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Sav had been on US soil about 4 hours.
The poor dog was in shock, but isn't he lovely.
Where else do you see shape like THAT?
The poor dog was in shock, but isn't he lovely.
Where else do you see shape like THAT?
This was taken on day three of Sav's time on US soil.
Photo by Lorie Crane
Photo by Lorie Crane
Martinique Kennels, and ran into Magnus Hagstedt who was there for dinner too.
They mentioned how Phoebe Booth and Iva Kimmelman had tried to buy their Sav. Magnus explained to Peter More and Peter Griffiths, his owners, who Phoebe and I were, and what a marvelous opportunity it would be for their dog, them, and the breed in the US.
So, I got an email from them, saying they wanted to talk to me.
They called at 6am US time the next morning, and offered to lease him to me for one year! No charge, except the expense of getting him to the states, and returning him at the end of the term. They wanted no contract, my recommendation from Magnus and Ian and Terry (Martinique) was enough for them.
Within weeks, after all arrangements were made on our end and their end, (September 2005) I flew out to San Diego, where my friends, Rachel Amado, Henry Heil, and Eva Engvall picked me up, and the next day Eva and I drove up to LA to collect my new dog!
When he came off the plane, both Eva and I were, shall I say, "dazzled"....I remember lots of silence as we both, "took him in".
They mentioned how Phoebe Booth and Iva Kimmelman had tried to buy their Sav. Magnus explained to Peter More and Peter Griffiths, his owners, who Phoebe and I were, and what a marvelous opportunity it would be for their dog, them, and the breed in the US.
So, I got an email from them, saying they wanted to talk to me.
They called at 6am US time the next morning, and offered to lease him to me for one year! No charge, except the expense of getting him to the states, and returning him at the end of the term. They wanted no contract, my recommendation from Magnus and Ian and Terry (Martinique) was enough for them.
Within weeks, after all arrangements were made on our end and their end, (September 2005) I flew out to San Diego, where my friends, Rachel Amado, Henry Heil, and Eva Engvall picked me up, and the next day Eva and I drove up to LA to collect my new dog!
When he came off the plane, both Eva and I were, shall I say, "dazzled"....I remember lots of silence as we both, "took him in".
He was more glorious than I had remembered! He was also, very sad, bewildered and confused and kept pointing his lovely self, and looking South (toward Australia) as we tried to walk him. After we got back to Rachel and Henry's, he put up with the ouh's and ah's and finally curled up on my guest room bed like a king. He seemed to like me right away, and when I came into the room, he jumped off the bed, and rubbed his face on me. He did this to me on a regular basis, during his stay. I guess to put his scent on me, so I wouldn't disappear.
I have never told the Peters, but that night he escaped through a dog door we thought was locked, and jumped over the fence at Rachel and Henry's house, and could have easily run away into the
I have never told the Peters, but that night he escaped through a dog door we thought was locked, and jumped over the fence at Rachel and Henry's house, and could have easily run away into the