Adively: I check it every day, but I also try not to get too attached until I can meet the dog. It's like online dating: good for an introduction but you wouldn't want to get hitched sight unseen. 
Thanks BSL :) I thought of the breed rescue orgs, but they're in (iirc) CA and TX. And I just can't bring myself to adopt a dog I haven't met yet.
Check with them, though. Their location isn't nessasarly where the dogs are. A lot of times breeders and kennels will foster the dogs while rescues find the homes. We get Anatolians all the time.
Also, another really AWESOME way to get a REALLY AWESOME DOG, find a local breeder and ask if they have a dog ready for retirement or needs rehoming.
Former show dogs are usually some of the most awesome dogs you can get. They're already crate train, leash broken, housetrained and everything, plus they tend to be very outgoing and happy.
A llt of the best pets I see at work are these dogs. sometimes the females have already been spayed because the breeder already got pups from them or doesn't want them bred again for some reason. The only downside is they rarely want the males neutured because they may want to collet the boys at a later date.
