Chaunie lived up to her name from day one. The only surviving puppy from her litter, she became independent and hated to slow down for attention. She pranced, she danced, and she never failed to take at least Group Placement at the puppy matches! This little girl showed tremendous potential.

Sadly, not all things turn out for the better. Chaunie developed cateracts which were discovered at the surprising age of only 11 months old. But every cloud has a silver lining, it seems. Chaunie became the best rescue tool in the program.... that is, she will meet a new dog, take to it just like she was it's mother, and then she will continue to push, bark, harass, and paw until it starts playing too!

Now 8 years old, Chaunie has become much more loving after she ate something in the fall of 1996 that punctured internal organs and sent her to surgery. It took a team of 3 working on her for 2-1/2 hours to save her life. Eight days later, she came home. And although she still eats anything she can find, she enjoys those hugs much more....