Help with unruly corgi - MyCorgi.com2024-03-28T13:30:00Zhttp://mycorgi.com/forum/topics/help-with-unruly-corgi?commentId=1150197%3AComment%3A1902518&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWow! That is awesome. Perfe…tag:mycorgi.com,2015-02-05:1150197:Comment:19025182015-02-05T16:18:23.884Zsusanhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/susan845
<p>Wow! That is awesome. Perfectly clean run!!! Congrats on your brags too! Keep up the great work!</p>
<p>Wow! That is awesome. Perfectly clean run!!! Congrats on your brags too! Keep up the great work!</p> Susan,
You can go to youtube…tag:mycorgi.com,2015-02-04:1150197:Comment:19023432015-02-04T16:20:48.657ZStolimomhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/JeffLinsley
<p>Susan,</p>
<p> You can go to youtube.com and search "Pembroke welsh corgi Bella National Steeplechase" and you can see them. I haven't posted in a while, so this is from the 2013 Nationals. Much better now, but always a work in progress! A little brag...for USDAA in 2014, in two events Bella trials in, she was the #1 PWC in the country and #2 in two others. They have come a long way!</p>
<p>Susan,</p>
<p> You can go to youtube.com and search "Pembroke welsh corgi Bella National Steeplechase" and you can see them. I haven't posted in a while, so this is from the 2013 Nationals. Much better now, but always a work in progress! A little brag...for USDAA in 2014, in two events Bella trials in, she was the #1 PWC in the country and #2 in two others. They have come a long way!</p> @ Stolimom... That is awesome…tag:mycorgi.com,2015-02-02:1150197:Comment:19019422015-02-02T20:23:12.258Zsusanhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/susan845
@ Stolimom... That is awesome that you have come so far with your pup in agility. That is quite an accomplishment , coming from not knowing how to work with her all the way to ADCH. Great job! If you ever take any videos of her runs, please share. :)
@ Stolimom... That is awesome that you have come so far with your pup in agility. That is quite an accomplishment , coming from not knowing how to work with her all the way to ADCH. Great job! If you ever take any videos of her runs, please share. :) A little late on this thread,…tag:mycorgi.com,2015-02-02:1150197:Comment:19019372015-02-02T16:41:35.264ZStolimomhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/JeffLinsley
<p>A little late on this thread, but my 2 cents worth. We had this same dog as a one year old. She was something else! In order to keep her, we had to get help, which we did. The "behaviorist" that we went to was incredible. The dog wasn't the problem, it was us! She was our first dog (and so many have told us since that a corgi would not be their first choice as a first dog). I remember driving home the first night we met with the "behaviorist" saying "this isn't fun...I thought it was suppose…</p>
<p>A little late on this thread, but my 2 cents worth. We had this same dog as a one year old. She was something else! In order to keep her, we had to get help, which we did. The "behaviorist" that we went to was incredible. The dog wasn't the problem, it was us! She was our first dog (and so many have told us since that a corgi would not be their first choice as a first dog). I remember driving home the first night we met with the "behaviorist" saying "this isn't fun...I thought it was suppose to be fun having a dog". Well, once we put things in place along w/ NILF, she became a reward and we ended up re-homing another corgi boy. They are great now, but it is always a work in progress for these corgis! They are smart! They need a job and exercise regularly every day. You mentioned being scared of walks. I remember our girl was terrified of sewers and manhole covers. My wife worked on this with her on their walks and having "happy time" whenever the approached one. It took about 3 walks to make her aware that they were nothing to be afraid of. She will try and look down the sewer now and stomp on those manhole covers as she walks over them!</p>
<p>The job we found for her was agility. She absolutely loves it and earned her USDAA ADCH (Agility Dog Champion) last October and working to get her AKC MACH title this year. They have already qualified for USDAA Nationals this October. Don't give up, but it is not the dogs fault!</p> Gonna go ahead and leave this…tag:mycorgi.com,2015-02-01:1150197:Comment:19016602015-02-01T17:13:25.923ZShippo & Koga Corgishttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Cheetah
<p>Gonna go ahead and leave this on the main part of the thread as well...<br></br><br></br></p>
<p>There are tons of training resources online. One source I really like is the Kikopup channel on Youtube:<br></br><br></br><strong>Intro To Clicker Training:</strong><br></br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wv1uvvqaSw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wv1uvvqaSw</a><br></br><br></br></p>
<p><strong>Teaching Calmness:…</strong><br></br></p>
<p>Gonna go ahead and leave this on the main part of the thread as well...<br/><br/></p>
