My wife and I adopted Mia Monday evening...  Wow.  What a wonderful, energetic girl!

She was a real sport for the ride back.  Well, I think she was already pretty tired, but still.  She lay down next to me while my wife Fany drove.

I was amazed to find out how well she responds to commands.  She sits, stays, waits to be let out to do her business, even high-fives!  I'll have to make a little clip of that...

She was really tired, and I let her up on the couch so she could crash within petting distance.

Of course, she can't be on the couch all the time.  In fact, she pretty much loves her doggy pillow.  Also, one picture reminds me that we'll have to deal with a few loose things in the house, because the girl loves to chew.

Mia also loves, loves the snow.  I know she'll be very disappointed to see it go! ...and so will I, because taking her out to play in the yard a bit after a walk gets all that mud cleaned off of her!

Mia has her first appointment with the vet next Monday, and we'll both be going to obedience school starting mid-April - more for me than for her, I think.

Lots of changes for everyone in the house - my wife Fany, Mia and myself - but we're all getting along so very, very well.

For the moment, Mia is lucky to have my wife stay home during the day with her - although she does get to spend a couple of hours in her crate when she goes out for errands, she has company pretty much all day.  I hope she'll adapt well when she goes back to work at the beginning of April.

The first 3 days are almost over -- we'll see what Mia has in store for us for the next three weeks..!

If you want, I'll keep you updated on Mia's progress :)

Thank you to everyone at the shelter for your awesome work - thanks to you, Mia has another shot at her 'happily ever after'!

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