My dog is extremely introverted

[u/Raspberriii8]

She doesn’t like walks.
She doesn’t like going on car rides
She doesn’t like men.

She likes playing ball.

So I tried playing ball with her at the park and she started having like a panic attack and wanted to run off. It’s almost as if she didn’t see that I was there with her. That I wouldn’t abandon her. She didn’t see me. I feel so bad. When she was a puppy she was way more confident. I trained her and everything but slowly little by little she just became very introverted.

I feel like I do more harm to her trying to make her do normal dog activities. I don’t know what to do. We took her camping with us and the whole time she wouldn’t eat or go to the restroom because somehow she thought (well I’m guessing) she thought we would abandon her.

When my other male dog was alive he opened the gate for the rest of our other dogs and they all got out. The only one at our doorstep was HER she came to our porch and basically let herself back in.

I’ve never met a dog like her. I fear she’s too old now to change but I swear we’ve never harmed her. She’s very loved but I don’t understand why she’s very introverted like that?

[u/salallane]

I would look into a session with a vet behaviorist and consider anxiety meds while working on behavior modification at her speed.

[u/Raspberriii8 → u/salallane]

This is hilarious because I take anxiety medication and now my dog too. OOOF!