The Weird, Wacky, and just plan digusting habits - MyCorgi.com2024-03-29T00:35:22Zhttp://mycorgi.com/forum/topics/the-weird-wacky-and-just-plan?commentId=1150197%3AComment%3A986087&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noJenny is a new puppy, a Pembr…tag:mycorgi.com,2011-04-16:1150197:Comment:9860872011-04-16T22:02:23.971ZTed, Beth & Jennyfurhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/TedJankowski
Jenny is a new puppy, a Pembroke Welsh Corgi mix (mystery what she's mixed with), but definitely Corgi by nature. She "shadows" us and likes to take her toys to her bed, which apparently are normal. No encounters with poop yet to report on. But what about the licking??? I expect the puppy gnawing with her baby teeth, but she licks us whenever she's on our laps, non-stop! And loves to lick bare feet. Ugh. We tell her "No lick!" about 100 times a day, and she eventually stops, until the next…
Jenny is a new puppy, a Pembroke Welsh Corgi mix (mystery what she's mixed with), but definitely Corgi by nature. She "shadows" us and likes to take her toys to her bed, which apparently are normal. No encounters with poop yet to report on. But what about the licking??? I expect the puppy gnawing with her baby teeth, but she licks us whenever she's on our laps, non-stop! And loves to lick bare feet. Ugh. We tell her "No lick!" about 100 times a day, and she eventually stops, until the next time. Is this normal puppy behavior that she'll grow out of, or should we be doing some training to stop her? Otherwise, she is fun, playful, smart, and learning to "go" outside pretty well. Ginger bakrs at things that a…tag:mycorgi.com,2011-04-15:1150197:Comment:9854092011-04-15T22:51:08.789ZJenhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/JenniferDanjou
<p>Ginger bakrs at things that aren't there. I just ask her if the fairies are bothering her :)</p>
<p>Ginger bakrs at things that aren't there. I just ask her if the fairies are bothering her :)</p> Ok...Weird...Winston rolls up…tag:mycorgi.com,2011-04-15:1150197:Comment:9855612011-04-15T21:57:29.152ZSarah Khttp://mycorgi.com/profile/SarahK
<p>Ok...Weird...Winston rolls upside down on bare floors for no apparent reason...add an olive or pickle or grape---he'll roll on it for an hour then he'll eat the squished mangled edible.</p>
<p>Winstons favorite toy...stolen from the side of the road...a traffic cone. He loves it. Seriously--humps it on occasion! He even demo'd his love for the cone (his command is 'Cone!') for the Chief of Police here...and is locally identified as the cone theif :-) He's owned as many as 4 at one…</p>
<p>Ok...Weird...Winston rolls upside down on bare floors for no apparent reason...add an olive or pickle or grape---he'll roll on it for an hour then he'll eat the squished mangled edible.</p>
<p>Winstons favorite toy...stolen from the side of the road...a traffic cone. He loves it. Seriously--humps it on occasion! He even demo'd his love for the cone (his command is 'Cone!') for the Chief of Police here...and is locally identified as the cone theif :-) He's owned as many as 4 at one time...public works knows where the stash is & will pick them up on occasion.</p>
<p>Snoopy eats birdseed...We have cockatiels & he scavenges birdseed. He's also a cat poop afficianado...deer poo is for rolling in.</p>
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<p>s...</p> I'm laughing right now...you…tag:mycorgi.com,2011-04-15:1150197:Comment:9853162011-04-15T21:50:58.078ZSarah Khttp://mycorgi.com/profile/SarahK
<p>I'm laughing right now...you have just described our corgi's...</p>
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<p>--first of all, you are being guarded by your herding dog....if you are ok with that, fine...if not, come up with a command that you will use to tell her to leave you alone. We say 'rug' and the dog returns to a rug in the kitchen.</p>
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<p>--Usually grabbing a curious pup & giving them a bath every time they stick their head in the shower breaks them fairly quick.</p>
<p>--Be very definite when you…</p>
<p>I'm laughing right now...you have just described our corgi's...</p>
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<p>--first of all, you are being guarded by your herding dog....if you are ok with that, fine...if not, come up with a command that you will use to tell her to leave you alone. We say 'rug' and the dog returns to a rug in the kitchen.</p>
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<p>--Usually grabbing a curious pup & giving them a bath every time they stick their head in the shower breaks them fairly quick.</p>
<p>--Be very definite when you say 'no'....if you don't like being licked (and I don't) a thump on the nose & a solid 'NO' stops the behavior. Corgi's hate to be corrected, they love to please you...she'll stop.</p>
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<p>--I am baby sitting my sons Pembroke, Winston. When he came over the other night he promptly searched the house, carried a cat food bowl to the bean bag chair, scrounged around & found a pudding cup behind the trash can & delivered it to the bean bag, then begged politely to clean out the cat food can I'd just opened...you guessed it---it was immediately transported to the bean bag. Then...he slept on the bean bag all evening guarding his stash. We began to call cat food cans 'puppy money' because his original stash (found because of an infestation of ants) was under my bed!!</p>
