November 2008

Sergeant is the newest addition to the Palumbo family of wine dogs. He’s 10 months old and guards the Palumbo Family Vineyards & Winery wine tasting room in Temecula, California, with his colleagues, Lucky and Chopper (who are 12 and almost 15 years old, respectively&#8212measured in human years). Nick and Cindy Palumbo adopted Sergeant at age 4 months from the Animal Friends of the Valleys (at an adoption event at the local PetSmart) for their son Ryan’s 13th birthday and what a gift he turned out to be! Ryan wanted a pup that could run, ride bikes and play with him. Nick and Cindy wanted a mellow pup that would lay in the tasting room and get along with the other dogs and a lot of visitors to the tasting room. After a long search and adoption process, Sergeant proved to be the perfect combination of qualities for the family.

Sergeant is a Shepard/Hound mix (known to be energetic, loyal, courageous and protective). Cindy remarked, “He digs and barks and chews up shoes and does all the wonderful things that puppies do, but when the tasting room is open, he takes his ‘winery dog’ job very seriously. We are thrilled that our visitors enjoy our animals as much as we do and he is a blessed addition to our family.” You can’t ask for better than that!

Palumbo sent us the picture above and the additional pictures below the next one, for which we are very grateful. We provided the captions.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lucky trains Sergeant in the fine points of being a greeter.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Sergeant stays cool by the pool at break time.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Sergeant bonds with Chopper on the tasting room floor.