Bella

Bella Blue Star

Bella is my new pup .. She arrived April 17, 2001, 1:45am at the Columbus airport. She is a blue German Shepherd Dog and I have been waiting for a very long time for this special little girl. Bella came from an unexpected litter, or as I prefer to look at it, a gift from God. Her call in life is to be a Therapy Dog, and I can see that her personality is going to be wonderful for just that purpose. Bella won't be AKC registered but being a therapy dog doesn't require papers. She is the daughter of Gypsy, a beautiful GSD I found on the internet about two years ago. Gypsy and I share the same birthday, June 13. A year ago when my uncle was in the hospital, he was listening to me tell him about Gypsy and our birthdays and he interrupted as he stared out the window and said "Kindred Spirits". I stopped for a second remembering the story I wrote and said to him "what?" He repeated..."you and the dog... are Kindred Spirits." I simply said ok and left it at that. My uncle passed away last summer on May 30th, which happened to be my other Shepherd's birthday. Call it all coincidence if you will but I don't think so. I am sure I will be writing another story based on Bella, how she got here, the involvement of my uncle and her mother and the Bluedog group. But for now I just want to share pictures of my new little girl Bella, the Beautiful Blue Star.

Bella was only 1 day old here. Most people said she looked like a rat. I suppose I can see why they would think that, but I saw something much different : )

Bella is starting to look more like a puppy here. She has such a lovely smile. German Shepherd puppies don't look a thing like their parents for awhile.

Bella gets a little bored with the picture taking sessions.

She ends up giving us some big smiles : ) Bella is the one in the middle. She loves hanging out with her litter mates. Being the only female, her brothers tend to let her be spoiled.

This is Gypsy, Bella's mother, at a young age, next to a picture of Bella. I thought the two looked alike.

This is the proud mother with her babies soon after they were born. Gypsy looks more like my Zeke now that she is grown.
(Zeke is the one on the right : )

Very Special Pictures made by a very talented girl..STEF
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All of the pictures above came from the lady who owns
Gypsy, Bella's mom.

These are all pictures I have taken of Bella since she came into my life. I must admit, all the smiles and laughter she has brought with her was worth the time waiting.

She is growing very quickly

Bella enjoys her new friends Zeke and Maya,
and she loves playing in the yard.

The name Bella means Beautiful, and she is definitely living up to her name.

Bella sure is popular with the neighborhood

Some people say she looks like she was caught in a wind storm : )

If I wait just long enough, maybe......

This pic shows the black diamond that blues get when their coat color begins to change and of course the other is a bit blurry, but when you are having fun oh well : )

These pics show the nose leather color and the pads of Bella's feet. The last one is a little different shade to show the nose better.

This shows how the color of her tail has been changing.

Bella loves the ottoman. I think it makes her feel like a big dog : )

She thinks she is a model : )

I will wait for my buddy Cameron, and I love to play (lay) in the water.

I am not sure what she was doing in this picture, either pouting, or saying her prayers, but it certainly does not do much for her modeling career : )

If mom had been a little quicker with the camera, she could have gotten me standing like a GSD

Hey! Did you see that?

Bella is growing, these were taken 7-12-01

She is starting to catch up in size
to that big fellow she admires so much

The headless dog woman is making Bella stand like a GSD.
Bella doesn't understand what the big deal is ; )

After a long day of traveling, Bella crashes. It was a 400 mile trip to go see our friend Christa.


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