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Permalink Reply by Appa and Iroh on March 8, 2013 at 12:05pm

*extremely jealous

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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on March 8, 2013 at 3:03pm

I have dealt with this problem in the past by leashing the offender in the house and attaching the leash to me while I go about my regular day. After a few days of this the aggressor starts to see that I get to decide who stays at my house. You can gradually leave the dog loose for short periods of time but if there is any sign of aggression put the leash back on. It requires patience, persistence and training but usually you can be successful. NILIF will also help you with ideas on how to be seen as the Alpha in your home.

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Permalink Reply by Appa and Iroh on March 8, 2013 at 9:09pm

hmm never considered leashing to correct this issue. might just have to give it a try. Also I'm having trouble figuring out if she is being aggressive or playing sometimes. The sounds shes making sound angry but she doesnt always come across as angry in her body language. Other people (at the dog park especially) seem to take it as aggressiveness towards their dogs. Is this a corgi thing or am i misreading her behavior do you think?

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Permalink Reply by Beth on March 8, 2013 at 9:57pm

I think we'd have to see her in action.  When mine play they can sound pretty fierce;  most play is mock fighting or mock hunting, and some dogs seem to sound more like the real thing than others.

I find that people at the dog park are frequently not the best judge of dog behavior, though perhaps yours is different than ours.  I think the way the other dogs react to her is a good indication of how she comes across to those dogs.  If they play-bow and engage with her happily, chances are she is not being aggressive (unless they are such happy-go-lucky dogs they don't care).  If they tend to avoid her, or she tends to bring out aggressive or defensive behavior in other dogs, then she is probably either being aggressive or just being too rough.

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Permalink Reply by Appa and Iroh on March 9, 2013 at 10:07pm

thanks for the input. Some dogs are warded off (usually ones that are bigger than her) and others run around and scuffle with her. The chihuahua Im watching scuffles h her so i guess its all good and i shouldnt worry. lol, i definitely have a habit of being an  analytical corgi-mama. (God help me when i have kids ;) )

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Permalink Reply by Anna Morelli on March 8, 2013 at 7:48pm

You describe a pet sitting situation (so temporary) and I would just manage it by feeding them in different rooms, as you are doing, removing any food type toys or any toy that Appa seems particularly possessive of, and putting a leash on the one who seems out of line, as a correction.  Not all dogs are good candidates for accepting another dog in their space on a  temporary basis such as  pet-siting or fostering . The short term nature of your current problem  would not warrant, in my eyes, the training effort involved (except for proper management) because, unless you're watching the other  dog for months, you may not have the time to make a lasting difference.  By lasting difference I mean a difference that will carry over to another dog you may pet sit, or even to the same dog you are pet-sitting now on the next occasion. I would simply not pet- sit again.

It is a completely different issue when you add a second dog of your own and, unless she is generally dog aggressive, this adjustment is worth the effort and takes a month or so on average.  You will probably do better by adding a dog of the opposite sex, when ready.

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Permalink Reply by Appa and Iroh on March 8, 2013 at 9:12pm

if we get another it will be a boy most likely. maybe that would indeed make a difference. 

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Permalink Reply by Donald Till on March 9, 2013 at 1:08am

We've never had a problem adding puppy's.  We've carefully added a total of 5 over the years - even Snoopy, our aggressive male (deceased) took to them.  At one time we had 2 older dogs stay with us for 18 months.  One was a male shelty and for the most part we had to keep him away from our Snoopy.  Strange thing was everything was ok at first but after about four months things had devolved to the point of keeping them completely apart from each other.

These days far as feeding goes we put two dogs in one room and two in another.  It's a stressful time for our dogs and every couple of months the same two would get into a knock down drag out.  We thought we had this figured out a couple of times but either we let our guard down or it manifests itself in some different way.  We don't have to deal with it if we divide them for feeding so we decided that's what we are going to do.

If you're going to add a dog make sure your breeder understands your situation.  Our breeders always assured us they would take the dog back and refund our money if the dogs weren't going to work out - we never had a problem with puppies.

Our 4 female corgi's are very bossy and rule oriented - even the smallest and most passive of them have times when they rule and when it's time for them to rule they will aggressively defend that right.  Everyone seems to understand the rules so we have peace - but these dogs all came here as pups and grew up with each other.  

So we're batting 100% with pups and 50% with adult dogs.  

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Permalink Reply by Appa and Iroh on March 9, 2013 at 10:14pm

Yeah i've definitely noticed Appa's bossy streak, lol. She also seems to be QUITE the elitest. She always loves playing with other corgis right off the bat and pays little to no attention to other dogs if any of her kind are around. lol, so i guess we'll just have to see when the time comes about adding another corgi-butt to the household

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