I had to take Big Dog to the pound over the weekend. I didn't really want to get rid of him so much as he just had to go. He was a fantastic dog while we were with him but, when we were at work, he was miserable being constrained by our yard and his misery was starting to get too expensive for me.
Over the last week he was with us he managed to destroy a few more screen panels on the screened in porch, he almost uprooted our new mailbox, and he managed to totally flip my grill and disabling it in the process. He is a very nice and companionable dog and I hated to have to take him to the pound however I knew it just wouldn't work with our lives. It just wasn't fair to him or us. Our local pound is a no kill shelter so I took him in on Saturday. Lisa is going to go back this week to see if he has been adopted yet. I can't imagine he will stay there for long.
We still have the smaller dog, Rosie. She is pretty cool and fairly quiet most of the time. She just relaxes around the house while we are home and seems to be non destructive while we are gone. She does have issues with other dogs who walk by (she likes to bark at them) and she chases any vehicle with a trailer attached if she is out of the yard. However, most of the time she just sits with us when we are out of the yard as well. Overall she seems like a good dog for the family. I'm still not thrilled that we ended up with a dog but since we did she is a pretty good one to have.