Bette's New Home

Hi Jon,

Just read your update.  Thank you for including us.  I just wanted to let you know that Bette Davis is doing wonderfully.  She seems very happy.

We’ve kept her name, because every time we say it she wags her tail and gets up to look for us.  Since she obviously associates good things with her name, we’re not going to change it.  Quite often when we get dogs, they either don’t respond to their old names, or they respond in a negative manner.  Bette’s response tells us that she only associates happy things with her name, which is a big thumbs up for you.

She is a little doll, and her personality is coming out more that she’s settling in.  Her favorite sleeping place is on a comforter by the love seat in the living room.  It’s near a heater vent, and under the picture window, so she can lie in the sun and be nice and warm.  If we talk to her while she’s sleepy she rolls over onto her back to have her belly rubbed.  She has another blanket that she absolutely loves – she rolls around and growls at it and digs herself a little den.  She gets on very well with other dogs.  At night she sleeps in the big dog bed at the foot of our bed with Groucho and Gladys. They are a pair of 14 year old Brussels Griffons that have been mates for 11 years – they are grandparents together.  Gladys is deaf and blind, and she and Bette spend the better part of the day curled up and sleeping together.  If Bette gets up to go out or is in the living room with us, it won’t be 10 minutes before Gladys is wandering around looking for her.

She is a great eater – in addition to her own food, she will steal the other dogs food.  They eat hard food, so Bette grabs a couple pieces and takes them to the living room where she’ll lie down and gum them.  She’s getting around very well and seems to be a bit of a night owl.  She becomes most active around 11pm when she’ll start wandering around, checking out the room and the other dogs.  She’s only had one accident in the house, and always goes when we take her out.

Overall, she seems to be happy and healthy.  She always perks up when we talk to her and she’s perfectly happy to just lie on the couch and let someone pet her.  She’s so soft – it’s like petting a rabbit.  After looking at those gigantic ears and doing a bit of research, we’re thinking she might possibly be a Papillon mix.  I haven’t found any other breeds with ears like hers.  In any case, whatever her origins, she is a sweet, beautiful little girl and I hope we’ll have her company for a good while yet to come.

Thanks again for rescuing her and for letting us bring her home.

Best Regards,

Andrea

Comments

[Margaret]

That's the happiest, most wonderful thing I've ever read. I am SO HAPPY for Bette!!!! :oD

[Kelly]

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