Bella

Bella was not the start of John training dogs

and there were even times when he had an experience with frogs

Bella was his baby girls , and then he was his

Bella I thought was a she and then I learned she was a he

the name didn't fit, and Bella didn't sit

until John was the alpha

then everything changed ha

We kept the name and John told his great niece Bella that he was named after her

to believe or not, she wasn't quite sure

but after a while she accepted it

as he would only tease her more, the sh-t

She was a little girl then and now she is grown

she can return the teasing all on her own.

Bella came into a home of rabbit chokers

that is what Ojibwe's are called sometimes by the jokers

My brothers wife thought it was funny to put ears on Bella

and he didn't mind either as he was such a nice fella.

So Bella was a rabbit for halloween one year

it was so much fun, I laughed until a tear

went down my cheek

the kids all wanted to take a peek

of the big black rabbit in the house that day

especially as he matched what we were giving away

little yellow rabbits that say peep

or was that chicks that we gave for the kids to keep

Anyway, bella was quite the fella and that I know for a fact

he was the very best trained and the smartest if only I wasn't allergic and would react

Itchy ears, upset stomach and an occasional headache made it impossible

to be responsible

for a dog, or a cat or any other

However, it never stopped John from bringing in another

all his older daughter had to do was say, but you took sisters little boy

Oh no, and then she cried, and we had another toy

for John to play with, who wasn't as nice a fella as Bella

Cooper was nicknamed the pooper, and his boy loved him and was happy

to have him back in his life when with us for a school year and sappy

enough to take him with him when he left as we were planning a new home for Cooper

As a friend of ours really did appreciate Cooper, the pooper.

Bella will be the very best of the rest

and I hope we won't have any more to test

until maybe there is a cure

in the future, at a time real near here!

Then maybe we could call a kitty cat Bella

And we would have as much luck with her as Bella, the Fella.