Bella brings me a surprise

**Pam** · 06-14-2003, 07:13 AM

This morning I was leisurely enjoying myself not having to hurry and taking a little longer than usual to wake up. I had gone down to feed and scoop the cats and, aside from finding an orange hairball on the floor, nothing was out of the ordinary. I let Bella and Ripley outside and proceeded to make coffee. When I let them back in Bella ran right into the dining room which was strange because I was getting her food ready. Hmmm... I followed her and saw her open her mouth and something came out. There was no retching so I knew she wasn't sick. Upon further inspection there was a dead baby bird on the middle of my dining room carpet!!

I gasped and she started to pick it back up and I screamed NO BELLA (probably woke up the neighbors) and she actually left it alone. Thank God! She had found another dead baby bird in the yard last year and I don't even want to tell you what she did with that one!

So much for starting out a nice Saturday morning peacefully! Sure got me wide awake quickly!

**Rachel** · 06-14-2003, 07:53 AM

Oh, Pam, perhaps it was a present for Andy and Trevor. Was the next scream for Wade to *come get this thing out of here*? That would have been the case in my house.

Kind of makes the poopies I had to clean up this morning not too big of a deal. My two are so interested in checking on the houseguest that one of them didn't take the time to complete all the appointed tasks outside this morning.

**ChloeLove** · 06-14-2003, 08:56 AM

Ewwwwwwwwwwwww!

And I thought my doggie eating her own poop was nasty...(actually, it is, nevermind!

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**GoldenRetrLuver** · 06-14-2003, 10:00 AM

Daisy has been bad about that too...ive found dead birds that she had killed, in her mouth....retrievers are "retrieving dogs" So, Daisys instincts are kicking in? I think Bella was bringing you a present....

**lovemyshiba** · 06-14-2003, 11:48 AM

I think it was an early Father's Day gift for her daddy--she was just trying to be sweet!!!
Yuck!!! I would have screamed at the top of my lungs too--Kito found a toad last night outside, and I thought it was a rock--it jumped, and he started to go after it, and I pulled him back (I couldn't yell, it was too late). Just the thought of it made me sick!!

Hope your Saturday gets better!!

**KYS** · 06-14-2003, 01:35 PM

I think Bella is part cat!!!!

**Karen** · 06-14-2003, 01:52 PM

Poodles ARE retrievers, she was just being a true poodle! Bleaaaah, tho!

At a previous job, the owners got a lovely white Standrad Poodle pup - Bella reminds me of Lily. We worked in an "industrial park" behind a shopping mall, and if I was taking her out and DIDN'T quickly find something okay for her to carry, she'd pick up the most disgusting thing - old cigarette butts, fast food wrappers, anything icky - just to have something to carry. That trained me really fast! All loose sticks were quickly put to use!

**Cookiebaker** · 06-14-2003, 02:29 PM

Silly Bella, that sounds kinda icky! You were just being generous though, werent ya?

Silly pupper!

**tatsxxx11** · 06-14-2003, 03:34 PM

Oh, Pam!!

Now you have an inkling of how I felt the day Star threw up that squirrel on the family room rug.....whole!

As they say, she was just doing what she was bred to do!!

(Hope you're ok, Pam

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**Rachel** · 06-14-2003, 03:42 PM

Originally posted by tatsxxx11
Oh, Pam!! Now you have an inkling of how I felt the day Star threw up that squirrel on the family room rug.....whole!:eek

Never will I forget that event. I can picture it as though I were there!