Chi Chi - Brussels Griffon pet dog on the sitcom FOR YOUR LOVE/NBC/1998-99. On the show, the confused three-year-old male pup is called different names (Chi-Chi and Thor) by its newlywed owners Mel & Melina Ellis (James Lesure and Holly Robinson Peete). The dog's real name is Jill. She also appeared in the hit film As Good As It Gets (1997) as Verdell, the tiny dog owned by Greg Kinnear that Jack Nicholson dumps down a garbage chute. Jill was trained by Roger Schumacher.