[MysticLlama]

And the only way to get over it that I've found is living with your limit of scary.

My order:
Husky, year or so old, big, powerful bite, strong chewer, but generally happy, loved everyone.
Dutch Shepherd puppy, terror, needle teeth, liked to have power struggle, sweet once tired out. Rarely tired out.
German shepherd mix, year or so old, somewhat abused, took a while but ended up super sweet, was, needed space and time, barks and sounds scary, pretty cuddly, love people.

Newest addition, Belgian Malinois that was picked up as a stray, possibly abused, but still trusting, startles easy, occasionally gets super wound up and is a complete a-hole until you can grab him and chill him out, would be the scariest thing ever if I hadn't had the other three.Super cuddly with family, but takes a while to adapt to new people and yells at them.

And while typing this I reached over to give him a pat and zapped him with some static and got a deep growl in the dark... So gave him a quick hug.

Long process though, not something to just get over. I do think that the fear leads to reaction that can escalate the challenge situation, which makes it that much harder to figure out.