Corey,
Will they include the dog?
Perhaps if you simply tell them what you are willing to spend, without necessarily refering to THEIR particular bird.
Do not leaseback. My info is second-hand, I confess, from fellow members of the Lincoln EAA chapter, but it is unanimous: Story is you'll get tired of a string of unhappy-making occurrences and end up telling them, at the last straw, what they can do with their lease.
Typical:
"Before you lease-back, talk to me."
"Well?"
"Don't start."
