ansel is home!  he prances like a little pomeranian should - and he's a very confident little pooch.  we do have some training challenges - i need to teach him to sit and he is definitely a 'social climber' as some websites call them.  i've spent the evening establishing and reminding him that my husband and i, not he, are the bosses around this 'pack'.  amazingly, horses and dogs communicate dominance in similar ways so the training concepts are the same.  we'll have a few days of intense training, (sit, down, stay, and heel on the leash) but pretty soon he should settle in ok.