"Nessa" wrote in message:

Harley and Hannah have been out of the crate all day for the last few
days... and no problems.

that was easy!

Awesome!

I wish there was a magic wand I could wave and this dog would not be
so afraid of everything...

No magic cure, unfortunately. He likely just needs lots and lots of time.
He reminds me of Khan when we first got him. Oddly enough, he never had any
problems with us, but he was phobic about just about everything else, except
for other dogs (which we used to good advantage). The timelines are a
little fuzzy, but it took about 2 years for him to become somewhat normal,
and that was with desensitization/counter conditioning work daily.

It was kind of weird to hear someone at the dog park say 'See, this is how
normal dogs should be (Khan!), not barking and running away from people (his
dog)'. Alsotoo, we've created a monster. He can be quite insufferably full
of himself, because he knows that no matter what, he's safe with us.

Suja