Bella is a quiet dog. I still haven't heard her whine or bark. She makes this funny noise when she yawns or when she's trying to play with MR - like a growl/rumble.
Playing. She's still figuring this part out. If I throw a toy or get her interested, she'll play for like 15 seconds - throwing the toy in the air, catching it, chewing, etc. Then she's done. MR will try to take her toy every. single. time. She will try to play WITH him, but as soon as she mouths the toy, MR drops it and won't play with her. He's not at all mean or anything, he just doesn't play with her. Yet.
Bella is mostly house-broken, but had a few accidents over the weekend (when I was home!) she peed right on our carpet in our master bedroom and then about 2 hours later did it again! I caught her both times and dragged her butt outside. Luckily for her, our carpets are disgusting and old and will be replaced. Soon. She also literally needs to poop as soon as she's done eating. We've been taking her out every few hours. I hope she catches on soon!
She is working on manners. She has none. If we are eating, she will get in our face to sniff and steal a bite. We are working on the "down" command. She goes into her crate when the girls eat. Each day I work with her for 5 - 10 minutes working on "sit" "stay" and "come"
Sleeping - since she's an adult, she spends a good amount of time being lazy and sleeping. Fine by us! Whenever I'm on the couch just vegging out, she will lay on me and I love it. This is what I've been wanting and waiting for. Mr. is not a cuddler. Not only is he not a cuddler, he's just too big. There's no way I could tolerate his 105lb body pressed up against mine, let alone on TOP of me. Bella is the perfect size.
I cannot get over how her face comes to a point with her nose. Reminds me of a greyhound.
My favorite part of her is her soft muzzle.
We've been letting her snuggle in bed with us before bedtime. Then we move her to her crate for the overnight. Last night was the first night she slept in our room on our bed, the entire night! She didn't move much and I only had to kick her when she was itching/licking - and that was at like 6am, so it was technically morning.
She is not a cold-weather dog, that's for sure. Lots of her mannerisms remind me of Hudson when he was cold. She has almost no hair on her underside, so I can imagine how cold she must get! When we go out, she is quick to turn around and come back in. I bought her a fleece sweater that she can wear daily and then we put her thunder shirt on overtop when we go out for longer than a couple of minutes. She has run around a few times in the snow, but then I think she gets cold. She was a stray in West Virginia, so it's likely she's never seen this much snow before. Or been this cold!
Because of this - I absolutely cannot WAIT to bring her to the lake this summer! I wonder if she likes to swim????
And, we've established that she likes hats.
This was Hudson's Christmas elf hat from years ago. Mr. tolerated it, but Bella didn't mind at all! And then Ava wanted Bella to wear her birthday crown :)
Two weeks in and we love our new girl! She is still super chill, friendly and just a sweet, sweet girl. I hope she knows that she will always have a family to love her and a warm bed to sleep in.
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