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After a few weeks of the above, one day walk her on the leash out by the pool when the kids are away from it and right back inside to a treat and much praise. Do that a few times and then as kids begin to gather, walk her out to the area and right back inside for a nice treat and praise. Gradually increase the trips to the pool area and back inside, occasionally waiting around for a minute or two and then back inside, as she tolerates. Encourage her with treats and walking her in tight circles after a treat if she begins to look nervous, anything to distract her while she's hearing and feeling the noise and energy of the pool and kids and then right on inside. She will slowly learn that the trips outside are very short, nothing awful happens and begin to associate the kids' noises with her food and your smiles and she will see that nothing really bad is happening out there. After a while, her doggie instincts should begin to kick in and she should start to want see what is going on and watch from afar. No doubt she's anxious around kids and their kinetic, reckless actions and noises, so I would remove her if they start to approach, telling them over your should that she's in training for noise fear and has to go in right now but hopefully, once she's trained, they can approach her - just not right now. If necessary, you can take her out where she can hear the noises but not in the line of sight of the kids if they won't stay away and she's fearful of them still.

After a few months of this training and desensitization, you should have a much less anxious and fearful, more confident, well-trained dog in control of her impulses and many of her anxieties - if, if, if you keep the training short and frequent, fun, make a game of it and stay patient and loving during the sessions.