Puppy and loving discipline
I've had Corgis my whole life and that's a lot of years. Corgis are working dogs that need meaningful activity and discipline. The time to start training is when your baby Corgi comes home. Corgis are very smart and they will be a step ahead of you, if you let them. DON'T let them. They love to know the rules, work hard and be praised. The earlier you start lovingly training your puppy, the more rewards you will have later with your adult Corgi who listens for your command and happily performs it. A rescue dog needs the same training, but first needs to trust its new family. Knowing that your rescue is experiencing a hard transition will hopefully make you more patient and compassionate. Be loving and earn the trust of your rescue. But whether a puppy or a rescue, train your Corgi well and as early as you can. Every Corgi and owner thrive through combined work and effort.
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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on
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My husband always says that Sparty is his grandfather reincarnated. His grandpa was a little grumpy and thought I was the greatest thing ever....so maybe he is right! The stinkers always seem to be a little more special don't they?
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Permalink Reply by Lucy & Ricky (Wendy/Jack ) on
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We all love the bad boys, don't we!
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Permalink Reply by Kitty Kirwin on
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Gwenie is really well trained. That being said she she has us well trained as well. I was told once corgis have the IQ of a five year old. I believe that, she is very smart. Lucy is just wonderful and as for Rafa he will be too. He like all corgis have a mind of their own. ;)
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Yes, my Standard Poodle and my Golden Retriever both just wanted to know what I wanted them to do but my corgis definitely make a decision about whether they agree or not.
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Permalink Reply by Beth on
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That is the truth! Jack takes everything we say under advisement. Maddie is much more eager to please. Still, Jack is the one whose judgement I trust when out on a walk and meeting strange dogs or situations.
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Permalink Reply by Carol Rea on
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Mind of their own is correct!! The coyotes and every dog up and down our country road were out in force last night - Lucky thought that meant that he should speak his part too! OMG, 10 PM and he would not shut up - either inside or out. I even got out the spray bottle. It went on and on and on. At 5 AM I took him out, took off his diaper and off he went! (I could still hear the blessed coyotes) Seal walking so fast I could not catch him and not coming when called - he knows better!! There are no lights in the back, of course. Sonny came out, sniffing as if something or someone was in the yard last night and took off with Lucky! It was 27 out and I was cold, I decided that they could just be eaten up if they would not come! How can trained dogs become like little kids - you call them, or tell them to do something, they look at you and do whatever they want!
At least we don't have mud (we don't get much rain) we just have a lot of dirt to play in. I loved the part of Rookie and the mud and the pool!! If we had mud, that is where they would be. The shepherd down the road goes in the pool and then under the house somehow to roll in the dirt and then back in the pool - no one can use the pool but the dog!
We are finally all inside and quiet - how long do you think that will last? Why can't my dogs be well trained and well behaved like others?
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Ha Carol, as with children everyone's look like they mind better than ours but it probably is not true!
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Must be the moon or something. We don't have a lot of rain & mud, but we have a lot of fruit trees. When you add a corgi who has just taking a swim to soil, you get a very muddy dog. Since Rookie, we haven't allowed any of our corgis in the pool. The pool's been fenced, so it's easy to keep them out. It's made our lives a lot easier, not to mention a cleaner pool, w/o corgi hairs in the filter. Also being herding dogs, Rookie would leap on our heads when we were in the pool and try to keep us all together. What a pain he was in the pool. I'm still laughing as I type this. He was a character. The vet wanted to hire Rookie to be his greeter. Rookie loved to meet and greet every dog and owner.
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we had Lucky borded at the vet once a couple yrs ago, he had the best time! They have an office cat who sits up on the counter who he barked at the whole time YIKES, would have driven me to drink! They let him be the office greeter (he wasn't on wheels yet) and everyone who came in loved on him. You know how corgis are, they just love attention, and Lucky is no exception! We borded him at the vet because they knew enough to not play ball with him 24/7 - the time before we took him to this wonderful place out in the country where the owners have corgis and horses, but the staff played ball with him ALL the time "because he just loves to play ball" (he was a year out of his surgery) when we picked him up a week later, he could not walk. I'm pretty sure that is when he started going down hill again. But...he is a loving and smiling dog (he just doesn't do what he is told!!!!!
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What exactly happened to Lucky? I just realized from this last post of yours that you had Lucky before he needed his wheels. For some reason I misunderstood and thought you rescued him after he lost use of his rear legs.
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Is it DM? I explored wheels for my corgi Dylan when DM made his quality of life a shadow of what it had been. But, he was already 14, so it wouldn't have worked.
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