Tank is here!

Hello everyone,
We just wanted to let you all know that Tank has arrived in Abu Dhabi safe and sound.  He left Dulles International airport on Friday Feb. 12th.  From there he flew to Amsterdam where he spent the night and a doggie hotel.  On Sunday Feb 14th he left Amsterdam and arrived in Abu Dhabi at about 9 pm.  The American Vet Clinic took care of getting him through customs and delivered him to our house around 11 pm on Sunday.  Both Brian and I were so anxious and excited to see him after 5 weeks. 

Initially, he seemed a bit dazed and confused getting out of his crate, but it didn't take him long to start exploring the yard.  Even though it was late Brian thought it best to take him for a walk to stretch his legs and give him some feeling of normalcy after what we could only imagine was a pretty intense couple of days.  After our walk we let him check out his new home, which he really seems to love.  He's already picked out numerous napping spots and really likes to lay on the cold tile floor. 
Of course he started to get antsy and excited right before bed time (leave it to Tank).  Although we let him climb into bed with us, he didn't stay put for long and spent most of the night pacing around the bedroom.  We pretty much figured that he'd have some time adjustment issues, just like we do, but hopefully he'll be on track in a few days.  Needless to say last night was pretty sleepless for the three of us so we're hoping tonight goes a little better.

We introduced him to Pikey, Andre and Jess's dog, who lives down the street.  Jess, Pikey, Tank and myself went for a nice long walk today and they seemed to get along great!  Only a few of the workers in the community seemed wary of the two dogs and two women walking through the neighborhood (dogs as pets aren't a popular thing over here).

Overall he seems to have come through his traveling unharmed and is still the same Tank we all know and love.  His hair is already covering every surface of the house, yippee!  It feels great to have our family back together.  Now as soon we get the rest of our belongings we will be all set!