Bella's First Week

Bella has transitioned well into her new home and is now showing an interest in play (she was pretty mellow the first two days... not sure if she wasn't feeling well, a bit sad about missing her pup, or just the trauma of all the new things happening at once).  Now she is very energized about going on her walks and loves to play with her "toys," two in particular: a small tug rope and a small stuffed mouse cat toy.  She loves to play fetch with the mouse.  Here's a cute video of her:

Other updates: she is definitely housebroken.  She hasn't had a single accident and has a regular bathroom schedule (meaning I know that she'll need to go #2 on our second walk in the morning, after breakfast, and again later in the evening, after dinner).

As I mentioned in my first blog, she does know her name and comes immediately when called.  We are working on "sit" and "quiet" (she likes to try to scare the big dogs on our walks).  Today, she "quiet"ed very well when we walked past a house with two very barky dogs and as soon as she started barking and I told her to "quiet," she did and continued to walk past the house ignoring them.  Then, when we walked past again on our way home, she ignored them again.