I agree with the others that have said..you NEVER NEVER want to give them affection when they are acting fearfull! they will think you are rewarding them for acting afraid if you do...I have a yorkie babie that was not socialized at all and was scared to death of humans when we got him..and I never pet him and say "its ok" when he is acting scared..I have found that Riley loves cheese..so I will sit by someone that he will not go to on his own and i have them hold out the piece of cheese and if he approaches them WITHOUT acting afraid than i let him have the cheese and pet him and tell him good boy..this seems to be working wonders so far..he is much less afraid of people now..mabey you can try something like that with yours. but the key is you yourself can not be nervous,,or he he will sence that too..if you expect him to be scared he may be picking up on that..try to visulize the out come that you desire when you are working with him..if you stay calm and dont say much to him while you have him in ffront of what scares him he may pick up on your energy and calm down as well and if he does THEN pet him and tell him what a good job he has done..hope this helps |