I have heard many great things about this book:



I've seen it recommended to others with shy dogs many times over on other boards I belong to. I found it on Amazon.com for $5.95

One good exercise to teach Smokey would be to touch a target. This is often used to help dogs get over things they are scared of. You teach the dog to touch the target, and when they start to think of that as being a fun game you start to move the target around so that they will touch it anywhere. Then you can transfer this by putting the target on or near (depending just how scared they are) an item that scares them.

I don't know that Smokey will ever be necessarily outgoing, but I do think with training he can at least learn to turn to you when he's scared and accept things he has been previously scared of.

Good luck.