I have been thinking about the Bart situation all day. I really don't want to give up on him yet. AlphaMale and I talked about it a lot today and there is a glimmer of hope that maybe things will be ok. We are definately going to weigh our options. We both agree that his main issue is socialization with other people, especially AM and the kids. We both want a family dog, so if we can find a way to fix whatever is going on in that brain of his that he won't listen to AM then I think he might be a good dog for us.

I made a call and Michael at www.betterdog.com is going to come over and evaluate us and Bart. He is a professional dog trainer in the area with excellent recommendations. I don't know if I am going to use his training services, as he is expensive ($75 per session) but I definately value his opinion. It will be nice to have another person work one-on-one with Bart and let us know what his problems are and give us some solutions. It will be interesting to see what he says.

I'll let you know what he says. Hopefully he can guide us in the right direction.