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Have a dog that will only come to me won't come any closer than about 6 ft from anyone else. She won't let anyone else catch her but just wags her tail and looks at them from a little ways away. Does anyone know anything to help make her less skitish. Thanks any help appreciated.

Sometimes thats a good thingdont you know

Won't have to worry about dog thieves .

Thats true but it makes it hard to catch her when hunting with friends

Attention! Attention! Attention! And then, more attention! Pet her, talk to her, and give her treats as much as possible. Is she the only hound you have?

if she will come to you with no problems and be PDQ about it. and she is a outstanding dog.
I would tell my friends not to call her or try to handle her.

if she is not a outstanding dog in your eyes. well... then that's a decision you have to make , you feed her.

to answer your question.
lots of TLC and time around strangers. some of them never come out of it.
and some of it depends on why is she shy.
did it just pop up all the sudden or was it born that way.

I seen on here , to tie it out on a 2 foot chain and let strangers go up and pet it .
never needed to try it my self. so I don't know if it works.

Good runn'in to ya
Steve

Shy hound usually are not good hounds if u are a trailer sounds like one to get rid of unless she is a real stand out dog.

littlewoody wrote:Won't have to worry about dog thieves .

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Put dog on a chain It will work

I have one that does that every once in a while. I call it my anti-theft device!

oef10 wrote:I have one that does that every once in a while. I call it my anti-theft device!

Nice looking hound in that picture !

HOUNDS LIKE THAT I KEEP THEM ON A CHAIN...LET THE KIDS PLAY WITH HER WITH TREATS ON THE CHAIN... WORKS FOR ME EVERYTIME YEP GOOD OLD FASHION TLC

I worry about that with my beagle. She is a great house dog, burns a rabbit, not quite a year old yet but other than myself, wife and kids there are only a couple of people she will go up to. I blame this on our 3 yo lab that goes nuts on anyone that's stops over or walks by the house. When we brought her home at 8 wks old I think the labs behavior scared her from everyone else.

Do you mind telling what the dog is bred like? I've never owned one, but have heard that the Branko's Lumber Jack bred dogs ,tend to be a bit shy acting. One guy described them as " quire acting "

littlewoody wrote:

oef10 wrote:I have one that does that every once in a while. I call it my anti-theft device!

Nice looking hound in that picture !

Thanks I like him