4/23/08: This cute little girl is Savannah. We just got her two days ago, so she hasn't seen the vet yet about her cherry eyes. We'll get them fixed at the same time she's spayed. Savannah is young, probably 1-2 years and is very playful. She is a fawn horsecoat. Savannah loves other dogs and people. She is starved for attention and her behavior indicates that she may have been mistreated at some time in her short life.

Savannah was picked up as a stray and nobody came to claim her. So sad, but whoever adopts her will be getting a sweet girl to call their own.

6/1/08: Savannah is really ready for her new home so she can have her own family. Savannah is a sweet girl and she loves to play. Are you the family that Savannah longs for?

6/16/08: Savannah is in her new foster home and is really thriving. Here's a word from Christopher:

"She growled at Rahner over toys and a rawhide bone but she mellowed
out in about 15 minutes.  I gave her two bones which she ate like she was
hungry as heck.  She told us when she had to go outside and really made
herself at home in no time at all.

She bounces like her front paws are on springs.  It's pretty funny.  She
begged alot when I ate lunch, and when Brooke and I left the room and
cleared the table, we came back to find her on TOP of our new dining room
table, sniffing around.  She lacks some basic manners, but that will only
take a couple days to straighten out.  She's done really well.  Lexie was
a real project compared to this one.  I'm interested to see how she does
at night, especially in the crate.

No problems on the leash whatsoever and she seemed happy to go outside; I
walked her and Rahner side-by-side, no problems.

Oh, and Grace...Grace woke up from her nap and called us, and Savannah
couldn't figure out where the voice was coming from.  I told Gracie that
we had a surprise for her and we all went into Grace's room.  Savannah
started bouncing and licked Grace through the crib.  Grace went up to her
in the TV room and she was super gentle, gave her kisses and stood up, but
didn't jump on her.  Grace looked at Savannah and said, "Where Lexie?""

6/18/08: FROM SAVANNAH:  My name is Savannah.  I used to have a different name, but I didn’t hear
it very often so I’ve forgotten what it was.  But I like my new name.  My
new foster parents came to an animal shelter to pick me up weeks ago
before they also ended up fostering me.  I was a stray because I broke
away from the chain which kept me outside all the time.  There were still
a couple links hanging from my collar.  No one ever came to claim me, I
guess they didn’t miss me, or else didn’t even notice I was gone.

My new foster Daddy says I’m a little firecracker, full of energy and
always looking to give and get affection of any kind.  He says I’m a
“Velcro dog” also, but I think I’m just being myself!  I have never met a
human stranger and I am gentle as can be with my foster family’s
two-year-old daughter.

I’m house trained but have some minor issues with my in-home manors, but
I’m working on that, and you can’t blame me since I wasn’t really taken
care of before.  I love sleeping in my crate at night and I’m quiet as can
be in the house.  I like chew toys and I LOVE food, bones and treats.  I
initially show some aggression toward other dogs that I don’t know but it
is short-lived and I get along with my foster folks’ Shepherd.  I’m really
a great dog, I just have one quirk:  I am food aggressive, but only toward
other dogs.  I think I might get over that eventually, but it will take
some work.  I haven’t completely gotten over my history and still have
some physical and emotional scars from it.  I hope my forever family will
understand that and continue working with me on it.

People (and even toddlers) can give me food or remove my food, or touch me
while I’m eating.  But another dog (even one I really get along with and
play with for hours) can set me off when food is around, or when I think
food is around, even when we both have the same treats.

If you are looking for a high-energy, high-affection Shar Pei with a lot
of love to give PLEASE consider making me a part of your family.

Love,
Savannah