Sat, 29 Mar 2003 21:13:12 +0000 - from Hannah

Mag,

Here is the first picture of my sweet Bella that I adopted from IMPS in LasVagas. Is she not the most dear thing you have ever seen??? Please put her on the web site for all to see. Much thanks. Bella the beautiful is now a Canadian and has landed on this soil at just the right time, spring!!!

Dogs are the friends, we can only aspire to be.

Hannah, Jack , Brandi and Bella.
(and Annie who was buried in my heart, on March 13th)

Fri, 04 Apr 2003 10:44:42 +0000 - from Hannah

Here is a picture of Bella, the beautiful, that I adopted from IMPS. Bella came to me by way of Air Canada fight 292, from Las Vagas to Toronto airport. Without a doubt, she is the most beautiful little thing I have ever seen! She has a gentle soul and a quiet disposition. She needs love and is helping me work through my grief over loosing Annie. I know I have IMPS to thank for getting Bella to me, but I have Annie to thank for giving me Bella. I know that Annie is looking out for me and does not want me to be so sad, so she has sent Bella for me to give the love to, that I gave her. Getting Bella, is a miracle. She did live over 3000 miles away from me, and she is another match made in heaven, much like Annie was. I know I lost my "soul mate" but I am well on the way to finding another one! Bella is still scared of all the changes in her life and it will be awhile until she feels complete trust and truly "at home" here. But each day is a bit better and it won't be all that long until she is running the fields in "Annie's Meadow".
Once again, thank you IMPS, Bella is JUST perfect. It just amazes me that dogs like this end up running the streets, in pounds and then in rescue, like she did. I can't believe that no one would be out looking for this dear little soul!!

Hannah, Jack , Brandi and Bella.
(and Annie who was buried in my heart, on March 13th)

Sat, 20 Sep 2003 13:51:11 +0000 - from Hannah

Bella, my beautiful Las Vegas girl, who came to me when I had a huge hole in my heart from just loosing my beloved Annie, has done her best to fill the hole. I first had to find the courage to let her into my heart. When you loose something you love as much as I did Annie, you get a bit "gun shy" and tell yourself "don't love so much, since you will loose again". For all of us, that is true, since for all of us the day will come when we have to part. But like it's been said many times before, "It's better to have loved, than to never love at all". It was not hard to love Bella. Just one look at her eyes and her wonderful ears and she made my heart just melt for her. How people could abuse and not care about this soul that came to me in a wonderful package, is completely beyond me. Oh, she had her quirks, like most rescue dogs have. She's not well liked in the neighborhood, since she is not friendly with everyone. I have heard neighbors telling their kids "don't touch her, she is vicious"! Of course none of these people know in the least what they are talking about and it shows just how stupid the general population is about animals. Bella has the usual fears about people, fears that most rescue dogs have that have not been treated kindly by them. Why should she like strangers, when I suspect she has been kicked and abused by them? She is showing her wonderful spunk and courage, by running at them and barking and telling them to "back off". At least that's the way I look at it. She weighs 15 pounds and these people are giants compared to her and yet she still has the courage to tell them to "leave me alone", and most of all "don't even touch my mommy"! Yes, she is very protective of me, just another sign of her insecurities. I know this will lessen over the years, as she becomes more and more sure of her place with us and the fact that we will never abandon her again.

Bella glows with good health, loves to run the fields with her brother Jack. Jack and her have had a great spring and summer. As the day ends, Bella always snuggles close to me. Lays her head on my neck! Yep, she is my baby, spoiled rotten and both Barry and I have often said that Bella was lucky to have found me, but i was also very lucky to find her, at a time in my life when I had nothing but grief and dark days and nights, due to loosing Annie. Vicki Peters (IMPS from Las Vegas) you took a chance, you did the right thing, and I will forever be grateful to you and all those that made this happen. Bella with all her little quirks and insecurities, was just what I needed.

Now when we walk the fields, 4 of us walk side by side. Me, Bella, Jack and Annie, since Annie will always walk in my heart. It's her sun that shines on us, the trees whisper her name to me and only I can see my "little wiggle bum" so happy as she sniffs the tall grasses. Annie sent me Bella to love and for all of Bella's remaining years with me, I will do that with pleasure in my heart.

Hannah, Brandi,Jack, Bella and Annie who is buried in my heart forever.