[alaskayorkie]

I think cowering comes with the territory of being a tiny dog. There are a lot of big scary things out there. She should get better. Be sure kids aren't allowed to pick her up at will. That can be scary. Jack still cringes from me when I go to pick him up. He runs away, spins around and finally slinks up to me and backs in. Weird, but he's probably been picked up too many times when he didn't want to be.

As for playing, it sounds like Maggie has her own style. You can teach fetch by tossing something that she wants (a kong with peanut butter inside) and then getting her to drop it to get a better reward (a treat). Well, that's the theory anyway.