Belle is continuing to be so, well, Belle! Her personality continues to come out as her confidence and maturity grow! She is full of joy and energy and she is calmer and thinking more than reacting! She watches us and wants to please us.... Sometimes her enthusiasm can just about bowl you over! Carl ended… Continue reading Belle – mid September 2015

Team Belle, Belle is doing well. She is much more relaxed and very affectionate! She continues to irritate Cat randomly and thinks getting swatted by Cat's clawless paws is just a part of the fun. I don't know that Cat is so accepting of the situation however. We went on a walk down to our… Continue reading Belle – mid August 2015

Belle is getting herself firmly established in our household! She is asserting herself with the other animals and her spot in in the hierarchy is firming up! I am happy to report we have had a "no dog fight" week! While Emma attempted to rescue Cat from Belle's irritating behavior this week, nothing escalated. I… Continue reading Belle’s third week

Belle is doing very well! I see her confidence growing daily! Carl has commented that he has noticed it also! The list of commands we are working on has grown! Heel is going very well and so is cross, wait, stay and come Belle. She is doing well with Leave and she is listening to… Continue reading Belle’s second week

The pups have found something they have in common....dislike of the roomba!

It is just shy of one week of Belle’s adoption! She is doing very well! Still lots of adjusting going on but she is taking it in stride! She has had 2-3 times where she got upset and nervous; the first time I sat on the floor and hugged and consoled her for about 20… Continue reading Belle’s first week!

Jim and Jan, Trip home went well. Belle and Emma are adjusting well. One small scrabble with lots of growling and lunging and then Dad barked "stop" and they both backed off! Still a few lip curls and passing growls but nothing of consequence. I have been watching them remotely from work and they are… Continue reading We are home!

We cannot express how happy we are that our sweet Belle has a loving home and a wonderful family. Jan and Jim Aleksa  

Carl and Suzanne, Glad you made it to TN. It is raining here right now but weather map looks like clearing around 10 am. As we get closer to 11, we will decide where to meet if we need to change because of weather. If you need to take more time because of weather, no… Continue reading 6/20/15

Suzanne, We will try to keep the hoopla to a minimum. This should be a happy, happy time for Carl. We surely don't want to cause unnecessary stress for him. Not to worry. Claire