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<p>In the two months since I adopted Bella, her fan base is skyrocketing.  Her agent thinks she needs a facebook fan page and a twitter account to keep up with the growing interest, but her agent can barely keep up with her own facebook fan page and twitter account.  Sorry, Bella. </p>

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<p><span style="color: #339966;"><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A sampling of recent <span style="color: #008000;">BellaMania!:</span></span></span></strong></span></p>

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	<li>An exceptionally wise and insightful passerby gazes upon Bella and stops in her tracks while announcing, <a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/" target="_blank"><strong>"I have 5 dogs, but this is the cutest dog I've ever seen!  She needs her own TV show!!!"</strong>  </a>I later tweeted Animal Planet with her brilliant suggestion, but they have yet to respond.  I'm sure they are just swamped with playing post-holiday catch-up like the rest of America.  </li>
	<li>On Bella's daily walk, a VERY HANDSOME JOGGER looks at Bella, looks at me and proclaims, "World class cute!"   Bella and I now walk the same path every day at the same time of chance encounter.  (Just kidding!  Although a repeat chance encounter would be lovely, dahlings.)  </li>
	<li>On Bella's daily walk in Houston during the holidays, a neighbor halts his yard work to say, "She looks just like the dog in the ads!"  I am apparently braindead (which usually happens when I return home and revert to a lazy 8 year-old) and fail to ask which ad.  Doh! </li>
	<li>Vet techs at Bella's vet seem overly concerned with who is going to watch Bella when I am out of town.  And when will I be going out of town next, they ask?  </li>
	<li>Bella is discovered at a Holiday Boutique!  We're minding our own beeswax while shopping <strong><a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/20/day-82-a-star-is-born-bella-discovered-at-holiday-boutique/" target="_blank">when a dog photographer by the name of Amy Gayle discovers Bella right then and there and asks if she can take test shots</a></strong> for a client.  She then hires Bella for a collar ad.  Photo shoot scheduled for Day 113.  </li>
	<li>Sir Paul McCartney asks if he can write a song about Bella.  </li>
	<li>O.k., o.k.  I made the last one up.  :-) </li>
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<p>As if all of this weren't enough, on Day 106, Bella's puppy preschool teacher asks if she can take photos of Bella for her dog photography class. </p>

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<p>Now, I am being silly when I refer to "puppy preschool" which is yet another "Michelle-ism".  <strong><a href="http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/" target="_blank">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong> (Bella's trainer) is actually an accomplished and talented dog trainer hand-picked by none other than <a href="http://positively.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Victoria Stillwell</strong> </a>(from Animal Planet's <em>It's Me or the Dog</em> -- LOVE her!! -- HUGE fan!!) to use her Positively training course. </p>

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<p>Since Victoria selects only the crème de la crème, Sharon is top-notch.  And since Sharon is top-notch and sees a gazillion dogs around the greater Phoenix metro area, and since she wanted Bella as her model, I'm assuming that Bella is the cutest and most beautiful dog in the greater Phoenix metro area.  If Victoria spotted her, Bella's status just might change to the most adorable dog in all of America and Great Britain (where Victoria and Victoria's show originated). </p>

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<p>I will now stop with the over-the-top gushing over my dog and present to you Bella's school photos taken by her teacher, the lovely and multi-talented, <strong><a href="http://sharon.witherspoon.positively.com/" target="_blank">Sharon Witherspoon</a></strong>. </p>

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