• Age. 4
• Country. USA
• Breed. GSD
• Sex. F
• Periods (as hormones can change a lot specially the first one). nada she's spayed
  
• Dogs weight. About 70lbs? She's tiny.
  
• Food? How much? How many times a day? And what food. Big meal once a day. She gets a small meal of wet food in the morning with her pills. Sorry, I don't know what brand.

My parents have a 4 year old GSD. Since they adopted her, she's been very timid and anxious. However, since the death of my dog in 2015, I think her struggles have gotten worse. She's very well leash trained, listens to commands, goes to her crate when told to, etc.

Shes very afraid of people, especially men. She gets stressed in public. My parents have been socializing her at dog parks and it is helping.

She won't eat (allegedly according to my mother but she's... dramatic) unless my mom is home. She doesn't have a big appetite usually but it's nonexistent sometimes. When I was house-sitting for my parents a month ago, the dog didn't eat and then threw up bile everywhere. Apparently this is reoccurring. My mom was very angry with me and the dog and basically pitched a fit, shouting and screaming at me saying that she needs to replace all the carpets "because of this dog". I don't think my mom's reaction was appropriate and I think it's contributing to the actual problem.

It's like clockwork at 8pm every night - she gets the zoomies but takes it too far with insane barking and nipping. The obvious solution is to walk her everyday and I'm sad my parents don't do that. I will walk her myself when I move in. It's just a behavior worth mentioning.

She chews everything when she's home alone. I don't know the extent of the training she's had but I'm not sure how well this behavior can be trained out.

I will be moving in with my parents in August and I really want to help rehab their dog. I don't know where to start. My dad made a offhand comment that when I move out again I'm taking her with me and, while I'd love to have her, I think this whole situation is cruel. My family has had dogs all of our life and she's the only one that's been like this. I am looking for advice on how to approach my parents about her problems as well as strategies to help with her anxiety.