| I think puppy classes do WONDERS! Definitely enroll him in class. My first puppy, my IG, was soooo shy, the first 3-4 weeks of class all she would do was hide under my chair and not play with the other pups when it was 'playtime'. I felt so bad for her and frustrated at the same time--why do other people's puppies play and not mine :-( She soon started to come out of her shell and by the time we graduated puppy class she was out there playing with all of them! She completely changed.
I had a similar situation recently with my dobe pup, Mona, she's 5 months old. Our friend has a 2 year old boxer, very outgoing, very playful. The first time they met he started charging toward Mona in our backyard and she started yelping and running away behind our shed! And he didn't even touch her! His owners were apologizing but we're like, don't apologize she's fine. She hid behind the shed for about an hour, we just ignored her, she eventually came out but kept her distance from him. That was about a month ago....guess what, they are now BEST Friends!! She LOVES playing with him now, they play tug, chase each other around. She just had to get used to him. She's still kind of afraid of another friend's 1 yr male dobe, but it's probably because she's only seen him twice...he's very outgoing too BUT his owner said he was a shy and timid puppy too, that he was scared of other dogs, he isn't now! so there's hope for our shy pups!
Good luck with puppy class!
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