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Permalink Reply by Anna Morelli on December 2, 2016 at 1:12pm

If you've read through the forum discussions about this, I will skip the repetitions.  What I will point out is that a 10 wk old puppy is easily overstimulated and this will lead to uncontrollable behavior.  It is important to have some sort of schedule and allow for quiet time. Make sure there is no roughhousing, that all play is low key, all handling gentle and tone of voice calm.  At 10 wks the pup does not have permanent shots, so play with neighborhood dogs may be risky, as well as too much stimulation.  Also avoid much handling of the head, which will trigger the bite reflex, but rather pet the pup on the body, with gentle, open hand, slow strokes when the pup is not over excited.  Teach it that this kind of interaction is pleasant....

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Permalink Reply by Jane Christensen on December 2, 2016 at 7:56pm

Also could be from teething. I would try loudly saying "ouch" turn away and ignore...no matter what, I also folded my arms in front of me and gave NO attention. This has always worked for me. Corgi pups are notorious for nipping and when she stops give her a couple minutes and give her attention for being "good" maybe playing or pets.

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Permalink Reply by Vicky Hay on December 4, 2016 at 10:29pm

This pup is only 10 weeks old? It may be normal puppy behavior: they do nip. I'm with Anna, BTW... I wouldn't let her around other dogs until she's had all her shots, and it might be good to avoid rough-house type doggy play until she's better integrated into human society, where we don't bite each other in fun. Try to avoid over-excitement. Keep your voice calm and low when discouraging the nipping behavior. If necessary, abruptly cease whatever you're doing so as to change the direction of the activity -- you may need to gently put the pup in her crate or in an X-pen to bring a stop to the nipping frolic.

Puppy teeth are very sharp. She may not be biting as hard as it seems (or she may: she's a dog, after all). Even a light nip with a mouthful of needles can get the attention of a creature whose hide isn't armored in thick hair...

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Permalink Reply by Verena and Marie on December 5, 2016 at 2:30am

Thank you all for the replies!!

I agree with you that playing with the neighborhood dogs might not be the best idea, but she got separated from her mother at 7 weeks which is way too early (rescue action), so we figured that she needed to be socialized with other dogs asap.

I have to add, she is our first dog so we're trying hard to make all the right decisions for her and are reading a lot. However, all of the books can't make up to the opinion of fellow corgi owners I guess.

For the slow, pleasant strokes on the back, we do that. She enjoys it, but the next time she get's exited she bites our hands bloody once more.

Water in general is a good idea, however our puppy enjoys waters as far as jumping into the shower with us (we got an open shower).

Do you really think it could be from teething at only 10 weeks of age? Wouldn't it be a bit too early for that?

When we're ignoring her with folded arms after a rough bite she usually quite early stops, but as soon as we want to reward her for being good and focusing her attention on a toy in the meantime, she is sure to turn around and bite hard again...

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