I think fostering is a great idea too.

When I was looking for Roxy, I visited several shelters. I narrowed my search down to a few dogs I liked at three different shelters. I asked them if I could bring Dusty back to meet them. With eachdog, we brought them and Dusty out into the play area and let them have at it. With some of the dogs, the hair was raised first and there was some growling before play. They seemed to be fighting for dominance during play. I narrowed those dogs out right away. I then had it narrowed down to a beautiful ice blue eyed rottweiler and Roxy. I decided to try Roxy out since the rottie was a male. I asked the foster mom of Roxy if I could bring her back if things didn't work out. She gave me thirty days. And things worked out great.