Leave a bone for Arabella Nicknames: Bella Bean, Baby Bella, Bella, Little One, Short Stuff, Little Bit, PIP, Bella Lamb, Missy, Silly Goose Doggie Dynamics:
Energy
sleepy
energetic
Intelligence
silly
genius
Friendliness
aggressive
affectionate
Playfulness
not playful
very playful
Disposition
anxious
calm
Sun Sign:
Quick Bio:
-mutt
-pound dog
-dog rescue
Birthday: November 8th 2006 Likes: Being in your arms, other dogs, snuggling, her big sister Abby, and toys Pet-Peeves: big burly dogs who try and test her patience Favorite Toy: Kong and the little funky hedgehog oh and SOCKS oh aaand the frisbee (new discovery) Favorite Food: RAW and Solid Gold designed for small breeds Favorite Walk: Around the neighbourhood Best Tricks: Sit, down, stay-ish, watch me, sit pretty, and come(when I feel like it) Arrival Story: We'd been looking for a young maltese dog. Originally my mother and I'd been scoping for a breeder, but the dogs were waaay beyond our price range. There were people asking nearly $4000 for a dog and for that I think anyone except for Paris Hilton would have to take out a second mortgage. So, the entire family decided that we could adopt a dog. Hey we'd been doing it for 12 years, what's a few more? I checked out petfinder.com everyday looking for a nice young maltese, but very few came up and if they did they were FAR away. One day I stumbled upon one named Dazzle who was in North Carolina. We filled out an application and we were accepted, but the process went so fast that we didn't have time to plan when we were going to get there and were stressing out about it tremendously. Unfortunately we had to decline the adoption. Then, a friend of mine called me to tell me that there'd been a new listing on petfinder about a young female maltese in our general area. I contacted the lady a hundred times, talked to her and arranged to go and see the dog. On a saturday morning we took a half hour drive to Pembroke Pines, FL just to go and see if we liked the dog, but when we got there, We realized we couldn't leave without her. Even though she was a bit scared and worried, my mom and I fell in love. We told the woman that we'd take her to the vet, love her, and take really good care of her and thankfully, she let us have her. That's how Bella became our little penthouse pup! Bio: I started out as a super big scaredy cat I was a little scared when my peoples took me to my new home. There was a big guy there, who I learned was my daddy, and there was another big guy who was my brother and they were both so scary! I spent most of my time hiding under tables and running away from everyone.
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I'm settled and SILLY I'm so greatful to be in my new home now! I get to play all the time with my sister. I get toys and cookies and really good food and the peoples really care about me.
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I'm going to start puppy class! My mommy is going to take me to puppy class this month so I can learn some more social skills and so that I can meet new people and dogs and learn new commands! I can't wait! I just can't wait! Forums Motto: Opt to Adopt! The Groups I'm In: ♥ Maltese Mommys ♥, ♫ THE KIT KAT CLUB ♫ ®, ♥All Fur Fun♥, FANCYPANTS CAFE, The 3 Amigos, Agility Moms, Agility, Frisbee Dogs, The United Pug Foundation (U.P.F.)
So, this morning after a very long and engaging walk with my human sister, I took a very long nap. After that, my brother and sister went into the bedroom to play Chutes and Ladders. Naturally, I was interested in what the game was. So, when I trottsied into the room, brother and sister let me choose my own little character and taught me to spin the spinner.
When we started playing the game, I spun the spinner and my sister moved my piece for me (darn those humans and their opposable thumbs). After five turns though, I began to get bored and trottsied back out of the room to Abbey.
So my first experience playing Chutes and Ladders...um...it's okay, I don't know how the peoples stay entertained doing that though.
I was awesome at puppy class yesterday. Aside from the occasional snap at the other puppies (whoops, sorry mom) I payed really close attention and I got hang out and play afterward. Yippee! Oh, my sister was smart enough to pack a ton of different treats this time =D.
OKay, so I went to puppy class today and at first I was really scared! It was a new place, it was scary, with a whole bunch of little smells and BIG DOGS! But after a while I calmed down, said "Hi" to everyone.
I was doing really well in the beginning and payed close attention to my sister, really well, but then I got tired of the HOT DOGS...OVER AND OVER she kept sticking 'em in my face! She says I'm such a "pip", but I need more variety in my cookies!
Overall, my sister said that I didn't do too bad, but I definitely need to learn to pay attention more. I did socialize with people though, and she thought that was a BIG step!
~Baby Bella
P.S. I'm going to be an agility dog, just like my sister Abbey!
