Today Bella graduated to the status of watchdog. I let her out in the backyard to do her business and she instantly erupted in a barking frenzy. I didn't see anything, so I called her back inside. She continued to bark while inside, which brought my husband downstairs to investigate. Laughing, my husband called me to the window a few minutes later. It turns out our neighbour was putting up Christmas lights on the roof of his home. Bella had protected us from our neighbour. She was our hero!!!! I guess we will have to send Santa Claus advance warning not to use our roof.