well we've decided to go ahead with this adoption. from all the posts here and a nice conversation with a friend who works at the surrey spca (on hour away from here) (didn't know he worked there)
so, tomorrow we'll take our dog to meet her... bring the kids as well... and depending on how well the two dogs do together... they said they may release her to us sooner than saturday... so we'll play it by ear.
i'll keep you all posted!!!