Thank you Redford95.
UPDATE: We are taking steps to first try some "schooling" if it doesn't work, we will be looking for a new home for the dog. We've been told by a behavior specialist that we have a "soft dog" and need to give lots of posi...

It is amazing to me how judgemental many of my responders are. I have always heard that if a dog is over the age of 2 that they are difficult to train (hence the question "is she too old"). Secondly, while it seems that everyone is quick to place f...

Thank you NoDogYet. I appreciate your last post.

Let me clarify. She has been trained. She comes on command, she is crate/kennel-trained, she is not food agressive, she does not bark, she shakes, sits, lays down on command. This is not a dog that does not have boundaries. She knows that she is ...

Any suggestions on how to consciously train my dog? Any types on techniques to break her of her fearfulness?

I don't know what to do. My lab/chow mix has always been afraid of children (as well as strangers and other dogs - she has issues to say the least) but now that I have a child of my own I don't know what to do. She has snipped at my husband, myself ...