Thanks so much navillusa for your msg! Very helpful, and your opinion is worth something to me! I really appreciate it! We definitely are waiting for the right dog, we intend to have this dog long term, so I definitely want to take my time and make sure that he/she is the perfect dog for our family. I have a funny feeling that when we see/meet the doggie, we will just know. If there's any doubt whatsoever, it's probably not the dog for us. We went to our local humane society and wandered around, mostly they had just big dogs, I feel so bad for all of them.. I wish I could offer a home to them all and take good care of them. Poor babies...