All in the Family

Biography: I got Savannah on June 18th. I was not looking for another dog as my baby of 8.5 yrs had just passed, but I came across her picture on petfinder and something told me I had to meet her. So I did. Her story is a sad one. She apparently was bred and had puppies and then discarded like trash and tied to a fence in Philadelphia for ACC to find. Nobody knows what happened to her babies...They (ACC) brought her to the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) shelter. She ended up in foster care b/c she wasn't doing well in the shelter. I met her on Sunday, fell in love with her within 5 minutes (and she was the 5th dog I had met that week...I was just humoring my family who thought I needed to get another dog RIGHT AWAY), went back on Monday to drop off my application and check for the adoption fee and brought her home 4 days later. By the time she got home with me we found out that she was infested with fleas and had a staph infection from biting and scratching at the flea bites (turns out she is allergic to flea bites), after that cleared up, we had a small bout with kennel cough, and then to keep the momentum, she got tapeworms which the vet said were from the past fleas...but I refused to give up on this girl, she was too precious and now that she is perfectly healthy...she is thriving! She is almost a year and a half old (her DOB is 3/2/09) and weighs approx 50 lbs. I was told that she was cat friendly but I found out that she is not so much, but we are working on it, and the cat (Bianca) seems to like the chase and seems to hold her own against Savannah...LOL Savannah can be lying on the floor, minding her own business and Bianca will run up, bite her on the head and run away. That's how she tells Savannah that she wants to play :) Savannah is a great dog. She came to me crate trained, house trained, walks EXCELLENTLY on a leash, loves people, loves other dogs (and she goes to "Camp Bow Wow" doggie day camp a few times a week), loves children and is getting along with my Bianca OK for now...she is a GREAT dog who has also just passed her evaluation to become a therapy dog!! We can't wait to show what a great dog a Pitbull can be and how this breed is just so misunderstood! We will be going to libraries, children's hospitals and assisted living facilities soon!