My Corgi's are not sleeping in their crates anymore...help... - MyCorgi.com2024-03-29T09:39:07Zhttp://mycorgi.com/forum/topics/my-corgi-s-are-not-sleeping-in-their-crates-anymore-help?feed=yes&xn_auth=noWoohoo! Just like toddlers..…tag:mycorgi.com,2013-08-23:1150197:Comment:17932692013-08-23T18:03:33.421ZLindahttp://mycorgi.com/profile/LindaFeldbin
<p>Woohoo! Just like toddlers...give 'em inch and they'll take a mile. BTW...welcome to the club of being outsmarted by a corgi.</p>
<p>Woohoo! Just like toddlers...give 'em inch and they'll take a mile. BTW...welcome to the club of being outsmarted by a corgi.</p> amen!!tag:mycorgi.com,2013-08-23:1150197:Comment:17931172013-08-23T17:53:24.880Zangiehttp://mycorgi.com/profile/angie84
<p>amen!!</p>
<p>amen!!</p> Anna....I agree, especially a…tag:mycorgi.com,2013-08-23:1150197:Comment:17933472013-08-23T13:07:22.221ZJane Christensenhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/JaneChristensen
<p>Anna....I agree, especially about being LOVED...everything needs love!</p>
<p>Anna....I agree, especially about being LOVED...everything needs love!</p> Thank You everyone for all of…tag:mycorgi.com,2013-08-22:1150197:Comment:17930612013-08-22T15:59:39.873ZRachel Givenshttp://mycorgi.com/profile/RachelGivens
<p>Thank You everyone for all of the advice! I have been following it and closing their crate doors at night and so far we haev had no issues!</p>
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<p>Thank You everyone for all of the advice! I have been following it and closing their crate doors at night and so far we haev had no issues!</p>
<p></p> @Anna Morelli - Asta was a VE…tag:mycorgi.com,2013-08-22:1150197:Comment:17928012013-08-22T15:13:08.122ZChris Payerlhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/ChrisandSophie
<p>@Anna Morelli - Asta was a VERY smart corgi and caught on to things very quickly, even things we didn't specifically teach her. She knew to affect a pretend limp whenever she saw my dad as he would fuss and "poor baby" her, but she could run like the wind when she heard the kibble bin or treat box rattle! Sophie isn't as quick to pick up on things we try to teach her but she has more sly street smarts. Luckily for us, hubby and I both have strong backgrounds in behavior analysis /…</p>
<p>@Anna Morelli - Asta was a VERY smart corgi and caught on to things very quickly, even things we didn't specifically teach her. She knew to affect a pretend limp whenever she saw my dad as he would fuss and "poor baby" her, but she could run like the wind when she heard the kibble bin or treat box rattle! Sophie isn't as quick to pick up on things we try to teach her but she has more sly street smarts. Luckily for us, hubby and I both have strong backgrounds in behavior analysis / modification from college; who knew then that we'd be using it on a couple of little dogs 20 years later?! Or that they would be using it on us--- HAHA!!!</p> @ Chris Payerl - I love how y…tag:mycorgi.com,2013-08-22:1150197:Comment:17929832013-08-22T14:57:30.880ZAnna Morellihttp://mycorgi.com/profile/AnnaMorelli
<p>@ Chris Payerl - I love how you described that your first Corgi learned the whole sequence of events leading up to the shaking of the can, so you did not even have to go through with the final step. A smart dog and good observation skills on your part, which contributes to good training results!</p>
<p>@ Chris Payerl - I love how you described that your first Corgi learned the whole sequence of events leading up to the shaking of the can, so you did not even have to go through with the final step. A smart dog and good observation skills on your part, which contributes to good training results!</p> You may be confusing them by…tag:mycorgi.com,2013-08-22:1150197:Comment:17929772013-08-22T13:38:30.978ZChris Payerlhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/ChrisandSophie
<p>You may be confusing them by allowing them on the bed sometimes (snuggle time) but not others (sleeping time). They have tasted the "forbidden fruit" of the bed and want more. Also, if you give in and let them up on the bed sometimes, that is intermittent reinforcement, which is the strongest type of reinforcement schedule for sustaining a behavior that an animal has already learned (i.e., barking and trying to get on the bed in the middle of the night). Maybe have snuggle time on the couch…</p>