<p>There are tons of training resources online. One source I really like is the Kikopup channel on Youtube:<br/><br/><strong>Intro To Clicker Training:</strong><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wv1uvvqaSw" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wv1uvvqaSw</a><br/><br/></p>
<p><strong>Teaching Calmness:</strong><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wesm2OpE_2c" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wesm2OpE_2c</a><br/><br/><strong>Teaching Sit-Stay:</strong><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksBLKi6lj1s" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksBLKi6lj1s</a><br/><br/><strong>I also love this page:</strong> - has several basic videos, such as sit, down, and stay, teaching the dog his name, charging the clicker, etc.<br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.clickertrainusa.com/clicker-training-videos.htm" target="_blank">http://www.clickertrainusa.com/clicker-training-videos.htm</a><br/><br/>I taught Shippo everything he knows with the clicker. Hopefully this will help you to teach your dog some useful commands.</p> There are tons of training re…tag:mycorgi.com,2015-02-01:1150197:Comment:19016052015-02-01T17:11:24.511ZShippo & Koga Corgishttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Cheetah
<p>There are tons of training resources online. One source I really like is the Kikopup channel on Youtube:<br></br><br></br><strong>Intro To Clicker Training:</strong><br></br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wv1uvvqaSw" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wv1uvvqaSw</a><br></br><br></br></p>
<p><strong>Teaching Calmness:</strong><br></br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wesm2OpE_2c" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wesm2OpE_2c</a><br></br><br></br><strong>Teaching…</strong></p>
<p>There are tons of training resources online. One source I really like is the Kikopup channel on Youtube:<br/><br/><strong>Intro To Clicker Training:</strong><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wv1uvvqaSw" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wv1uvvqaSw</a><br/><br/></p>
<p><strong>Teaching Calmness:</strong><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wesm2OpE_2c" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wesm2OpE_2c</a><br/><br/><strong>Teaching Sit-Stay:</strong><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksBLKi6lj1s" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksBLKi6lj1s</a><br/><br/><strong>I also love this page:</strong> - has several basic videos, such as sit, down, and stay, teaching the dog his name, charging the clicker, etc.<br/><a href="http://www.clickertrainusa.com/clicker-training-videos.htm" target="_blank">http://www.clickertrainusa.com/clicker-training-videos.htm</a><br/><br/>I taught Shippo everything he knows with the clicker. Hopefully this will help you to teach your dog some useful commands.<br/><br/></p> You should be able to find so…tag:mycorgi.com,2015-02-01:1150197:Comment:19016562015-02-01T06:18:51.643ZChloe's parent Lizhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Chloesparent
<p>You should be able to find some type of low cost spay or neuter clinic. Your dog's health will benefit. Prostate issues are generally avoided with neutered dogs. </p>
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<p>Did you purchase him from a breeder? You and your dog and family need training. If you cannot afford training check out libraries, Your dog should not be kicked, yelled at or threatened. A trained dog is a confident dog.</p>
<p>Also check out Victoria Stillwell, she trains in a positive manner.. </p>
<p>You should be able to find some type of low cost spay or neuter clinic. Your dog's health will benefit. Prostate issues are generally avoided with neutered dogs. </p>
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<p>Did you purchase him from a breeder? You and your dog and family need training. If you cannot afford training check out libraries, Your dog should not be kicked, yelled at or threatened. A trained dog is a confident dog.</p>
<p>Also check out Victoria Stillwell, she trains in a positive manner.. </p> Also--this book might be help…tag:mycorgi.com,2015-01-30:1150197:Comment:19015292015-01-30T21:14:27.331ZAppa and Irohhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/LeahLindquist
<p>Also--this book might be helpful: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307716872/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_3?pf_rd_p=1944687502&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0307381676&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=01V38VDY1SVK4XJQRBK4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cesar's Rules: Your Way to Train a Well-Behaved Dog</a><br></br> <br></br> The first part of the description sounds like the original post</p>
<p>"<span>Your dog just doesn’t seem to </span><i>listen</i><span>.…</span></p>
