{"id":1757,"date":"2021-08-26T20:32:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T00:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allthedogsinmylife.com\/?page_id=1757"},"modified":"2025-05-25T22:42:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T02:42:32","slug":"bellas-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/allthedogsinmylife.com\/?page_id=1757","title":{"rendered":"Bella’s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bella’s Story<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Little Bella came into our lives quite unexpectedly.  Ever since we adopted Lexi two years ago, I continue to get notifications from the rescue when new dogs are offered for adoption.  One morning while John was driving me to work, I received my daily email listing the dogs recently offered for adoption.  There she was, little fuzzy face and all.  I fell in love with her instantly and showed her picture to John.  He said she looked like a little \u201cwookie\u201d.  I started reading more about her and found she was taken in by the very same rescue that Lexi came from.  As soon as I got to work I sent a text message to the representative at the rescue that had arranged for Lexi\u2019s adoption.  She sent a text message back to me saying they had already received ten applications for her that morning since her photo was posted but that since we already adopted from them in the past, we would have first choice if we were interested in adopting her.  We went to visit her at her foster home the following day and brought her back home with us.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rescue gave her the name \u201cLuLu\u201d but somehow she looked more like a \u201cBella\u201d.  So that day Bella started her new life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella\u2019s history is a very sad one.  She spent her entire life in a puppy mill down in Miami popping out puppies for the mill.  She probably didn\u2019t know any other life than that of living in a cage 24\/7 and raising her puppies the best that she could.  I\u2019m sure she was a very good mother but those days are behind her now.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our vet estimates that Bella is about 4 or 5 years old.  She seems very smart and learns quickly.  She loves going on shopping trips and gets very excited when she sees us getting ready to go somewhere.  She is very tiny\u2026. only 6 pounds.  She does a little dance at feeding time because she really loves to eat.  At this rate she won\u2019t have her \u201cgirly\u201d figure for very long.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We feel very lucky to have Bella in our lives now.  It will be so rewarding to see her blossom as she forgets the horrible life she had before she was rescued from the abusive life of a puppy mill breeder dog.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella, you are safe and loved now.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bella’s first ride with us to her new home.<\/strong><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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An instant friendship is formed.<\/strong><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Yep…A Wookie!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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You seem to be enjoying the good life!
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You had a busy day and all ready for bed.<\/strong><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Girl Talk? Secrets?<\/strong><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bella meets Lexi for the first time.<\/strong><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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What do we do with all this hair?<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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What do you think about your new life, little one?<\/strong><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Your first trip to the groomer.  She said you were so good and loved all the attention!<\/strong><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Pepper looks so big next to you.<\/strong><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Enjoying the fresh air with Shelby.<\/strong><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Please visit the Picture Pages below for additional photos of Bella<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The links to the Picture Pages below will take you to pages on my old website. It may ask you if you want to download the music from the original site. You may cancel this request and go directly to the Picture Page. Feel free to browse all these original pages but then please use the back button or close the tab on your browser to return to the new website.  Thank You!<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Click Below to Read Bear’s Story<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Bella’s Story Little Bella came into our lives quite unexpectedly.  Ever since we adopted Lexi two years ago, I continue to get notifications from the rescue when new dogs are offered for adoption.  One morning while John was driving me to work, I received my daily email listing the dogs recently offered for adoption.  There […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-gutentor-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1757","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthedogsinmylife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthedogsinmylife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthedogsinmylife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthedogsinmylife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthedogsinmylife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1757"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/allthedogsinmylife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3092,"href":"https:\/\/allthedogsinmylife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1757\/revisions\/3092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthedogsinmylife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}