Good luck with the healing process. Be good to yourself - and as nice to BF as you can.

I can hear DH if he were confronted with the "I may as well put the dog down if I have to lock him up" line. He'd offer to help with either one, preferably the former. He's thoughtful that way and does believe in calling bluffs.

And I agree, see a lawyer, it might help with insurance sometime down the road.