<p>Also--this book might be helpful: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307716872/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_3?pf_rd_p=1944687502&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0307381676&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=01V38VDY1SVK4XJQRBK4" target="_blank">Cesar's Rules: Your Way to Train a Well-Behaved Dog</a><br/> <br/> The first part of the description sounds like the original post</p>
<p>"<span>Your dog just doesn’t seem to </span><i>listen</i><span>. You’ve been through obedience training, but he still can’t seem to master the most basic commands. And nothing you do seems to prevent him from misbehaving. “Clients usually come to me when their dogs are ruining their lives, not when they won’t sit,” says Cesar. “But everywhere I go, people are telling me they are confused about the wide variety of training options and theories out there, and they feel paralyzed because they don’t know which to choose.”</span><b> <br/></b> <br/> <span>Now, in his usual straightforward, confident manner, Cesar takes on the topic of training for the first time, by explaining the importance of balance as the foundation for a healthy relationship between you and your dog. In order to provide a variety of training options, he calls upon some of the foremost experts in the field to offer their advice so that you can find the perfect approach that works for you and your dog through a variety of methods. </span></p> I don't know if the original…tag:mycorgi.com,2015-01-30:1150197:Comment:19012832015-01-30T21:04:21.407ZAppa and Irohhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/LeahLindquist
<p>I don't know if the original poster is still subscribed but if so I'd just like to say I think the people who have been posting advice are just concerned for the dog's health and well being. We're all dog lovers here and we love our corgis. Beth is right when she says corgis need to be trained/they are working dogs. Asking your dog to do something before you play with him isn't making him beg. In the natural world dogs/pack animals have to work for their food. They have to surrender to the…</p>
<p>I don't know if the original poster is still subscribed but if so I'd just like to say I think the people who have been posting advice are just concerned for the dog's health and well being. We're all dog lovers here and we love our corgis. Beth is right when she says corgis need to be trained/they are working dogs. Asking your dog to do something before you play with him isn't making him beg. In the natural world dogs/pack animals have to work for their food. They have to surrender to the alpha and if there is no alpha--they will try to fill that spot. They do not respond to "unstable" behavior. Dogs that have bad/unstable behaviors are not followed as pack leaders--and neither are humans that appear unstable to them. </p>
<p>I love Cesar Millan's books. His methods don't always work for me because I have trouble exuding the assertiveness he talks about...but they have definitely given me a little insight into the doggie mind. "How to raise the perfect dog" was a good book and I felt like I learned a lot from it. Don't give up on him! And don't give up trying to train him. And it's true that yelling doesn't help (guilty of yelling at my pups sometimes too when I find them doing something they're not , supposed to--and it NEVER works/NEVER helps. ...it doesn't even make ME feel better to yell out of frustration because then I feel bad for yelling at the dog.) it doesn't TEACH them anything. They just wonder "why are you being loud and angry?" <br/><br/>Anyway. I really hope you try to take these posts objectively and try to find bits of advice that you think you can at least try (consistently for a decent amount of time to see if it makes a difference--training/behavior change unfortunately doesn't happen overnight). I've not liked some of the responses I've gotten sometimes...but that doesn't mean there wasn't some truth to them. </p> Can you try giving him a trea…tag:mycorgi.com,2015-01-28:1150197:Comment:19012342015-01-28T00:33:17.290ZJane Christensenhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/JaneChristensen
<p>Can you try giving him a treat for being "good". The positive reinforcement will help. If you ask him to "sit" and he does give him a very tiny treat. Do not do anything if he does not. Soon he may learn that when you ask him to do something and he does that he gets a reward. You would have to do this every time. Even a piece of dog food or cheese that he likes will work. If you ask him to sit and he does not know how....you have him close enough for you to bring his head up and then his…</p>
<p>Can you try giving him a treat for being "good". The positive reinforcement will help. If you ask him to "sit" and he does give him a very tiny treat. Do not do anything if he does not. Soon he may learn that when you ask him to do something and he does that he gets a reward. You would have to do this every time. Even a piece of dog food or cheese that he likes will work. If you ask him to sit and he does not know how....you have him close enough for you to bring his head up and then his butt will sit on the floor. This needs to be done often for him to get the positive part of this.</p>
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