Skittish 12 week husky

Question
We adopted a 12 week old female husky that was born under a house. She was very skittish when we brought her home, i thought it was because she had no human contact before. We have 3 children and 2 other dogs as well..She instantly warmed up to our other dogs and plays with them and shares food bowls and ect..but after about 6 weeks of having her if we take 3 steps near her she runs off...She has stayed under my bed for days, so i made it to wear she had to stay in our front rooms where she could get use to being around people, but even that didn't work. She doesn't snap or growl at anyone, its like shes anti social and i have no clue how to help her out of it, i have brought her outside and put her on a leash while the kids where playing to show her it was ok.. and when i thought things would get better she would just dart from us again...its been like this for about 8 or 9 weeks now and any advice would be greatly appreciated

Answer
Unfortunately, you may have inadvertently "trapped" her by putting her on the leash "to show her it was ok."  Dogs with limited social experience are often more frightened on leash than off (because they realize that they *can* escape the scary thing.  The best thing you can do is to pair the presence of people with good things happening for her.  So, don't force any interaction, or allow anyone to stick their hands out to her.  Wait for her to approach and take a sniff, and remain benign, or toss a small treat on the floor for her.  This will be very difficult, because she saw no humans during her optimal socialization period (age 8-12 weeks) and she didn't see that many after that, and the ones she saw, despite your best intentions, might have seemed very scary to her.  If you have an active household with three kids, imagine how scary that is to a dog who has never even seen a kid, never mind three at once.  I would suggest you get a copy of Patricia McConnell's "The Cautious Canine" or Deborah Woods' "Help for Your Shy Dog" and try to adopt some of the protocols within those books for training this pup.