Welcome, Jeremy

We went to the Humane Shelter on Monday (I took a personal day) and applied for a new dog. We wanted to make sure we got The Right Dog, so we had a list of criteria, such as "already fixed" and "housetrained". We saw a few online that we wanted to check out. One was a gimme - a beautiful Siberian Husky bitch that Kev just fell in love with immediately. Me too, to be honest - she was gorgeous with a great personality. Unfortunately, they also told us that "she chews a lot when left alone". Hrm, we went through that already with Lobo, and I'm not relishing having to redo my entire wardrobe every 3 months because the dog decided that my shoes and underwear were New Doggy Food Groups.
So we asked about the other one that we'd looked at online. "Oh...um...he's kind of unadoptable...isn't he?" one of the shelter people asked the Manager. She said, "well, no, but...see....he's Food Aggressive."
We looked at each other. "Is that all? Our previous dog was too."
Them: "REALLY? {BIIIIIIIG SMILE}"
So...we met him, and they took our application, and apparently all our references checked out (and our Vet said Very Nice Things about us) -- (and thank you to Pastor, Kim and Ron if the shelter called you, since you must've said Very Nice Things about us too) so we brought our new dog, Jeremy, to his New Home.

He'd been there for over 5 months...and they were getting new puppies in and running out of space. Since he'd been "almost unadoptable", I have a feeling the only reason he was still there was because they were really fond of him too, and really WANTED him to go to a New Home.
We were warned, of course, that he'd probably take a few weeks to warm up to us and get used to us, but within an hour he was demanding butt scratches and tummy rubs, and playing with us. He had a single "accident" and we now know that he REALLY shouldn't have gooshyfood. (yeah, ew)
Fortunately for us, he really IS very much housebroken, he's OK with us leaving for a bit and he just settles in and either waits by the door for us to come home or sneaks into the bedroom and sleeps on our bed while he waits. :: snickering ::
He's also the cheapest dog in the WORLD to give treats to, since he thinks Ice Cubes are the BESTEST TREAT EVER. He's very smart - he's already sussed out where the treats and Ice Cubes are stored, so every time he goes outside and does his bidness, he comes in and stands in front of the pantry (where the treats are) and if I say "no" he trots over and stares at the freezer!
Incidentally, he's NOT food-aggressive that we've found - I moved his food bowl around WHILE HE WAS EATING and he didn't have a problem with it. He waits for us to tell him he can eat when we feed him, and he takes his treats very politely instead of snatching them. I think he may be "food aggressive" around other dogs, but since we don't have any that's not really a problem, and we've dealt with it before (Kai was the same way). He's still a bit pushy about being interested in people food, but if he's told NO he backs off right away and waits for you to give him something, so we're working on training him that the only food that he can have is what's on the floor or what's specifically given to him. He's a bright pup, he'll get it, and then we shouldn't have too many problems with Doggy Nose Prints in people's plates.
Here's pictures from his first day and a half at Home:

Relaxing on the floor

Waiting at the door for Kev to finish mowing the lawn

Whatcha doing? Is it something interesting?

Playing TUG with his Boodabone.