BellaBear's Two Favorite Times of Day

1. Going for her morning walk with me. She gets so excited when I get my shoes & coat on and grab her leash from the car. I have a hard time getting the leash attached to her collar because she's so wiggly. I let her lead the pace but she almost never pulls. I let her sniff around at whatever catches her attention (except garbage and other dog's business, of course). She knows when we are passing by her friend Zoey's house even though we're on the other side of the street. She looks forward to seeing (and sniffing) her other friends when they are outside like the Wonder Twins, Stalker, Mr. French and Buddy (only Buddy is an actual name, the others I made up). And Bella is so good, she rarely poops on our walks but when she does, it's usually in the vacant lot. When we get home, she happily lays down on her bed or ours and takes a little nap.
2. Her other favorite time is when mom comes home from work. Usually, and especially in the summertime, Bella will hear the car pull up in the drive-way, leap from her resting spot and head to the backdoor to wait for Kimm to come in. We don't know if it has something to do with her hip surgery or not, but when Bella gets excited, she doesn't just wag her tail - she wags her whole back-end! It's the funniest thing to watch. Then, after a couple kisses, Bella & Kimm usually start singing. I'll have to ask Kimm if she remembers how she discovered Bella's "singing" ability but if Kimm says "I love you" or "do you want to sing?" Bella will start to howl like a wolf. The neighbors must think we have a pack of wild dogs living in our house. The two of them howl, I mean sing, for a while, then once again, Bella will settle into one of her favorite resting spots, happy to have had another day of fun and company with "mom & dad."