My darling Marcie and I went looking at paving stones today; we want to put in a patio. By chance, the paving stone place is close to the SPCA adoption center; on a whim we stopped there and saw a lovely little four year old Lhasa Apso male. It was love at first sight and we adopted him immediately. He was brought to the center yesterday by an elderly woman who could no longer care for him; it was pure luck that we saw him when we did. We’ve stopped at that shelter probably twenty times in the last two years, looking for a small, fluffy, lap type dog. He was scared and trembling when we first saw him but he bonded immediately with Marcie; she already loves him to distraction. He refuses to eat his IAMS doggie treats and he refuses to eat whatever the stuff was the SPCA sent home with us. He does like bacon, though—I’ve never met a dog that didn’t. His name supposedly is Mr. D although we will give him a different one; he doesn’t answer to Mr. D anyway. If someone will tell me how and where to post pictures of him, I will do so at the first opportunity.
Just thought I’d share our happiness with our new baby.
I also applaud you for giving a shelter dog a second chance. Many times adult dogs and cats at the shelters get overlooked for the cute kittens and puppies, so you may have really saved that dog’s life.
They are so much fun, and a giant bundle of personality. You couldn’t ask for a better guard dog; their bark is, as the saying goes, worse than their bite. But they will defend you, and if they feel you are being threatened, watch out. We trained little Zoey to not nip, but when a stranger came into the house that she just didn’t like, she would follow on their heels and bark, snarl, and howl until they got the point. “GET OUT!” - it was quite clear. She is the master of all she surveils - keep that in mind with your new pup. Remember what they were bred for, and it will make it a little tiny bit easier to be understanding when he starts to bark at any little thing that moves on “his” property. People walking down the street, strange cat in the yard, someone daring to drive to slow past the house, or turning in yor driveway - he’ll alert you to all of it, I promise. 
