Happy Birthday Bella!

Today we are celebrating Bella's First Birthday! She was bred by our friends, Beth and Genti Shero, and is out of our FC Tom vom Linteler-Forst and  FC Mae von Munterkeit, who was bred by Dale Clifford. Mae is a daughter of  Jessie von Moosbach-Zuzelek aka "Sabrina", a three-time winner of Deer Search's blood tracking competition. I have always liked Mae a lot. By the way, to see Mae and her sister Mariel swimming click here. It is a nice video.

Bella reminds me much more of Tommy than Mae. At no more than 18 lbs she is much smaller than her mother, which is a good thing, but not as laid back as Mae is. Her high energy level, excitability are very much like Tommy's. Her conformation is more of Tommy's than Mae's. Bella  is very talented and very engaging, and we are lucky that the only female in the litter of three ended up with us.

Below are some pictures of Bella taken in the last few days.

This picture shows the next generation of born-to-track dachshunds. On the left we see a ten-month-old Sky, and Bella is on the right.