I am so glad you are done fighting this. Only because I hate to see you stressed out. If the end result that you still want is an intact family (with wife fully on board, not a 'better than being alone' wife), then you are bowing out gracefully to a battle that you can't win. This is good for your intact family goal. Not because dog = wife happy with Ohio_Mark. But because she will not have more ammunition to use when she sits down the list how horrible you are.
I am sorry you are getting a dog you don't want though. That's not fun.
