oh yes my red belly is a sweetheart, she has never bitten me. She is very affectionate and funny. She loves to ride in the car and will spin around excitedly when I tell her we are going. She gives me little kisses and tickles my ear to make me laugh. She understands what i say to her very well, but of course I dont know how much exactly is understanding of the language and how much is tone for each thing. I put her under a jacket to take her in the car or next door for a visit to my duaghter house and she is so excited there are happy little noises all the way there. She is a very good talker. She speaks in different voices depending who she learned it from. She also has copied my laugh and my daughters laugh. She has so much character, and so many emotions. When she is feeling something she will demonstrate it physically, so there are all kinds of swaying motions and little dances she does. She has been pure delight for me ever since i got her 17 years ago. Other people have to be very slow in getting to know her, but she will have relationships with them, she just limits what she allows them to do. in her eyes i can do no wrong and she forgives me very quickly for anything.