[IHeartSnS]

So I have a 60lbs boxer that is literally scared of EVERYTHING. We got him at about 9 weeks old and he was great he played with my yorkie and the neighbor dogs and was a normal happy puppy. Then my husband left for iraq when he was about 5 months old and he was left with just me. He terrorized me the entier time my husband was gone, he honest to god ate our recliner in one sitting, I never punished him anymore than a tap on the butt and a "time out" in his cage, nothing to extreem but he knew when i was mad but just never seemd to care. So fastforward 7 months and Billy comes home, buddy (the boxer) is now terrified of people, i really don't know why, he got the oportunity to meet people and be socialized but for whatever reason he is now scared. So things only get worse from there. He listens to Billy and most of the time to me and is a pretty well behaved dog when it's just us home but oh my gosh if someone else comes in the house its a fiasco and when he gets scared guess who he runs to, mommy. He growls from 10feet away and then runs outside if you try to touch him he shakes and wimpers and is pitiful. We finally got him used to our parents just by forcing him to be pet a bunch of times but things are really only getting worse. He has now developed a fear of the kissy noise and skate boards and plastic bags and kids and...... other boxer owners i've mentioned this to say oh yeah my boxer is neurotic too but it's only in passing, i want some real stories, if there are any, to let me know i'm not alone. Please share!