Timid dog

It might come from DNA, but I wouldn't consider it a fault. Put the pup in a pen with another pup that too friendly and spend lots of time with it. If the pups going to hunt it will be very independent. Some of my best dogs started just as you described. Had a friend send me to get a dog from widow woman. The reason was because they only seen it from a distance and was chasing the cows. Turned out it was a bmc given to them by one of the locate stockmen. When we got this dog hemmed up under the barn I put gloves and a heavy coat on to keep from getting bitten. That day my coat was shredded and the dog pissed and crapped all over me. Made my first outstanding strike dog and helped start many others.