[foxpaws]

How hard this must be - my heart goes out to your family saucy...

It sounds like you are investigating the 'behaviorist' route - which is really great- there will be probably lots of time and effort needed. However, you do really need to ask yourself, even if you do go the behaviorist route "Will I ever feel that my family is safe around this dog". If you can't absolutely, positively say 'Yes', maybe you might need to look at other options. I am sure there are lots of avenues that a behaviorist will know of where the dog can be placed in another situation if you just feel that you and your family will always be 'iffy' about the dog.

Just like Ceaser takes in many 'troubled' dogs, there are people like that everywhere. There shouldn't be a need to put the dog down, but you may need to find a better situation for the animal.

Good luck - tough road ahead, but I hope it works out for the best - man and beast....