[quote1267702032=Hugo] I bought a Boz Shepherd Dog 13 months ago and he is 15 months old right now. Even if these dogs are dedicated to fighting (that is what I have been told), according to the breeder, as a good LGD, he should be a good guard dog (and that is what I bought him for). He has been proper socialized as since he was a pup he has been around the house and going out for a walk (at the beginning, and running since a couple of months ago) every day except on Sundays. He lives at my home together with other 3 males and 2 females, and he plays around with either of the females (as I maintain him separate from the males since 8 months ago to avoid fights). However, this dog is afraid even of his shadow. He pees each time someone of the family approaches him. He is reluctant to approach when I open a door of a room or when I open the hood of my car, while in the same situation my other dogs came immediately very curious and confident to smell and to see that new stuff. Last week I had some friends at home so they requested me to show my dogs to them so I put a leash on each one (one at a time) and I approached to them to a certain distance with each dog. All of the dogs were very confident but watching the strangers at every moment, except the Boz Shepherd. He didn't want to approach and when I put him off leash he quickly walked away to a place where he could not see any body. When I get close to him he pees. If I am near him and I make any sudden movement he scares and run away immediately. He has the same behavior with my wife and my childs. Even if he has gone out of the house during around 12 months he is afraid of the cars. I have had different guard dog breeds during the past 20 years (NEO, GSD, Fila Brazileiro, Dogo Argentino, CAO, CO) and right now I have a CAO and a CO older than him and 3 CAOs younger than him, and I have never seen nothing like this before. What do you think about this? All opinions welcome. hugo [/quote1267702032] I am deeply sorry to hear this hugo, as Yelena said, it is genetic.. result of poor breeding if you ask me.. but however, he is your pal.. you can try desensitizing him.. such dogs are likely to attack out of fear when you take them out.. kindly be careful.. i have seen dogs with such behaviour problem.. I have even worked on a few.. you can only make him less fearful.. but I don't think that he'd be a good guardian.. but i wish you the best..