My 6 month old Chocolate lab runs around the house crying/whining only with one

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toy, why? There's this red and white squeaky toy bone that we have and whenever she grabs it, she runs around with it with her head down low and her tail down and she'll cry/whine. It's only with this one toy, she won't go near us, or let us near her, and if we can get her to come by us it takes a while or we bribe her with a treat. My parents and I were just wondering, why does our dog behave this way with this toy? We have a couple of other toys that are the same material, squeaker, even coloring and this is the only one that she does this with. All of her other toys she's totally fine and normal with.
So we were wondering what about this toy makes our puppy behave this way?
Any help or ideas would be terrific!
Thank you
When we try to take it away she'll keep her distance from us, just out of arms reach, and then if we make it any closer she'll run away. But then she stops to see if we're following her. So it's like she's playing her own game of cat and mouse. We are able to get her to come to us with the toy and drop it for us a few times when this crying happens. She just seems to act almost timid.
 
what would happen if you went near her when she had the toy? would she show aggression like growl or tense up her muscles or freeze with her tail down and face low and look up at yu? or would she show fear like run away? tuck her tail under her belly?
or would she act playfull and hop around or go into a bowing stance?
 
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