Any suggestions on how I can help my bio-son 12 years with a phobia of dogs....The only back story, is he saw his brother get bit and had a bloody wound, then also heard about the rabies shots he had and how painful that was....This was a few years ago, my other other son, that one that got bite doesn't seem to be phased are scared...His irrational fear me makes me vigilant and protective when we are walking, but I rarely show fear even if the dog is stray walking alone. His other parent also coaches him on the this seemly irrational fear of dogs. Is there anyway to get him to copy cause I don't want this constantly cause his other younger brother& sister to follow suit on something so miniscule....Why doesn't he just copy us and show no fear?...Is he trying to share something else and this is the only way he can express it? Yes, he is in therapy, so hopefully he can share his own stuff Any suggestions?