Trailboss, take good care of Bella in her final yrs. I'm sure she has earned it.
Cochise used to go everywhere with me. A couple times a month, maybe more I would stop and treat him to a couple of plain cheeseburgers usually from Sonic. He even knew the word cheeseburger. In the summertime I would stop & buy him an ice cream cone, sit and hold it for him while he ate it. When he died just a few months short of 15 yrs he had really lived out his full life expectancy, maybe even a few months more. But for a very long time after, I really beat myself up thinking that if I hadn't given him those cheeseburgers & ice cream treats maybe I could have had him with me for a couple more years. I know logically it wouldn't have made any difference but it is still something I have a hard time letting go of. And I haven't eaten a Sonic cheeseburger since!