RIP Bela

Dunderhead27 · Post by **Dunderhead27** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:12 am

R.I.P bela....
she was the best poodle ever, Al did a lot with her.
She will always be on the poodlehat cover for millions of people to see.

-Tyler

Post by **Stupidhippie** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:36 am

Oh wow! I can't believe I'm reading this so late after everyone else. Such sad news. It's never easy to lose a furry member of the family. My girls are not going to be very happy when they hear this.

Post by **Squirrelygirl** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:49 pm

Does anyone know what happened to cause her demise?

Post by **The Doctor** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:18 pm

Most likely old age...

Post by **Diva** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:29 pm

She had just turned twelve, that's pretty impressive for a a dog.

Cheers, Diva
envisioning Bela at the Rainbow Bridge with the other furkids

Post by **weirdallie27** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:11 am

Yea, but not terribly old for a small dog like her.

*worries about her small dog*

~Allison

Post by **algonacchick** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:28 pm

Allison, I just checked out a site called dogbreeds.com, and the life expectancy of a toy poodle is 12-15 years. Unfortunately, Bela was lost on the short end of that span. Yorkies have the same life expectancy. Perhaps yours will make it towards the 15 year mark, or even longer. It is sad that Bela is gone, but we all know she was loved.

Post by **Kristine** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 4:57 pm

This wasn't a sudden thing- she had been sick for quite some time. Otherwise she probably could have lived to 15.

Post by **algonacchick** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 5:10 pm

Aww, I didn't know that. Well, then she is in a better place now.

Post by **weirdallie27** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 3:03 am

algonacchick @ Nov 7 2007, 08:28 AM wrote: Allison, I just checked out a site called dogbreeds.com, and the life expectancy of a toy poodle is 12-15 years. Unfortunately, Bela was lost on the short end of that span. Yorkies have the same life expectancy. Perhaps yours will make it towards the 15 year mark, or even longer. It is sad that Bela is gone, but we all know she was loved.

I kinda doubt he'll make it that long, unfortunately. His kidneys are bad. He turned 11 in September.
I'm sorry to hear that Bela was ill for a while. I hope she didn't suffer too much.

~Allison