We recieved a letter the other day telling us that we are within 90 days of being moved to another house.  I called the housing office for clarification, and was told that we may not get a brand new house after all, that we may end up in the existing homes on the other side of the base.  I asked if we could be moved into an existing home earlier - mum is going to be here in April and I would prefer to be settled into our new home by then - and the answer was 'yes, of course!'.  The manager I spoke with told me to call him back on Tuesday of next week and if they have a 4 bedroom home available (he said that it's very likely they will) we could go ahead and set up a move date. 

I cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to be moving!  We'll be in a house that isn't drafty because none of the doors fit the frames properly, and we won't have problems with the drains or the wiring.  The housing that we're going to be moving into was built in the late '90's, so it's fairly new, and having been in a few of them I can tell you that they're very nice inside.  The 4 bed homes have 2 1/2 bathrooms, which I'm excited about - there have been times in this home when Dave's been in our bathroom, Shea's been in the other, and I've needed to pee badly and haven't had anywhere to go.

The house we live in now will be demolished in mid April.  It's going to be weird to come over here to visit people and see just land where our home used to be.

My joy over our prospective move has been soured, though.   Henry is going to have to find another home.  Over the past few months he's been getting more and more aggressive and has snarled at us when we've taken him away from somewhere he wanted to be.  For instance, he was laying on my bed with me when I was watching TV in the bedroom and Davey came in to take Henry and put him in his crate for the night.  Henry didn't want to go, and he snarled at Davey - so I picked him up, thinking that he wouldn't snarl at me - but he did. 

He's since snapped at the kids and I, but the thing that really finalised his fate happened yesterday.  Dave went to pick him up and he snarled and snapped at him.  Dave is the alpha in this house; he's the pack leader and everyone knows it.  If Henry is aggressive enough to challenge the leader like that....well, that aint good.  I'm getting the feeling that Henry's behaviour is escalating, and that a bite isn't too far away.  We've tried separating him from the pack whenever he's snapped at us in the past, and it hasn't changed his behaviour any.  We've tried The Dog Whisperer's methods, and whilst they've worked well on Grace, Henry hasn't responded to them at all. 

I cannot have a dog that bites.  I just can't.  If it were just Dave and I it would be different; I think that we'd be able to handle him.  However, we have kids to think about.  If Henry bites one of the kids....well, I think that we'd have to have him euthanized.  I don't want that to happen. 

*sigh* I don't know what to do, I really don't.

I am glad that we're getting a new house, though!