New Dog!






We took the plunge and adopted a new dog from the Animal Humane Society. We named her Nelli in memory of my Grandpa Ron Vannelli who passed away last week after a tough few years fighting corticobasal degeneration, a neurological disorder similar to Parkinson's. The wake and funeral were very touching talking to a ton of family and friends and hearing some great old stories. Afterwards Gabe's by the Park hosted a closed memorial and we filled the entire place. More rembrances, a bunch of old timers down to his newest great grandchildren. We had some laughs, a few beers and some good pasta. Just like he would have wanted.

As I said we met Nelli at the Golden Valley Animal Humane Society which is great facility. It's a huge complex that cares for a ton of animals and helped make the adoption process easy with some great volunteers. She's a two year old pit bull found as a stray. She had just weaned puppies and we fear she may have been tossed aside after the puppies but we don't really know. She has a great temperment and just loves to cuddle so we did some research, (more here, here and here)called the insurance guy (did you know some home owners insurances will drop people for owning pit bulls?)and picked her up the next day. She has been really good despite the cold weather which is tough with her short coat. Only one accident, and no chewing, barking or any aggressive behavior. She has made friends with just about everyone who has come over, including the pizza girl and a NARAL campaigner plus the few dogs we've met at Petco and on walks.