Sara, a Fox Terrier puppy, was given to me by my cousin, Luciano, who in the summer of 1991 had a litter from his two Fox Terriers, Gilda and Gigi.

Between Sara and me, it was love at first sight, so, although I didn’t have my parents’ permission, I still decided to take Sara home and for the first few weeks she lived in my room without anybody knowing!

As I was convinced that Sara was a lovely Smooth Fox Terrier, I began to take her to some local Dog Shows. I immediately realized that I had no idea what a good Fox Terrier should be like.

At one of these Shows, I met a certain Mr. Bochese. I found out that he was a great Terrier specialist and he told me that he had a very nice male to mate with Sara. That is how, knowing Sara could never be a winner in the ring, I decided that we could perhaps produce some nice puppies and that was what happened.

Sara was the start of it all. I owe her all my successes as she was the mother of some of the most important Fox Terriers who have left their mark in the history of Italian breeding: Giulio Cesare, Cav. Silvio Berlusconi, Maria Giulia, Greta Sweet, all famous International Champions.

And that is how Stefania Savini started breeding Fox Terriers.