Patrick Cheatham

Hi all new to the forum and looking for some insight. Here is the problem, I have a young GSD (11 mos) who is very shy/ afarid of people. I have had him 2 months now and he has made good progress in bonding with me but will run should anybody else come toward him. My intentions were to use him for HRD. But have never faced anything like this before. I wonder if I'm moving to fast with him. (He has not been abused). Can this behavior be corrected, if so how? He is just starting to show some drive. What would be a reasonable time frame for evaluating a dog with this behavior?

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