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If you don't wear or do or participate in things that scare the dog, you need to gain her trust for starters. I'd always call her from her level - sitting or lying on the floor in a totally non-threatening position. Don't be overly affectionate - just re-affirming when she comes near and sniffs, touches you. Right now, she's fearful and skittish so the less you touch her and allow and encourage her to do the approaching and touching, the more in control of the situation she will feel.

Another thing you could try is lying on the floor covered in her favorite treats and allow her to come and approach you and have her treats as she's near you with you in a completely non-threatening position. If you repeat this every day or two for a couple of weeks, she will begin to associate coming near to you as completely non-threatening, not at all scary but entirely pleasant and find herself wanting to be near you.

You can also play "find that treat" by placing a treat in one hand and offering your two closed fists to her for her to nose-touch or paw the hand with the treat. It should encourage her to come near and touch you, learn that doing so will get her a nice treat and find you are not that scary up close - no need to flatten on the floor and be scared.

Once she's doing all of those things without being afraid or flattening out, putting her ears back, shaking, proceed to basic obedience training. This type of working with a dog to reinforce its using its mind to learn the tricks, learning to do what you say without fear and for a great reward - a treat, smile and praise - will start to teach her to love working and learning and trusting you and she will begin to bone with you - see you as a trust, kind, gentle, loving leader. This always gives dogs self-confidence and self-worth and enriches their lives by showing them we are very proud of what they can learn to do.

Life-enriching puzzles and games you create and play with her such as find the hidden treats around the house where you tell her "Seek treats" and point out her treats where they are hidden around the house a few times and then turn her loose to sniff them out on her own - with the occasional help from you - will keep her busy using her nose to sniff them out and give her confidence in her accomplishment at the same time. Those puzzle toys where she has to solve the puzzle to get the treat will also soon engage her mind, teach her she's a smartie-pants and give her still more self-confidence in her abilities.

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