New dog 6 months old and skidish

The pup jimco is referring to, I started off with her in a kennel here. I quickly realized that that was a bad deal for her, because she would constantly hight tail it to her dog house and hide until I turned my back, lol, then she'd be right behind me. I decided to move her to a nice light puppy chain spot to see if that would help with her confidence. I have indeed noticed improvement in her over all demeanor since being on a chain. She is VERY confident when I watch her from afar, and barks ALOT lol. It's just when I approach her head on, she commando crawls away from me as fast as she can, but then I turn my back to her, and there she is right behind me lol. I've just been doing a lot of baby talking, and when I pour her feed, I grab her chain and pull her to me and talk to her and pet her whether she likes it or not. I'm just being patient with her and not letting her ever feel any negative or frusterated energy from me during this process or I feel she will regress. A lot of patience.