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Originally Posted by QuickSilver

I'm surprised people are immediately suggesting a re-home, particularly since this dog has aready been through one.

I firmly believe you can train a dog to do pretty much anything. Remember, our perceptions of scary behavior and dogs' perceptions can be very different. Thor hates our cleaning man because he wheels a big, noisy trash can around. We may not think that's dangerous, but to Thor, someone yelling at him for no reason is scary, and big rolling trash cans are scary. That's his world.

Similarly, other things we humans would be disgusted by, someone forcing us to smell pee or poop, I don't think this is such a big deal to dogs. They LIKE smelling these things, though that doesn't mean they want their nose rubbed in it. Don't worry, I would never do this, but comparing a dog's reaction to this and a human's doesn't make sense because we are so different in this regard.

Very often a dog will decide he doesn't like a certain family member, sometimes for what we consider good reason, sometimes not. Training a dog to be calm around skateboards is similar to training a dog not to bark at other dogs, or trust men. They can all be done, with patience and understanding of the doggie perspective.