I regret to announce that Bela, our faithful friend of 14 years, was put down today. We lost another dog, Gretel, back in July and Bela was still working hard to guard our house when we began to notice that she appeared to be very sick and was in a lot of pain, even though she was trying her best to ignore it. I would like to think that passing was kind of a mercy, but I’m really going to miss this faithful old friend.