Loving Memory of Bella

Bella's Only Love

for Daichi

Nana and baby Prilly

"Nice.. blown dry after bathing"

Once upon a time....

There was a beautiful puppy, aged 3 months old coming to our family.

According to her birtrh certificate, her name was BELLA which means Beautiful in Italian.

Her mother was a Japanese Pomeranian and the father was of the same kind from Surabaya

Bella and her newborn baby, Prilly

Bella (left) and her first and only love Daichi (right)



Daichi growing up together with Bella

Infant Prilly, soundly sleeping

Prilly in action

Prilly a bit rough, on my lap

She was a Pomeranian. Cute, good, silent, shy, adorable, and liked to be cuddled so much. Very close to Deki and Nana. She had been "single" for almost 10 years old until we finally found a match for her: Miki (read: Mai Ki).

But to our surprise, she didn't seem to love him all her life. (Perhaps she had loved Daichi only, our first Puppy with whom she grew up together, and who died of Leptospirosis a few years afterwards).

For many times we saw Miki try hard attract her to mate her, and yet never succeeded. Bella was too "rough" for him in protecting herself from Miki's sexual approach.

It was a frustration, not only for Miki but also for us who were waiting for a chance for Bella to have babies from him!

One day, Miki got sick. We went to the vet. and found out that Miki had lost his penis! It sounded funny but strange! The vet. and we thought that it must have been Bella! It could be that for once Miki tried to mate her, but because she would avoid him as usual, but that he forced her, Bella attacked back and possibly bit off the penis. Then it got infected.

A few months later while Miki had got some treatment from some vets, one early morning, I heard small queeks. I thought it was Bella. But then Deki found Bella trying to bite off a string-like thing that connected her with a mouse-like thing! Its coloured was dark and was wet. Then Deki said, "Bella has a baby!".......

Everyone suddenly stopped doing things to see what was happening in Bella's cage. Yes, I saw a tiny baby being thrown from one side to another, up and down. The baby squeeked on and on. Bella was trying to cut the cord off.

A few minutes later, while I was preparing a basket for Bella and her baby, I just realized, we had never known when she first got pregnant! And the father to the baby must have been Miki. Poor Miki! He had no chance to mate any other female dogs anymore...

The baby was named Prilly, more to remind us of the month she was born (April). It was amazing to see Prilly grow, and to see her able to progress, from a tiny thing to a beautiful naughty puppy. She was given away to a friend and we never heard of her anymore.

But Bella continued to live with us until she got very old with only one tooth left, and eyes getting blind. Her voice seemed to also disappear. But she knew well we loved her no less.

One day, at dawn, our gardener Wagi, who had taken care of Bella's cage everyday, found Bella dead in her cage. She had got a good life, blessed love from everyone of us. I hope, if there is life after death, she would have another happier life and a mate pleasant to her. I know she had never liked Miki.

Her body was covered with a piece of pure white cloth and was burried in the grave on a piece of ground near our house. Her grave was covered by colourful flowers picked from my mother's garden. She would rest in peace.

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