Bella White

Bella aka CardiB is doing great! We have had an exciting month. We took CardiB on her first camping trip. I must say she wasn’t too fond of it the first day. We didn’t bring our other Chihuahua because we thought we would give her some time to adjust to the new experience herself. Well, she did fine until we started a campfire. This poor pup would not come back out of the camper. The next day we brought our other Chihuahua (Mexico) out to the campsite. As soon as Cardi saw her, she was ready to come back out. We went on a hike and met new people. She even fell asleep on my lap the following evening by the campfire. J She loves everyone in our family….BUT loves my husband more. She is definitely his dog. Cracks me up to see a 6’3 250 man walk, and kiss on a little Chihuahua. She did bite my foot after the first week we had her. She has some food aggression and she challenges my other dogs if she finishes her food first. Mexico and our big dog, Chance, will just walk away if she runs over to them, growls and tries to take their food. The first time she did it to Mexico, I was standing right next to the food bowl. I was concerned that Cardi was going to attack Mexico so stupid me stuck my foot between them…..she didn’t like that and latched on to my toe. Again, that was my fault. She gets along fine with our other dogs. But you are right, as long as they don’t crowd her space she is fine. She acts like she wants to play with Mexico but is a tiny bit too rough and Mexico just walks away. She is also a little stingy with her toys. We have to make her share lol I feel that she may have been abused sometime in her previous life. I couple reasons I say that is one, she hates feet….my husband and I wonder if someone may have kicked her before. She also doesn’t like it you move slowly towards her. You have to talk to her with a happy voice and make sure it’s ok with her before you pet her. Another weird thing is around 7:00 pm EVERY DAY, she becomes really, really cranky. If you try to pet her in the evening, she will growl. You just have to give her her own space in the evening. At first she didn’t like to cuddle. Now, she has to cuddle with my husband every night. We are also in the process of finishing our backyard. Our fencing is almost done, our pool will be installed the beginning of May and soon will follow a deck. She will love this because she absolutely loves being outside. We have plenty more to discover and lots of learning to do but she is getting there. We love her and wouldn’t have it any other way! I’ve attached a couple pictures of her. Oh, and she’s gained her weight back. She is up to 12.2 pounds. She has gained 2 pounds since we got her J

Bella White

CardiB is doing great. She is actually getting ready to take her first beach trip (that we are aware of) in about 3 weeks. She will be traveling with us for our annual family vacation to Sandbridge, VA. I’ll make sure to send pictures J We are pretty excited to see how she reacts. We are only taking her and our other little dog, Mexico. Our big guy (Chance) will be staying with family. He doesn’t travel long distance that well at all. We had a pool installed last month (above ground) as well as finished our fencing in the back yard. She gets to run around free with the other dogs (when we are home) and loves it. She still likes her space when it comes to other dogs but overall has adjusted really well. She still favors my husband (Tony) over anyone else in the family. He spoils her rotten! Every morning my husband will make her an egg (her coat was really really coarse and it helps with her skin). If he doesn’t make her one, watch out! Hahahha It’s the strangest thing in the world but starting at 7:00 p.m. every evening she turns into a jerk lol. It’s her bed time and she gets angry if anyone bothers her. She will go downstairs and bury herself in the pillows on the couch. She’s a very strong-willed dog and even a bully some times…..we have to put her in time out from time to time. L She has definitely found her fur-ever home. We love and are enjoying having her in our little family. Thank you making that happen! I’ll send pictures in another email. Thank you! Mandi Pitsenbarger

Bella White

Our little CardiB is probably the most loved pup ever! Although she definitely prefers her dad, she will tolerate me from time to time lol. She even took care of me after my hysterectomy in January. She never left my side. J We have been doing a lot of work around the house and we fenced in the other side of our backyard so she will have more room to run with her brother and sister….she also ‘tolerates’ them lol So far she has been to the beach once and mountains twice. She is the best little traveler! We had plans to take her to VA Beach on her “Gotcha Day” and St. Patty’s but we had to cancel due to COVID. I’m attaching a few pics. I may have to send a couple in a separate email. There is a close up of her and her dad. I took this from our security camera so the quality isn’t the best. It’s hard to make my husband smile….she definitely has his heart as you can tell in the picture.