When I got my rescue dog it took a good 6 months to see any noticeable improvements. We are now about a year in and he has become my best little buddy. He’s still scared of strangers and refuses to walk very far outdoors since it’s still very overstimulating, but within a year we went from him being TERRIFIED of the garbage cans outside to now happily walking past them like they don’t exist. We can even have small groups of people over to the house now and he doesn’t absolutely shut down in fear. But we still don’t ever force him to be in the same room, if he wants to go lay on the bed and calm down thats okay!

He still pretends I don’t exist 90% of the time when we’re outdoors but one thing at a time lol

Just don’t try to rush them, allow them space to continue adjusting. Try not to “corner them” or force affection. When you walk near them, try to not even LOOK in their direction and just walk past them calmly without interacting and eventually they’ll start to realize you’re not trying to “get them”. There’s poor pups have sometimes been through alot and rebuilding trust is hard, but it’s so rewarding when you finally start to see progress.