Shy, edging away from hotel’s wild dog (6)
I believe the answer is:
coyote
'wild dog' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'shy edging away from hotel's' is the wordplay.
'shy' becomes 'coy' (coy can mean shy or modest).
'edging away from' means to look at the middle letters (letters at the edges are removed).
The centre of 'hotel' is 'ote'.
'coy'+'ote'='COYOTE'
(Other definitions for coyote that I've seen before include "US wild dog" , "howler" , "Small wild dog" , "North American prairie wolf" , "Wild canine" .)