About a month ago we brought home a 9 month old male wire hair dachshund. He immediately bonded with me and within hours of bringing him home he became my instant best buddy. However when my 19 year old daughter walks into the room, he just wants to bark at her, and is very timid an reserved when she pets him. He does the same thing with my wife, but doesn't bark as much and warms up to her after a few minutes. My daughter just can't seem to bond with him though. She is 19, and 6'3", and quite loud so she may be scaring him, but I'd like to see him become comfortable with her. Any tips? He does seem to be more timid around women so we wonder how he may have been treated by the women he was around while very young.

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