Hang in there Penny Lane and family! Things will work out just fine! I've had my older husky for 6 years and she still crouches if I get up too fast around her. Some scars will never go away but they will fade a bit. She also was not crazy when I brought another one home but now they can't stand to be apart....even though they don't really play together....it is just that they know they are both there (Nattie is 13 now and doesn't have the energy, plus she has arthritis).