Well, where do I begin.... My fostering almost came to an abrupt halt when my nose was close to being removed from my face. First my husband and I met Pete. He was good with the rescue lady and let my husband and I pet him. She told me that they had an incident in the morning when the vet went to take a toy away from him. He snapped at the vet. Then in the course of me petting him for a while acting fine, he went for me. My face was close. The rescue lady was in control of him at all times and disaster was averted. OK, this dog was not for me. BTW, that was the first time any dog had gone for me. When she mentioned the toy aggression problem, I also knew that he and Shiloh would not get along already. The dog will not be able to be adopted out. He is unpredictable. She may call to see if the police dept. would take him. He is only 8 months old and I feel really bad for him.

So, I said ok, call me when you have another come in......well, so happens, she picked up one this morning from his home........owner surrender, 7 year old male. He came from a background of neglect and other issues that I won't go into right now. His name is Gaylord. He is 71 lbs. should probably be in the 90's. He is a handsome black and red. He was very people friendly and was barking at the other shepherd in the office. (So here I'm thinking, yeah, Shiloh will be growling at him barking....)
He was fine with us (my nose was safe), so next he was to meet Killian.

Killian is just such a good guy! They sniffed and checked out each other and Gaylord put his paw on Killi's back (uh oh, testing the dominance....) the rescue lady told Gaylord to leave it and he immediately did. Killi just moved from under his paw (no problem). Continued greetings, no conflicts, one more paw on back, leave it. Good.
Now.....Miss Picky, the Queen........ Everyone is ready for major turmoil. Nothing. They check each other out, no barking, nothing! (Shock) Sniffing, nothing. Again, good! Next we brought Killian back in and let all three hang out. They were fine. Gaylord went to sniff Shiloh's mouth and she raised her lip to remind him that her pearly whites were ready, if necessary.......nothing, he moved away. Again, the pearly whites were called out on an encore performance because Gaylord was too close to her mouth. Nothing, he moved off.
Ok, looking good. I still have my nose. Killian's back is his own. Shiloh's pearly whites are under cover. We have a match.

He will be neutered tomorrow and come home to us on Wednesday, unless he is heartworm positive. What an exciting day!