Quote Originally Posted by borzoimom
she would flee and hide if a man came over

Colbi does the same thing. If a strange man comes to our house or if we're out for a walk and a man stops to pet her, she runs and hides behind me. We don't know anything about her previous owners, just that they abused her. We're suspecting it was a man who abused her, or at least owned her, since she's only afraid of men. She isn't scared of my Dad though. But if the man stays still or crouches down and talks to her, she'll slowly walk up to them and sniff them, but the slightest movement makes her run again. Even with my guy friends (who are 13, the same age as me) she's a little afraid. I had her out for a walk with a group of my friends and she would only go and sniff my girl friends. But after a couple minutes she was okay with everyone there.