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Eva's adoption was finalized on Saturday, it is very clear to me that her new family is absolutely in love with her. I am so happy to know that Eva is in her forever home and getting all of the love and attention she deserves.

Eva's Possible Forever Home!

We currently do not have any first hand Eva updates as she trying out a new family to see if it is the right fit for her and the family.  So far everything seems to be going really well, Eva has really taken to her new Daddy and they of course absolute love our sweet little girl.

We miss her here, Max and I both felt pretty lost last night without her.  Eva is the first dog I have placed that it has actually brought me to tears to see her move on.  We are VERY happy and excited for her and know that her new home is taking the best care of her possible.

I'm still here!

I know, I have been terrible and not posted in two weeks!  A lot has been going on in my life, Miss Angela went on a little vacation and she's been sick, boo!  We had a petsitter come and stay with us and I was a very good girl, I obeyed her just like I do Miss Angela.  I also liked cuddling up to the petsitter, it was fun, but I was so excited when Miss Angela came home because she brought Mr Matt with her!

We also got to have Thanksgiving, there were all of these wonderful people that came to visit the house and they of course all loved me.  Everyone wanted to take me home, if only their homes weren't already so full of pets.  It was fun anyway and I got to eat a little bit of turkey, boy that stuff is yummy!

The most exciting news of all is that I am going to meet a family tonight, they are VERY interested in meeting me, who wouldn't be?  There are a few reasons why it might not work out but I am hopeful that they will love me as much as Miss Angela does.

We have learned something new about me, I can be a bit shy around people, don't get me wrong, I LOVE people.  Sometimes I am just unsure of how they are going to treat me, as you know things haven't always been great in my life.  When Miss Angela sits on the floor with me I love her to death and wiggle and dance to get in her arms and goodness if you scratch my back it just hits the spot, I LOVE IT!  I am much more comfortable when humans are on my level, they scare me a little less and might even give you a kiss!

Well that's all I have to say right now, I will keep you updated!

Love,
The Diva

The Eva Update!

Sorry ladies and gents, I did not post this weekend because I was quite under the weather. I am just starting to feel better and get the bounce back in my step and the wiggle back in my hips. I keep giving Miss Angela the sad puppy eyes, to let her know that I need extra lovins, I have asked for a TON of belly rubs, Miss Angela even kisses my belly, I’m not sure what I think of that but I let her do it anyway.

I wanted to talk a little bit more about my personality. I have my moments there is no doubt about that but what I don't do is resource guard. What is resource guarding you say?

It is when you get a special treat, toy, bone or food that you love so much that you get quite mean to other dogs when you are eating/playing/whatever with that particular item.

I am great with sharing! Max and I can play with the same toy at the same time and I am in heaven. Not all dogs can do this you see, but I'm a good girl and I love playing with my foster brother so much I wouldn't want the fun to stop.

I also can eat right next to Max and Moose and I never so much as think about growling at them. Now I did get sooo excited when Miss Angela was fixing the food once that I growled at Gizmo, she is one of the little ones. Gizmo is kind of mean to me anyway, but I guess it is her house and she thinks she is the Queen Bee, (even though she's only 8 pounds).

Sure she looks all cute an innocent, but she likes to growl at my and nip at my ears. That can get downright annoying! Miss Angela corrects her constantly, she doesn't want Miss Gizmo to be mean to me anymore than I do, so that helps, but no matter what I cannot lose my temper with the little ones because they are very little.

The other little one is Pullo, he is quite possibly the most annoying dog there ever was. He is Miss Angela's first dog and she loves him a bunch, but goodness he gets on my nerves. He barks constantly! Miss Angela works on his barking with him almost every day, but goodness it gets tiring. I hardly ever bark and it’s only when I am super duper excited. Here is a picture of the other "little one" doing what he does best; barking!

Some Thursday FUN!

Here is something a little fun, me wallering on the floor as a puppy:

Me wallering on the floor as an adult!

And no!  I don't just like to show my belly for rubs, I'm just a cheeky girl like that!

The rest of my story...then on to fun stuff!

The rest of my story up until this point is not so great either, but I want it to be told so we can move on to my bright happy future.

