The day after New Years we spotted a pregnant dog outside of my neighborhood. After a few failed attempts at getting her she disappeared for 3 weeks. Then she popped up again, no longer pregnant. We finally managed to catch her by putting her pups in a carrier then sneaking up on it and closing the door with her inside. We now have her and her 4 little bundles of joy. They are now at their cutest at 5 1/2 weeks old, but she is still very leery of us. She hides in her kennel and only comes out to eat and potty. The closest she will come to us is to take a treat from our hands. We've dealt with skittish dogs before, but they were approachable and affectionate, just abused/neglected. She's never acted aggressively towards us, just scared. Does anyone out there have experiance with dogs like this? What can we do to help her become more trusting and approachable? How long does it take to "tame" a semi feral dog?
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