Mastiff Forum:
Shy Mastiff

Our two year old mastiff is very shy with strangers, especially men. Lately, he has even wet the floor if a stranger approaches him. He does not react aggressively or even at all unless someone wants to pet him. We think a stranger did something once when we had him camping and that was the start of it. In all other ways he is great. How to help this??

My female is extremly shy also..we have worked on this by just bringing her everywhere and socializing her with things that seem to upset her. Being that they are so large you dont want to let the situation get out of hand and have him nip someone out of fear.

Just approach the problem with patience and understanding and itll get better.

Good Luck!!