Extreme Fear and Anxiety in Dogs

We adopted a 5 month old puppy back in June. She had a rough start in life and was found in garbage when she was a few weeks old. She was sent to a foster home which she remained there until April 2019 when she was 8-9 weeks old and was adopted. She was only with the adopted family for 2 weeks before she was returned to the same foster home as she was at prior to adoption. We know in this foster home there were about 13 other dogs our dog remained with this foster home until we found her in June of 2019. We received videos and updates through the adoption process and our puppy appeared to be active and happy. We got our sweet little girl June 30th , 2019 she seemed shy and scared but she had been in a kennel across country from Texas she we never worried. She was potty trained and a great eater. She was pretty shy with us but started to come around we started dog training with her in July. She is very smart and really caught on quickly to commands. Although she really keep having this submissive spells where she was scared. We talked in higher tones to her and really had to keep doing this to avoid the submissive behavior. We noticed when it was time to put leash on she would drop to the floor and pee herself (every time). Yet once we were out the door for a walk she loved them. With our trainer we started introducing her to other people very slowly and allowing her to warm up to them and not force anything. She really started to have this fear, submissive spells more and more it will come out of the blue. Meaning we can go to bed one night put her in her kennel she is happy and we go to wake her up in the morning and she is afraid wont come out of her kennel and is peeing herself. We usual can get the leash on her and she will then come out and go outside. Now it is December and we have a dog that we don't know what dog we will have each day. One day she is fine and then the next days she is scared, wont eat, wont go outside, and is peeing herself. My partner and I fear she has had more trama in her life then we knew when adopting her. Could it have been the foster home as she was only with the one other family 2 weeks and yes they returned her since she nipped at them in fear. We are such an animal person but she is becoming so tough. We are afraid to take her anywhere as the smallest thing will set her back and we are at square 1. I would like to take a vacation but can't put her on them. As what if we are gone and she wont come out of her kennel, wont eat etc.. We find ourselves getting so frustrated because this behavior is a roller coaster ride. We have to walk away from her to calm down as fear showing our frustrations will make her worse. I wish we could know what it is that triggers her and how we can help her as she will be a year old the end of January and just want her to be happy. DO we put her on meds?

We adopted Lottie as an 8 week old puppy and immediately began kennel/crate training. She has never suffered any "negative" or consequential experiences in her kennel - it is never used as a punishment, she is never yelled at or corrected in her kennel, and we have always given her treats and her dinner in her kennel. We use it as her safe space. Regardless, Lottie is perpetually frightened by the space. At just the command to go she gets low to the ground, shakes, and sometimes runs away leaving a trail of urine behind her. The kennel is in the kitchen and she will not even enter that room of the house. IF she does, she looks as though she is in physical pain. The last few months she has gotten worse and this behavior has even spread into other parts of her life. If you say the word "toy" she will immediately cringe, get low, and run to a safe space. I have a lot of experience in training dogs and I have never seen such an aversion to the idea of play. We used to play with her all the time, and it was as if one day she had decided that she would get in trouble at just the word. The only "BIG" change in Lottie's life that I can recall is moving her from our bed to her own bed (right next to us). She was kennel trained from the beginning, but would cry and cry all night. Occasionally, we would opt to put her in bed with us and she loved that. We don't let her in the bed anymore ever and she seems to think that this separation from the pack is punishment that has spilled over to her worthiness. We try everything. This fear/anxiety is effecting her life and it is sad to see.

I have a 3 year old female pitbull who is now anxious, temperamental, and needy... she has 2 toys she will carry around every day all day for the last 3 days I had to lure her in with her toy to my bed. Now she will growl at other dogs in the house the minute they come in the room. She follows me everywhere I go needing to be next to me... I have a 2 month old baby girl I just gave birth to July 16th, I wondered if my pit was feeling like being nanny dog is to much also? I'm not really sure but my pit is not the same...

I adopted my dog Moose when she was around 3-4 months old from a Humane Society. They told me she was part of a litter given up to get the mother fixed for free and she went straight into foster care right away until she was ready for adoption. Her and one of her male siblings were the only ones left and they were very, very attached to each other. Both very fearful of people but when they are alone they go CRAZY playing like any normal puppies would. When we got them out of the kennel they both ran under a desk and hid there, only to come out when we dragged them out. Obviously with their case I would ideally have taken both of them, but I was not in a position to have two dogs. Since adopting her, it took her almost two weeks to willingly leave her kennel and the entire process has been extremely slow and difficult. I have had her for 3 years now and within the past year she has just become trusting enough with me to come up to me. To this day if anyone even tried to her she would flinch and run away as if they were only trying to hit her, even people she has known almost as long as me. She comes up to people like she really wants them to touch her but as soon as they try to she freaks out and runs away. She regularly has fits of shaking for no reason, so intense it shakes the whole bed or couch. Her tail finally started spending more time untucked than tucked within the past 8 months. But when she is around other animals, she loses almost all her inhibitions about people. She runs and plays and jumps and even barks on occasion. But her anxieties are still so bad she spends all her time alone in my room away from the noise (thats my best guess). Even if I am the only person home she will be upstairs in my room all day long. I cant even think of training her because she runs in fear anytime i give her that much attention (but if there are other animals she gets jealous and will push others out of the way for it). I am in college and have moved into a new house with a roomate who has a cat, Moose and the cat are best friends and play often, but she is extremely fearful of guests and noises. I want to be able to help her but i dont know how, because it seems that having another pets only masks her issues slighltly.

I adopted a sweet 6 year old mixed breed dog (did DNA testing she's part Australian Shepherd, German Shepherd, Husky and American Stafford Terrier) named Koko. I volunteer at our shelter and handled her on several adoption events. She was/is playful and has a sweet personality. As I was waiting for her to get chipped before I brought her home, they took her to another room, was bringing in others to help, and grabbing muzzles. I must have waited for 15 to 20 minutes before the brought her out and said they couldn't chip her and good luck, she's a runner and escape artist. I was like oh no. I took her to my vet the next day (after she took off running and getting out of her collar). The vet took her to the back room and after several minutes, brought her back out said I should take her back, she's a bad dog and will probably bite people. One of the techs said the same thing. I said she was great at home so they decided to have me sedate her and bring her back the next week. I brought her to the vet after giving her the meds and when I got there, she got loose and took off running at the vets. One of the techs opened the door and she went in. They gave her a shot of something to calm her down more and she still was fighting and being aggressive. They did manage to get her rabies shot and again, told me I would do best to get rid of her. I talked to a vet friend of mine who told me to not give up yet, find another vet. I did and this vet was very patient and worked with her as best as he could. He figured out that she is just very fearful and she does not like being held down which I did notice at home. I can say hugs to her and she takes off running knowing I am going to hug her. She tolerates it but shows anxiety when I do but I am trying to show her it is ok. They gave me meds to sedate her but they have failed to work so far. I am taking her back again with new meds (over counter the night before and 2 more meds a few hours before and a half hour before). I am thankful this vet works with us but wish I could do more. I've had her for 2 years now. I nor the vet can clip her nails without her getting overly scared. She has not bitten anyone as of yet which I am thankful for. I try to touch her paws at home and she won't let me touch them. I have to make Saturday morning appointments so I am able to be home to give her the meds to take her to the vet.