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This kind of thing can take a long time to work out of some dogs and others not as long - it just depends on your dog, how they deal with fear, how intense the initial fear episode was to her, how often and briefly you repeat the sessions and effectively interest her in the treats/toy/play/relaxation during the exposure to it, and whether or not you can successfully remove any anxiety you have over her anxiety during the sessions. The calmer/cooler you are during those sessions, the more you can help her. Just think of yourself as a nurse or trainer during those times and don't even think of yourself as her mom. But, once she is accepting of the light and isn't scared anymore, once again, REWARD YOURSELF, as you have once again helped your dog deal with her awful fear and kept her life from being always plagued by flashing lights.

Sorry this is so long but it just covers a few of the things you need to know about how to work with a dog to desensitize it to fear using good associations for short periods of time and what to do if one thing doesn't work well. Together with all of the good advice you've already gotten, hopefully you have some ideas about how to help her. There are still more ways to help this kind of fear but one of these methods listed here should be able to help her if you will stay committed and persistent and infinitely patient and loving with her during the desensitization training. Good luck to you! Hope that little one is doing better in another few weeks. And by the way, should she totally get past all of this but one day lights or something else starts her back acting fearful, just start over and do the same thing with whatever her fear source is.