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The Diary of Belle Bush

Happy Thanksgiving

We would like to wish all of our Dear Friends a Happy Thanksgiving!!



Thanksgiving Delights

On Thanksgiving Day we’re thankful for
Our blessings all year through,
For family we dearly love,
For good friends, old and new.
For sun to light and warm our days,
For stars that glow at night,
For trees of green and skies of blue,
And puffy clouds of white.
We’re grateful for our eyes that see
The beauty all around,
For arms to hug, and legs to walk,
And ears to hear each sound.
The list of all we’re grateful for
Would fill a great big book;
Our thankful hearts find new delights
Everywhere we look!
By Joanna Fuchs

Love,
Belle

I turned 12!!

On November 12th I celebrated my golden Birthday--I turned 12!!
Mom sang a few times to me and we had extra treats and hot dogs (I love those).

Many friends sent me Birthday wishes and I truly loved everyone of them!! I want to thank my friends who sent pictures, rosettes and gifts.
My heart overflowed with happy thoughts of my special friends.

Today mom was saying that I need to think about a diet. I have gained a bit of weight. I will be going to the vet soon and we will know for sure. I do not like the sound of this. I'm sure it is not going to be something that I will enjoy!!

Mom says I need to play more, I say bring me a trash man, tractor or Mary Beth's husband Brad and I will play more!! I will chase them and try to make them leave my property. Although the last time I tried I tired quicker. These years are starting to catch up with me. I allowed mom to catch me without having to chase me.

I enjoyed my Birthday, come next year I will be a teen-ager!! That sounds like fun.

Love,
Belle

I'm being talked about

You know there are people out there who say that I am retarded. All because I bark at tractor tires and try to nip once in a while. I am just misunderstood. I am a border collie mix. I was made to herd sheep or other animals. Even the vet said that I am just wanting to keep my family where they should be; and everything else off of our property. I have never hurt anyone, just a nip on the heel. The first time this happened, my human sis Mary Beth was being shoved around by her cousin (a bigger girl) and I did not like that; so I nipped her heel. That was when the vet told my mommie that I was protecting Mary Beth.
One other time was when Mary Beth's uncle came in my area, he laughed at me and said go ahead it wouldn't hurt him (he had big boots on) and he encouraged me to nip his boot. The last time was Mary Beth's boyfriend (her husband now). He was coming up the ramp and he says I nipped him (they had just been canoeing and had tipped the canoe and were wet and muddy) he did not have shoes on. No one really knows if I was trying to get him to leave my property or if I was trying to let him know that I accepted him as part of the family. Well he tells everyone that I am retarded. I don't appreciate that and it is so unkind to say such things. Mommie says that it is not true and that if she had known how much I liked to herd, she would tried to find me a home on a farm. But she would have missed me seriously. People need to not judge so quickly before giving us a chance. Get to know us before you make judgment on us. :) Belle