re: na

Lavender oil for anxiety - my vet gave it to me and it works wonders. Pure essential oil - rub a couple of drops (more depending on size) from the back of the head down the neck.

Also, what everyone else said. Rehoming an 11 year old dog is a dick move.

After 11 years? What the hell is wrong with you? You going to turn your kids into a foster home when they start to cause shite?

OP, you had to have known this thread would be... quite a dog pile.

Dude this will not end well have your wife get on here and tell us herself don’t send a boy here.

When she tries to jump and take food off the table, use this or knee her in the chest. Or I can take her off your hands.

My ex-wife talked me into adopting an 11-year-old golden retriever when she felt sorry for it because the family that had it since birth wanted to re-home it for similar excuses (I said that correctly). I had the joy of all dealing with all the problems and expenses associated with having a geriatric dog.

If you get rid of the dog, what kind of lesson would that teach your children? It's an animal that has relied on you and loved you unconditionally for over a decade. When things get tough, you just cut bait? You don't sound like much of a man to me.

I'd offer to take her but I already took in a pooch from a TD member earlier this year. She adapted well and has become pretty territorial about her area. She's become especially attached to my neighbor who suffers from PTSD and early stages of dementia. I know for certain that he would take your pooch in if Daisy hadn't already claimed him for herself.
Maybe try and find someone suffering from similar conditions to take her in. It's mutually beneficial.

I'm almost thinking this is not a real post, because of how OP is trying to justify what is very clearly a situation in which you find time to walk your dog.

I've always been of the mindset that good and bad is subjective. I still believe that. But I'd be willing to bet you'd be hard pressed to find decent people that don't think you're a piece of shite for rehoming a dog at 11 years old.

If it's anxious, pay for a trainer. If you don't have money for a trainer, pick up a second job. If you're renovations are making the dog anxious/poorly behaved stop renovating. Whatever the issue is, find a solution. That's a member of your family.