Five Photos (Minutes) to Make You Fall in Love with Ella

[Dan Gould]

Say Hello to Ella (Fitzgerald), a Rottie - Rhodesian Ridgeback mix we just adopted yesterday.  We went to the animal rescue service for a different, older puppy but this 9 week old cutie chose me, instantly reacting to my voice and being relentless for attention.  She even very amusingly gave her littermate the stink eye when he tried to horn in.

 

 

 

Oh, and also, another NYT article in their usually silly series:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/arts/music/ella-fitzgerald-jazz-music.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NU8.IO2J.pWLcIn80MrmT&smid=url-share

Edited Sunday at 04:08 PM by Dan Gould

[JSngry]

Congrats, Norman!

[Dan Gould]

Doesn't this make me Chick (Webb)?

[JSngry]

I suppose it does!

[Pim]

Ah Rhodesian Ridgebacks are beautiful dogs, congrats Dan! It’s only going to take a few days before he puts his teeth in that cd/dvd/book collection 😋

[Dan Gould]

15 minutes ago, Pim said:

Ah Rhodesian Ridgebacks are beautiful dogs, congrats Dan! It’s only going to take a few days before he puts his teeth in that cd/dvd/book collection 😋

Right now she is afraid to jump off the couch and just stays there as long as someone is with her.  She's mostly going to be in crate or playpen we set up next to my wife's desk. We're fortunate so far she's zonked out all morning so far. We have to see if playpen next to chair is better than in crate. We should enjoy the weeks we presumably have before she'll jump out of playpen as easy as pie.