Bella's Adventures in Making Friends

For those of you who don't know, our family has a puppy, a 2 year old boxer who is the love of our lives - even my dad says that she is his favorite daughter - she obeys, doesn't talk back and is delicate when she eats (my dad's words, not mine).   She has taken over my role of suck up in the family :).   But she is also such a joy and so much fun with a tremendous amount of energy which requires daily visits to puppy daycare and weekend trips to the dog park.  Other than that she hasn't had much interaction with other dogs and especially on weekends spends most of her time snuggling and sleeping.

Isn't she adorable???

So I decided that this past weekend would be different and took Bella with me to a dog park and met up surprisingly with an old friend - Ileana and her dog Bo.  At first I was concerned because Bo has such a different temperament - calm, serene,  and he is almost 84 years old (12 in dog years) and Bella is all about showing love with gusto.   It was damn cold out so we ended up walking the dogs to go inside.  Bella was so cute with Bo.  She followed Bo, made sure that she walked right next to Bo all the way back to my friend's house. And when I couldn't keep up with my knee, she pulled me the rest of the way to make sure I kept up regardless.   

When we got inside, at first Bella left Bo alone and went straight for the food (that's my girl!). 

Since Bo has a sensitive stomach, Ileana kept Bo close to her:

Then afterwards, Bella came right up and decided it was now time to show Bo with affection:

And  then finally, they both decided to take a nap together. 

It was so nice to see Bella make a new friend and be delicate with Bo who is considerably older but took  Bella just the same.  Ileana and I agreed - more puppy play dates will be made and put on the calendar - hopefully when temperatures are warmer as well.  Bella was so energized that she snoozed all the way home and slept through the night without as much as a wimper.   Love her to death and enjoyed snuggling with her this morning when I woke up back at home in NH!  Thanks Ileana and Bo for sucha  great Saturday!