Tough decisions

We had to make a very hard choice last week. We realized that Daisy was not the right dog for our family and took her back to the shelter. This was so hard for me, but I know it was for the best. Andrew and Wayne were not bonding well with her, or Daisy with them either. She is a very hyper playful dog and even taking her to the dog park to play and run, usually twice a day, she was still to rough with Andrew and he became very nervous with her. There were a couple of times she snapped or growled at him, not during play that scared him. I tried to get him to use the training techniques that I have learned about to teach her not to nip at him or jump on him, but he just wasn't getting it and there was only so much I could do without his help. It all came to a head when out of the blue Andrew asked me if we could have a vacation from Daisy, just for a week. That's when I knew there would probably never be the right connection between them and that's why we wanted a dog in the first place. When we took her in she wasn't upset or nervous, and didn't even look back when she was taken away. So in the end it was heartbreaking, but totally right and honestly a big relief. There were some good life lessons learned from this experience and I checked up on Daisy and she was adopted before the week was out.