Help me save my love life? (Scared dog edition)

Post date: 2019-09-13 15:19:14
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This is Jake. He's 8. I just adopted him and his brother Junebug, 9. They did not have a great history. Jake is absolutely terrified of men, but because he's a brave boy, he's fiercely determined to protect Junebug and myself from their evil ways. Help?

My gentleman friend who lives in a different city was visiting the other day. I had noticed that Jake did not react well to men (barking at them) but assumed with some time and coaxing this would improve. This is not the case! He was so scared of my friend that he literally lept on his lap and pooped on him. Which was not so romantic!

He alternates between hysterical barking, guarding me, and terrified trembling. He does not attempt to bite. I tried putting him in another room, but that only raised the barking level and hysteria to the point I anticipated a noise complaint.

I have used Dr. Google and saw lots of generic and not-very-helpful articles which boiled down to "this is hard to fix".

Has anyone dealt with something like this successfully? Please note, I do not crate and am not interested in discussing my views on crating.

I also want to reassure you that Doggo comes first. This is his forever home, and if I need to book a hotel I will. But you know, I'd rather not do that for all time...
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