Way to go my friend. We have an adopted black lab that came from Virginia and he's the best thing going. He may be a mutt but he's most of the reason I smile every day. Don't worry, the dog will come around. Again, good for your new buddy.
"Love is like a snowmobile racing across the tundra then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come." Matt Groening, Life In Hell