While my workday can sometimes feel like the Twilight Zone, the fun doesn't stop there. It continues as I get home to the love of my life, no, not my husband, (love u babe!) but the most recent addition to our family, our dog Bella.We adopted Bella on October 17 of last year at a Petco open house adoption fair that I had every intention of just walking through and no intention of making a purchase. However, if you know me, you would know that my husband was genius to bring me there because I have a large weakness for animals and he knew there was no way I was walking out of there empty-handed. We walked up and down aisles of puppies and dogs up for adoption before we got to the last cage where this perfect little angel was sleeping amongst her brothers. "Can I hold her" were the first words out of my mouth and after putting her in my arms, my next were, "How much?" After being told that she would not be a big shedder and get no larger than 20 pounds (my ONLY requirements) we were on our way home with our lil pup. 45 pounds later and enough hair to make two full toupees daily, we got ourselves a doofus.
After our first trip to the vet, we learned that Bella Bear was half Beagle, which means that she thinks everything in the world is meant to be eaten. Now, her name is Bella, but we've been calling her Bella Bear since 3 hours after we got her home, so I'm pretty sure she thinks that's her real name. That, or Doofie. In the past week and a half she has successfully eaten three bras, one picture frame and just last night, the hubby's wallet. And ladies, two of the bras were Victoria Secret, so you know I seriously contemplated taking the pieces out of her nightly #2 and piecing them together again. Clearly she knew the difference between my Kohl's bargains and the good stuff and opted for the latter.
As you can tell from the picture above, Bells has an abnormally large tongue. I'm convinced that it doesn't fit in her mouth, which is why you can find it draping on the floor, usually to the left, on any given day. She's perfectly content to walk around, tongue dragging behind, and give a big wet slobber to anyone or anything that passes in her way. Which is why, on many occasions, that I've found my behind to be slightly damp after sitting somewhere she was just laying.
While the Beagle traits are conveniently more prevalent, she is also half Australian Sheperd, which accounts for her spirts of being a genius. By telling her only once to ring a bell if she has to go potty, she now proudly prances to the bell each and every time she has to go out. (She also likes to fool us and ring the bell and pretend she has to go potty, only to stare at us and go "hehehe gotcha!" after we take her out for the 5th time that hour).
Everyday is something new with Bella bear. Though she keeps us on our toes, we can't wait to get home each day and see what doofie thing she has in store.
this is adorable!
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