Raising Belle

Dog-eared

Belle gets jealous when someone else sits next to me.

(Not the best quality iPhone shot, but clever of Sylvie to catch the moment. I think.)

Six months old today

You can clearly see from the first pic below that Belle is fast becoming a mature, responsible member of the family and is steadily leaving her crazy puppy days behind her.

Just don't click on the second pic.

The end of the walk

I'm not sure which of them got most worn out.

Belle's new backyard

We move on Feb 1st to a new home in Bethesda, mainly because Belle ate the old place. Somehow we found a house that backs onto a secret 65-acre dog park in the heart of suburban Maryland. Officially it's the site of a local radio station's transmitting masts (barely visible through the trees from our new deck), but local dog-owners know better. We went over this morning to explore a bit.