New mountain dog

simonov · Post by **simonov** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:28 am

Bella

Post by **Taco** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:39 am

Awwwwwww.

everyday · Post by **everyday** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:18 am

Puppies! too cute

simonov · Post by **simonov** » Mon May 09, 2011 12:26 pm

Seven weeks!

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Mon May 09, 2011 2:58 pm

WAY cool!! 8)

HJ

Fart Baron · Post by **Fart Baron** » Mon May 09, 2011 4:04 pm

What type of dog is that?

cougarmagic · Post by **cougarmagic** » Mon May 09, 2011 8:18 pm

Beautiful!! Happy trails, and happy tails!

Post by **HikeUp** » Mon May 09, 2011 9:29 pm

Fart Baron wrote: What type of dog is that?

machine de merde

lilbitmo · Post by **lilbitmo** » Mon May 09, 2011 10:48 pm

Nice to see you have a new four legged hiking partner Mitch, hope to see you both on the trail together

simonov · Post by **simonov** » Tue May 10, 2011 10:26 am

Fart Baron wrote: What type of dog is that?

German Shepherd.

I pick her up this weekend. The following weekend she will accompany me and the SOY kids along the Misha Mokwa trail in the Santa Monica Mountains. Ingrid or I will have to straggle along behind with the puppy, since she won't yet be up for such a long hike. We'll rig a sling for carrying her when necessary.

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Tue May 10, 2011 11:44 am

pretty cool!!!

HJ

TracieB · Post by **TracieB** » Wed May 18, 2011 9:34 am

She looks like she has a white heart marking on her chest. So cute!!

simonov · Post by **simonov** » Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:33 pm

Bella turned 13 years old last week.

She's very slow these days, but she still enthusiastically chases the tennis ball every day. Apparently her eyesight is going as she barks at people she sees outside the office because, I believe, she doesn't recognize them. She very rarely barked at anything until this year.

She's been a mountain dog her entire life. We took her on her first overnight, to Kelly's Camp, when she was three months old. She never made it to the top of Mt Baldy or San Gorgonio, but she's twice been to the top of Mt Rose, a mountain near here the same height as Baldy, the last time in 2017:

Unfortunately she tore a ligament in deep snow in early 2018, and that really slowed her down; shortly after she began to develop arthritis.

She continued to hike with us, but for shorter and shorter distances. These days she can barely walk a mile. But aside from that, and the barking, she's still going strong:

She loves the snow.

Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:01 pm

Good doggyyyyyy! Whos such a good doggy? awwwwwww

Post by **dima** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:16 pm

May she live forever.

Post by **HikeUp** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:42 pm

My dog Gordon says hi...

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Girl Hiker · Post by **Girl Hiker** » Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:07 pm

Hello