Pet’s Name: Isabella Ragazza Newsome (Bella for short)
Animal/Breed: American Brittany
Age & Gender: Female, 3 years old
Favorite Food: Carrots
Favorite Person: She’s a daddy’s girl
Best Trick: Catching treats from across the room
Turn Ons: Meeting new people, swimming, and hiking
Turn Offs: Not being with people
Favorite Toy: Orange “Mighty Bone”
Last Seen: Swimming in the Chattahoochee River
What makes your pet so special: She’s my best friend and loves everyone she meets
“In Italian, Bella Ragazza translates to mean “beautiful girl.” People sometimes say their dog is a “Velcro dog,” I tell people that Bella is a “superglue dog.” Whether we’re going hiking, camping, swimming, or snowboarding, Bella is always right next to me. Bella has hiked over the peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Toas, NM and swam in the Rio Grande; she has attended mass and been blessed by a Priest; Bella has worked as a Therapy Dog for the Love on a Leash organization in Oxford, MS and walked through the library at the University of Mississippi to help calm students down during finals week; she has been a fraternity dog and happily played caretaker for its members. Bella is the best dog in the world not just because of the things she’s done and the places she’s been, but because she is the nicest, sweetest, most caring dog in the world. It’s amazing how she could go on a 10-mile hike and still have energy or curl up with someone in the floor and sit with them all day. She will do this funny thing if there are people a room, she will walk from person to person and put her head underneath your hand until you pet her and if you stop she will poke you with her nose! She is all around the best dog in the world and we would both be honored to have Bella as your next Pet-of-the-Month!”
Submitted by Zachary Newsome
Reprinted from EAST COBBER’s August 2016 issue
