Ben continues to be an absolute joy to foster. Now that he's been with us a couple of weeks, we've learned a bit more about him. He doesn't bark....at all...not even when the other dogs are barking like crazy at the front door. Ben doesn't resource guard, he respects baby gates, loves riding in the car and walking with the rest of the pack. He continues to be a super dog for young children. Yesterday some of the neighborhood kids (~ 5 years old) were playing in the kiddie pool. Ben hopped right in with them, so the kids started dumping pails of water on him. He loved it!  Ben does have a couple of harmless, yet peculiar habits. He loves chairs...any chairs...including lawn chairs!  I've never seen a dog squish himself or herself into a lawn chair before!  The other interesting behavior is what I call "counter surveillance". He stands up on his hind legs and just looks to see what's up there. He never, ever puts his paws on the counter...just looks.  My husband calls him the "bipedal dog".
I've been trying really hard to think of the worst thing to say about Ben and, to be honest, I really can't think of anything.  Ben is as close to perfect as a dog can be!