I got her at a shelter 4 years ago. She wouldn't respond to anyone and looked miserable. It took me 4 hours at the shelter to get her to trust me--the guy had to literally drag her out of her kennel. She was extremely underweight, and they thought she had been abused by her previous owners. She is still afraid of men, children, and to a lesser degree, women, but I've managed to get her to stop trying to run away every time she sees someone. She's also terrified of storms and any kind of flashing lights. She had major separation anxiety when I first got her but we worked through that. I already had one dog when I got her but she's the alpha dog of the two.