Good for you breec3! You sound a bit happier today also. It's amazing how sticking to your guns can make you feel better (that and the dog actually behaving lol)
Oh and I was going to say about the digging. I saw this thing on animal planet once where this lady trained her dog not to dig in her yard by providing him a place where it was OK to dig. It was like a little sandbox off to one side. lol just an idea I'm a dog lover too.
Woof!