main living room window and taunts Bella. Bella barks, moans and cries - "Lemme at her, lemme at her." It's hilarious to watch!
I think that "Max and Bella" has a beautiful ring to it...you know, like something out of the Old Country.
I hope Bella didn't register with JDogDate yet...'cause Max is interested.
Thanks for sharing your doggie "tails."
I'm so sorry to learn of Bella's Mom's pregnancy loss; it's such a personal thing that everyone handles and copes with differently. I can only imagine how difficult it was for you both as well as your families, on all levels. Thank G-d you had Bella, and then a baby brother for her.
She eventually moved and we said farewell to the beagle, only to have the next neighbor arrive with a new dog...another beagle. Thankfully this one has a more sensible, neighbor friendly biological clock. : )
Wanderer: Where's movie night?
Sweettooth - beagles actually have a reputation for barking (or yowling or baying as it is known). Its part of their hunting roots always needing to know where the other dogs in the pack are. Luckily Bella doesn't yowl much, and our neighbors say they rarely hear her.
Cruisin' - well the movie this week was going to be The Frisco Kid but you had to go and jump the gun... I came up with something very different!
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