Oh my gosh Aly I love them both! I wonder why Belle hasn't been adopted yet. It is a good thing I don't live in Texas! Seriously, the other day my son was saying that Bella looks so alone in the yard just walking around and smelling the smells and watching the birds and squirrels. He said she needs a friend to romp with outside. We have always had two dogs at a time but that was before the cats! I don't know what the future holds as far as that goes, but I know if I saw your Belle her days in the shelter would be over!!

Yes poodles are great little playmates. They are really people dogs. My miniature poodle used to sit on the floor on her hind legs and then wave her front two paws as if to say "look at me!" just like your Belle at the shelter does. I wonder if there is a poodle gene that causes this because we never taught her.

When Bella was a tiny puppy (not that long ago) she was always in my lap, whether I was in a chair or on the floor. Now at 24 lbs. she still tries to be in my lap but there's just too much Bella these days! She probably thinks my lap shrunk! She follows me everywhere. If I go upstairs to put laundry away, up she goes. When I come back down, down she comes. She is my little sidekick and I love her so much!

[This message has been edited by Pam (edited June 03, 2001).]