I got word from my brother that a long time Colello passed away early this morning. Ginger (G-Love, G, G-Money, The Sauce) was a Colello family institution, it’s hard to remember a time when she wasn’t in the picture. Below are my brother’s words:
Ginger, the best dog in the world.
7/1/1996 – 11/27/2010
I’m sorry to say that Ginger passed away early this morning at the age of 14.
A lot can happen in 14 years…………………Kristi and I got married…………two perfect kids……………four different jobs…………… moved from Wyoming to Alabama to Florida to Delaware to Pennsylvania…………..and along the way always came our best friend, Ginger.
I have tons of great stories about this dog:
– Camping with Ginger and the Wrights in Rocky Mountain National Park, remember she got scared and had to sleep in the tent?
– The stealing of our kid’s food……..is it any wonder why our kids are so skinny? I swear Ginger practically stalked them in the early years.
– Sneaking Ginger into countless hotel rooms with a “no pet’ policy
– After a night on the town in Cheyenne with Rocky………eating spaghetti, meatballs, and bread with Ginger
– Jason D and Mike K helping me build a fence in Delaware for Ginger.
– My cousin Joe helping me build a backyard ramp so Ginger would have an easier time coming up and down the steps.
– Ginger riding “shotgun” in a 24 foot moving truck with me as we drove from Florida to Delaware……..everyone honked their horns at us!
– Every night trying to “con” us into a 2nd dinner………if I fed her……..she would go to Kristi for dinner as soon as I left the room.
– The kids wrestling with Ginger and playing great games with her such as BULLDOZER and RIDE THE BULL
– Trying to pass Ginger off as a seeing eye dog on a New Jersey Boardwalk……..this did not last long as the cops threw us off almost immediately.
– Finding Ginger sleeping illegally on the couch almost every morning, with a guilty look in her eyes.
– Sneaking Ginger into the drive in movie theater
– Ginger pulling down a pan of grease from the stove and eating it all……..at least two pounds of it!
– The countless knocked over trash cans.
– On a beach in Pensacola…….Ginger came up to us with the biggest, ugliest, smelliest dead fish in her mouth……she smelled bad for weeks.
– The constant stealing of bread from the “bread drawer” in Wyoming.
This dog was truly a part of our family……………and we will miss her greatly.
Thanks for reading.
Rick