Miss Angela brought me down to Savannah, a young man put in an application to adopt me.  The young man had a nice home for me to stay in and he really seemed to want to adopt me.  Miss Angela wanted to make sure things were going to work out for me in this new home so she placed me in the home on a Foster to Adopt contract.  In the rescue world that means I stay with him for a few weeks to make sure it is a good fit before finalizing my adoption.

Everything went well for the first few weeks, then when Miss Angela went to follow up on me she could not get a hold of the young man.  He disconnected both of his phone numbers, she sent a letter but never heard a word, she called his boss in the Army, she called all of his references, she called the police and animal control.  Everyone told her there was nothing they could do because I am "property?"  WTF?  I am a living being!  She would have to file a civil claim in court in order to try and get me back.

Months went by and she heard absolutely nothing about me, she still tried to e-mail the young man, still nothing.

Then it happened, September 15th, 2009 the rescue got an e-mail from a nice young lady that was part of my original rescue.  I was at Chatham County Animal Control, I had been left abandoned in an apartment with another dog.  Even though they had all my vet paperwork CCAC would not release me until my stray hold was up, 10 whole days!  The stray hold was in place in case my "owner" showed up to reclaim me.  How could they put me and Miss Angela through that torture?

Finally on September 21st, 2009 Miss Angela came to pick me up, promptly at 1:00pm in the afternoon.  I was SO happy to see her, but something bad had happened to me.  You see, CCAC left me in a 3'3 kennel with another pit bull, I got attacked over the weekend and I had some open wounds on my head and tons of wounds along my neck.

I hopped into Miss Angela's car and we headed back to Summerville, I slept the whole way home!  She got me home and cleaned me up and put me on some medication to make sure I got all better.

I have almost forgotten what has happened to me, but I get scared around new dogs, I am afraid they might hurt me, like in the shelter.

I tend to be a little timid and skittish sometimes and even though it was a man that put me through this, I still love the guys!

Miss Angela feels like she failed me and she is determined to find me the best home possible so nothing bad will ever happen to me ever again.  I tell Miss Angela that I am just so happy that she loves me and us dogs, we are good at forgiving.

My Beginnings

This part of my story is a little sad but it needs to be told.  In the words of the people that found me:

"Eva came to us when the movie Wall-E opened.  She was the size of the palm of my hand.  She was almost a week old then (around June 30th, 2008).  We weren't sure what she was - dog or something else.  We saw right away she had a strong desire to live.  She has grown into a right beautiful young lady.  She is still very playful (e.g. kiss, kiss, nip, kiss).  She loves to play with the other dogs in our home.  She tolerates the cats.  She forgets they live here too and sometimes barks at them.  They don't think twice about it and let her sniff them.  She gets bored and leaves them alone.  She's very smart.  She sits while eating her dinner and sits when getting treats.  Besides coming on command, she also sits on command.  She shares a doggie bed with the Chihuahua.  She also loves chasing the soccer ball with the kids.  She hasn't quite mastered making the goal yet.  Our family has grown quite fond of Miss Diva Eva or Eva the Diva.  She will steal your heart if you let her kiss you.  You've been warned!"

Miss Angela and I want to thank this wonderful family so much for saving me, I really do love and live life to the fullest and it would not have been possible without these kind souls.  Here are some pictures that my very first family took of me:

One of my first pictures at the shelter:

Once I was back to health I came to South Carolina Pit Bull Rescue, I tried one foster home that did not work out for me.  You see, being removed from my mom and littermates so young I didn't know how to act around other dogs.  I beat up a BIG pit bull at my first foster home, the poor guy was just too much of a softy for me.



Here is a picture of me in my first foster home, (clearly I have grown into the ears):

I then went to stay at Miss Angela's house, I still had my issues but her dogs would not put up with my bad attitude.  This is where I first met Max, Max was still a puppy himself when I met him but he helped me learn to be a good little lady.  He didn't get upset with me when I snapped at him, he kept playing with me, even if I was being mean and eventually I learned how to play like a normal puppy with him.

Here is a picture of me the first time around at Miss Angela's house, (I was such a CUTE puppy!).

That concludes the first part of my journey, there will be more to come!

Love,

The Diva