Shelter pup

She is about a year old, and was found more dead than alive. We brought her home a week ago. She seems to be a Border Collie/German Shepherd mix.  By any means, she is quite well behaved. She is shy of males and does not want to come.   I feel some fool would call her and  hit her when she obeyed. It is going to take a while for me to gain her trust.   She does come for my wife ….though with hesitation.

Lots of praise and a pocket full of treats, and she'll learn quickly that you're not some fool. She looks like she's going to be a delight.

Aww, sweet girl! I would have to agree - loads of patience, plus loads of praise and 'treats'. ('Treats', in our house, are part of their daily diet, not actually extra stuff. Lol - but don't tattle on me, please! They think it's all cookies, not just a way for me to sneak in yet more healthy nutrients,  without fattening them up!

Rescues are the very BEST! I'm on my fourth and fifth.
Great Job, she will learn to trust you, just give her some time...

Nice Pup! Congratulations!

I bet that if you are the person who feeds her she will warm up to you.

With all past dogs, “come” is the first command I teach.  She seems to respond to Reality Therapy more than Operant Conditioning.   She seeks belonging and companionship. She has learned the routine of the homestead and wants to help.

When I took her out to see the livestock, on a leash, she was fine with the chickens and goats.   She knows my MM (Queen Kitty) runs the house, and she obeys my MM (as do we all).  When I took her out to the pigs to feed them breakfast, things got exciting. Reno, the boar, came galloping in for his meal. Reno likes his food, and he was snorting and squealing as he galloped across the paddock.  The dog bolted, breaking  off the leash in the process.  It was a bad call on my part. I was used to Reno’s breakfast antics. But to the uninitiated, he is an impressive sight.

This was on her third full day with us.  When she ran, she ran to our back door. She clearly saw our house as her home.   The next day, I decided not to use a leash.  She followed me to the pigs without my encouragement. And, she followed me back to the house when feeding was done. While she does need to learn some basic words, Her willingness to please and her need for companionship seem to be strong forces in her.

Congratulations! We're contemplating getting another dog too. Still haven't decided about the breed/type, source (shelter or reputable breeder or backyard mutts from a nice family), puppy or adult, etc.
But we're probably getting something soon-ish ;)
I'd recommend watching Kikopup channel on youtube, she has a lot of good advices. Very clicker training but makes it easier to watch her process in this format (I use clicker training anyway, when I want to teach something real fast).