Rescue Corgi
We just adopted another corgi into our family!
We Named her Penelope. So now we have Puck and Penelope.
She looks full blood corgi to me but if she wasn't it wouldn't matter because she's adorable. She was brought into the shelter as a stray. Can you believe it? I found out yesterday the shelter had a corgi and as I was driving to the shelter I knew in my mind there was no way she wouldn't be adopted by now. But as I walked through the cages, there she was smiling at me saying "take me home!" hehehe Of course I brought Puck up there to make sure they didn't hate each other and they played like corgis play.
Penelope is very loving and full of energy. They weren't sure how old she was but it's anywhere from 10 months to a year. She still has growing to do so I think she's closer to 10 months. She's much bigger than Puck and she wears Puck out when they play. She gets aggressive if treats/food/toys come into play. Does anyone know good ways to control this? I've been putting her on "time out" but it's hard when it's just me in the house to seperate her without Puck just following me. :)
She doesn't know any tricks but is picking up sit quickly. She also seems to understand "go potty" because she goes right after I say it and this was right after she came home with us. I still can't get over the fact that her owners never came to claim her. Besides the food aggression, this corgi is a DOLL! I have no problem being patient with her while she learns because otherwise she is sweet and doesn't seem to have food aggression towards people. I think maybe she had a bad experience with other dogs/animals or maybe that's how she could even keep her food for however long she was on the street. Either way, I love her already!
We Named her Penelope. So now we have Puck and Penelope.
She looks full blood corgi to me but if she wasn't it wouldn't matter because she's adorable. She was brought into the shelter as a stray. Can you believe it? I found out yesterday the shelter had a corgi and as I was driving to the shelter I knew in my mind there was no way she wouldn't be adopted by now. But as I walked through the cages, there she was smiling at me saying "take me home!" hehehe Of course I brought Puck up there to make sure they didn't hate each other and they played like corgis play.
Penelope is very loving and full of energy. They weren't sure how old she was but it's anywhere from 10 months to a year. She still has growing to do so I think she's closer to 10 months. She's much bigger than Puck and she wears Puck out when they play. She gets aggressive if treats/food/toys come into play. Does anyone know good ways to control this? I've been putting her on "time out" but it's hard when it's just me in the house to seperate her without Puck just following me. :)
She doesn't know any tricks but is picking up sit quickly. She also seems to understand "go potty" because she goes right after I say it and this was right after she came home with us. I still can't get over the fact that her owners never came to claim her. Besides the food aggression, this corgi is a DOLL! I have no problem being patient with her while she learns because otherwise she is sweet and doesn't seem to have food aggression towards people. I think maybe she had a bad experience with other dogs/animals or maybe that's how she could even keep her food for however long she was on the street. Either way, I love her already!
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Permalink Reply by Vicki and Christina Brown on
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Awww I'm so excited for Puck and Penelope. I really do think all animals need a friend. Dingo and Mimi love each other so much. They play fight, groom each other, cuddle, run and play all the time. I tired dog is a happy dog as Victoria the dog lady says. I don't know if it's true or not, but I have heard female corgi's are a bit more bossy. It is true with Mimi. She is food aggessive towards Dingo, our big lab, and the cats. She acts that way over bones also. I have tried correcting her, but now just feed them in seperate bowls across from each other. Well best of luck with the new little girl. Thank you for saving her life.
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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on
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Looking forward to photos. She sounds cute. I step in if mine get too bossy about toys and remove the toy. As for food and treats I make sure it is very clear whose is whose and always feed in the same order and not too close to each other. It may take a while before they sort out their boundaries. When we added my son's doberman last January I kept a leash on my male, Sparty, for a while to keep him from trying to take things from her. He figured out pretty quick that I could grab him fast when he was dragging a leash!
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Permalink Reply by Deanna on
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Oh, wow, Elaine! I wish you the best and thank you very much for saving another Corgi's life! I can't believe how many are just ending up on the streets and then showing up in shelters these days! If I could take them all for fostering, I would! You're going to have so much fun watching them chase each other around the house in circles, playing tug-o-war, and the little squabbles they'll get into just to get each other to play -- it's too funny to watch that go on, when one wants to sleep, the other is ready to go! Because I have 4 now, 2 fosters and 2 of my own, I rarely get to watch TV -- my entertainment is all on four legs -- or, should I say 16 -- LOL!
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Permalink Reply by Beth on
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Congrats! For the food aggression, I think many multi-corgi owners recommend feeding in separate areas, as it is quite common for Corgis to be a bit food-aggressive. We know how much they like to eat!
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Permalink Reply by Becky S on
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That's what we did with Brody and Lilly, after a while we could feded them together, but we still stay close by as Brody can be quite the food pig and Lilly would just let him have the food.
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Permalink Reply by Melinda (Penny's Mom) on
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She is so sweet and of course I think she is beautiful because she looks just like my Penny! I can't wait for her to meet Penny and see the three of our darlings playing together!
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Permalink Reply by Kristin, Honey, and Hooch on
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Congratulations on your new family member! My Honey, who is snuggled up to me right now, was also found as a stray and ended up at the shelter as well! It seems like a pretty unusual way to end up with a corgi, but it certainly is wonderful that both of them ended up in good homes despite being on the streets. It sounds like your Penelope is a sweetheart like Honey is, too! I can't imagine how these wonderful dogs ended up as strays.
I hope you find a solution for the food aggression. I'm not sure if it would help or not, but teaching a "Leave it!" command might make things a bit more controllable. Honey is an "overzealous" eater (she eats extremely fast and then tries to go and steal the food of the other dogs), and I've been working on the "Leave it!" commend with her, and it has improved her manners somewhat. We still have to work on it because she's so enthusiastic about gobbling down food when it's in front of her, but that might help a little if you're able to teach Penelope that you have to give her permission before she can eat. It's also helpful for other things, such as if they're bothering at another animal, if you drop food on the floor, they're eating something gross off the ground, and so on.
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Permalink Reply by Heather and Ella on
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Congrats on the new addition to your family! It's hard to understand why some dogs end up in shelters.
There was a dog at the local shelter, who was taken there because the people were trying to sell their house. The realtor selling the house said that the house "didn't show well with a dog in it", so the people took the dog to the shelter. The dog's fully trained and luckily got adopted right away.
It's great to know that Penelope now has a forever home with you.
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