I always thought min pins were pretty cool little dogs. "You should find dynamite in a small package or something is wrong," according to a pamphlet from the Miniature Pinscher Club of America. Let us know how the meeting goes.
There is someone right down the road from us who owns two minipins - my b's get along just great with those dogs, so AJ probably will be happy with a new playmate!
What a wonderful Christmas story. I am so glad he came home and was OK, I can only imagine how awful your friend must have felt, thinking he was lost, injured and freezing. Nice to hear a really great happy ending.