Advice needed on the Retro thing. First a bit of background. We adopted a beautiful, energetic, playful dog 10 years ago. She just happened to have a major attitude and bit a few people while she was still a foster dog. H loved her and we adopted her so she wouldn't be put to death. We took her to a trainer that cost us $1200 to get the nasty trained out of her, it was an every day affair training her - constant supervision, VERY hard work. A year later, we had another incident because we backslid and didn't keep up on her training (she has fear aggression, she is over it now - mostly) It cost us $500 to get her trained again.
Bringing up the Retro thing. I was thinking of saying to H - listen, I am thinking it's time to find a new home for dog. I know she's been with us for 10 years, but she has mood swings and is unreliable. You never know if she's going to be nice or if we can bring strangers around her. Let's find her a new home and get a new, better dog. FIL doesn't think he'll get the comparison, but then I could say... we spent x amount of dollars and years taking her to doggy therapy to make her a better dog. We explained clearly to her what we needed from her, in doggy language, and we made her a better dog. We don't give up our dogs because we both agreed that once they are members of the family, they stay until they die. We do what it takes to make it better if there is a problem... why won't you go to Retro with me and make the same commitment to me, YOUR WIFE?