<p>You may be confusing them by allowing them on the bed sometimes (snuggle time) but not others (sleeping time). They have tasted the "forbidden fruit" of the bed and want more. Also, if you give in and let them up on the bed sometimes, that is intermittent reinforcement, which is the strongest type of reinforcement schedule for sustaining a behavior that an animal has already learned (i.e., barking and trying to get on the bed in the middle of the night). Maybe have snuggle time on the couch or on the floor and then close them into their crates for sleep time, using the squirt bottle someone suggested, or if you are already fairly awake and more noise won't hurt, tell them "quiet!" and shake a soda can with several pennies or bits of hardware in it -- the noise will startle them and they should settle down. They will start to associate the command quiet with the noise (which they don't like) and should start to settle down without the can after a few times of this. Our first corgi used to quiet down even when she saw me look at or reach toward the can, or if we said "shaker can". She learned that we'd say "Where's the shaker can?" if she was barking too much; she knew what was coming and didn't like it.</p> I think that consistency is t…tag:mycorgi.com,2013-08-21:1150197:Comment:17922992013-08-21T15:28:41.366ZShanna Lienhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/ShannaLien
<p>I think that consistency is the key to your problems. You must stay consistent with your training and do not reward bad behavior (such as barking in the crate or letting them out when they are pawing at it). If you husband doesn't want your pups on the bed and you agree with that rule, I would stop putting them on the bed immediately or they are going to think that it is okay to be up there.</p>
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<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>I think that consistency is the key to your problems. You must stay consistent with your training and do not reward bad behavior (such as barking in the crate or letting them out when they are pawing at it). If you husband doesn't want your pups on the bed and you agree with that rule, I would stop putting them on the bed immediately or they are going to think that it is okay to be up there.</p>
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<p>Good luck!</p> You may have to suffer some l…tag:mycorgi.com,2013-08-21:1150197:Comment:17921552013-08-21T00:34:04.755ZAnna Morellihttp://mycorgi.com/profile/AnnaMorelli
<p>You may have to suffer some loss of sleep in the short run, but stick to your guns. You could try a squirt bottle with a couple of drops (no more) of lemon or vinegar in it and use it, right through the crate, if they don't settle with the voice alone. I would not let them carry on, or they will have you over a barrel. It will go quickly if you are consistent. Alternately, if your husband cannot afford the sleep disruption, put them in another room (crate closed) until they are behaving…</p>
<p>You may have to suffer some loss of sleep in the short run, but stick to your guns. You could try a squirt bottle with a couple of drops (no more) of lemon or vinegar in it and use it, right through the crate, if they don't settle with the voice alone. I would not let them carry on, or they will have you over a barrel. It will go quickly if you are consistent. Alternately, if your husband cannot afford the sleep disruption, put them in another room (crate closed) until they are behaving appropriately again. I would not have them on the bed for awhile either.</p>
<p>As for getting attached and then suffering, you suffer proportionately to how much you have loved and been loved. Not loving and not being loved is a higher price to pay than suffering the eventual loss. Better to love deeply and keep in mind that they are physically with us only for awhile, but that the love they project to us remains all around us forever.</p> You raised toddlers I take it…tag:mycorgi.com,2013-08-20:1150197:Comment:17921432013-08-20T23:48:42.194ZLindahttp://mycorgi.com/profile/LindaFeldbin
<p>You raised toddlers I take it? Corgis are the same, they never grow out of that stage. Treat them the same way as human toddlers.</p>
<p>You raised toddlers I take it? Corgis are the same, they never grow out of that stage. Treat them the same way as human toddlers.</p>