So exciting :) We've met the dog twice now and been on a walk with her for about an hour today. We'll probably do another walk, they need to do a home check and then she'll come to us for a trial visit. If that goes well we can sign the contract!
She is very lovely. We live in Germany on the French border, she originally came from a French rescue, the German rescue has an agreement with them where they take on dogs who would otherwise be euthanised due to not finding a home :( we think she has been at the shelter for a while.
She's definitely going to need some training because she didn't understand anything we said in any language but she seems to be generally well behaved, walks okay on the lead, knows where to wee, responds to being called enthusiastically (on the lead of course) and she waited calmly when we brought her to the side of the road etc. A little excitable around other dogs but we were warned about this. I really like everything I've read about positive dog training so hopefully we can go towards that approach. I've watched all the videos - even getting DS into them now, and joined the facebook group often mentioned on here (I've been lurking 
).
It seems a lot of the things I'm finding do seem more geared towards puppies than older rescue dogs. If anyone has anything to suggest that would be great or general information about how to read a dog etc. It's my first dog, DH has always grown up with them and got his own puppy in his early 20s although she now lives with his parents.
I think that's all 
but yes, delurking I suppose.