Zimmie and I are pleased to meet you!

My name is Jessi and I am so glad that I just found this forum! I became a very lucky lady when my best friend called and asked me if there was any way I could take in a 5mo puppy who had been abandoned. "Absolutely!" I met Zimmerman, "Zimmie" for short, 2 days later and he has now become my baby. I absolutely adore this little man, as does my boyfriend (who WAS a cat-only kind of man). We have been a family for almost 2 months now and I am wondering how it's possible that he is growing- both physically and mentally- so fast! He was obviously mistreated when he came to live with me as he was very afriad of just about everything in his universe, my boyfriend, crates, squeaky toys included. But oh man, now he has really come into his own and is quite a little pill! Crazy Doodlehead!!! He loves his momma and follows me everywhere I go, and has proved himself to be **almost always** trustworthy (see the messy boy pic), with exception to a few days of insanely wild behavior. Those are the days I am eternally grateful for the private dog park in my quaint little Austin neighborhood (Clarksville, for anyone familiar with my incredible city!). He is a social butterfly now- almost like he's making up for lost time, and is very very fast at only 20 lbs with long skinny legs. We're working on lots of commands and I have a feeling that he knows most of them but is still deciding whether or not he would like to participate, haha. Anyway, I'm totally in love. Introducing Zimmie: