Isabella Button Ruined My Life!

TODAY'S BIG STORY: Isabella Button! A few weeks ago, Riley and I had a visitor, and her name is Isabella Button or Bella, for short.  Bella is a six-month-old cockapoo puppy that I attempted to foster with the possibility of adopting.  However...big, big sigh...after three weeks, I knew that I could not keep her on a permanent basis.  My adopted dog Riley was not impressed with Isabella Button, at all.  He snapped at her, growled at her, and tried to ignore her.  What I know for sure is that no animal (two-legged or four-legged) is capable of ignoring Isabella Button! After a wild three weeks of total canine mayhem, I decided that I was not the foster parent she needed. The most unusual twist to this story is that Riley seemed to miss her after she left. For three days, he acted totally depressed.  He didn't eat, and he didn't play. Isabella Button had left her paw print on us all.

RILEY RULES is the sign on my front door;

all my toys are scattered across the floor. 

In my house, I am king,

and I always get the best of everything.

I am five years old, and I nap all day,

but my life was not always this way.

I am adopted – a sad-eyed rescue –

but now I am Boss - a spoiled-rotten shih tzu…

until Isabella Button ruined my life.

Isabella Button is a rescue dog, too;

she is a six-month-old wild-eyed cockapoo.

My owner was kind enough to take her in,

but life has been chaos for me since then.

What a mess! So much strife!

Isabella Button ruined my life!

All day long, she wants to play,

and I don’t live my life that way.

I eat my meals – three times a day;

I potty outside, and I understand “Stay!”

I have my own bed in my own space,

but Isabella Button thinks she runs the place!

I have sweet treats that are all my own;

I expect royal treatment upon my throne.

Now, I share my treats with Isabella Button,

who never stops eating – a cockapoodle glutton.

I cannot sleep, I cannot rest.

Isabella Button is a cockapoodle pest!

With Isabella Button, trouble is always near –

“Stop it, Bella!” “Put it down!”  “Bella, give it here!”

Isabella Button scrambles under the couch or finds a place to hide,

when my owner screams, “BELLA! PEE OUTSIDE!”

Then one morning, my owner said, “I just can’t help her.

We have no choice but to take her to the shelter.

She is out of control.  She won’t obey.

I know it isn’t fair, but she cannot stay.”

The very next day, she was gone – just that fast.

Life was back to normal – peace at last.

No more excitement, no long hours of play.

Just me and my owner, and I like it that way.

I should be happy – at least, I guess –

but I have one question, “Do dogs get depressed?”

Today I really miss her. I feel sad.

Maybe Isabella Button wasn’t so bad.

I hope she finds a family she can call her own –

someone to teach her manners and give her a home.

RILEY RULES is the sign that hangs on my front door,

and all my toys are scattered across the floor.

I am adopted – a sad-eyed rescue –

but now I am Boss – a spoiled-rotten shih tzu –

until Isabella Button ruined my life.

Dianne ; )

POSTSCRIPT: The day after I wrote this blog, I decided to call the Mississippi Animal Rescue League to see if there was any possible way that we could re-adopt Bella.  The so-nice lady on the phone said that Bella was adopted just a couple of days after she was placed in the viewing area.  She said that we would be very pleased with Bella's fine new family.  Even with a happy ending for Bella, today's big story is still a little sad for Riley and me.