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<p>--The litter box has only been an issue with 2 of our pembrokes...and we now have a covered box with a flap door. Ugh..gross..disgusting....but it's a dog thing.</p>
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<p>Sarah</p> Ginger does #2, and #5. Abou…tag:mycorgi.com,2011-04-15:1150197:Comment:9854032011-04-15T21:27:45.004ZJenhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/JenniferDanjou
Ginger does #2, and #5. About #5 - she actually has a very, very mild case of panosteitis. When we first got her diagnosed they gave us pain pills. If she was limping I would put on in a wad of peanut butter and give it to her. I never thought she knew she was getting a pill. Well after about a month, when I gave her the peanut butter, she managed to get the pill out of the peanut butter, swallow the peanut butter and then proceed to spit the pill out on the floor. That was the last time…
Ginger does #2, and #5. About #5 - she actually has a very, very mild case of panosteitis. When we first got her diagnosed they gave us pain pills. If she was limping I would put on in a wad of peanut butter and give it to her. I never thought she knew she was getting a pill. Well after about a month, when I gave her the peanut butter, she managed to get the pill out of the peanut butter, swallow the peanut butter and then proceed to spit the pill out on the floor. That was the last time I gave her a pain pill and she hasn't limped since. I think the little stinker was limping on purpose to get the peanut butter. Ginger is about the craziest…tag:mycorgi.com,2011-04-15:1150197:Comment:9854432011-04-15T21:24:03.277ZJenhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/JenniferDanjou
<p>Ginger is about the craziest dog I've ever seen/owned. She has some pretty strange habits.</p>
<p>1. She'll roll over on her back and bark at you like she wants tummy rubs, but then when you touch her she barks, squirms, and tries to bite your hand.</p>
<p>2. She must have a treat after dinner, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. She immediately runs to the refidgerator (we keep treats in a basket on top) and barks until we give in. </p>
<p>3. She LOVES dill pickles. If I get them out of…</p>
<p>Ginger is about the craziest dog I've ever seen/owned. She has some pretty strange habits.</p>
<p>1. She'll roll over on her back and bark at you like she wants tummy rubs, but then when you touch her she barks, squirms, and tries to bite your hand.</p>
<p>2. She must have a treat after dinner, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. She immediately runs to the refidgerator (we keep treats in a basket on top) and barks until we give in. </p>
<p>3. She LOVES dill pickles. If I get them out of the jar she goes into crazy corgi mode and won't stop until I give her one. We've decided to start using them as training treats (in small doses of course) because it's truely the only thing she will do ANYTHING for.</p>
<p>4. When it's time for bed, she runs to the kitchen, barks at the treat basket, then goes and hides under the dining room table until I come out of the kitchen with a Kong cookie for her. Once she sees I have the treat she'll run to her kennel.</p>
<p>5. When we give her rawhides or other chewy treats she has to throw them around, slide them on the floor, and chase and pounce on them before she'll start chewing. I think she thinks she has to kill it first.</p> I think my little boy can see…tag:mycorgi.com,2011-04-15:1150197:Comment:9850752011-04-15T13:50:01.572ZEllen Reganhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/EllenRegan
I think my little boy can see things that are not there like: rocks could be sheep! and oh no the plastc bag on the side of the road that could be a wolf the way he barks. And one would thing there is a moster coming to life when a leaf blows by! hehe
I think my little boy can see things that are not there like: rocks could be sheep! and oh no the plastc bag on the side of the road that could be a wolf the way he barks. And one would thing there is a moster coming to life when a leaf blows by! hehe Sounds just like my little bo…tag:mycorgi.com,2011-04-15:1150197:Comment:9848552011-04-15T13:16:10.448ZEllen Reganhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/EllenRegan
<p>Sounds just like my little boy!! We don't have a cat but cleaning the floor is what he loves to do...</p>
<p>Sounds just like my little boy!! We don't have a cat but cleaning the floor is what he loves to do...</p> @Peggy - LOL, my 2 corgis lov…tag:mycorgi.com,2011-04-15:1150197:Comment:9842162011-04-15T06:14:30.172ZLucy & Ricky (Wendy/Jack )http://mycorgi.com/profile/wsgf822
@Peggy - LOL, my 2 corgis love to roll over dead worms. Glad to know that they're in good company!!!
@Peggy - LOL, my 2 corgis love to roll over dead worms. Glad to know that they're in good company!!! yesss, corgis love poopy-trea…tag:mycorgi.com,2011-04-14:1150197:Comment:9843452011-04-14T23:47:51.165ZPeggy Woodshttp://mycorgi.com/profile/PeggyWoods
<p>yesss, corgis love poopy-treats! I am fortunate to live where mine has access to horse, moose, & elk varieties. Bear poo is strictly for rolling in. He sometimes tries to carry his finds home. One time he was greedy & tried to carry more than one moose apple. They kept falling out of his mouth & rolling away.</p>
<p>He is a total shower stalker also. If he's kinda tired, he's lying on the rug when I get out. If he's peppier, he wants in afterwards & insists I run the tap a…</p>
<p>yesss, corgis love poopy-treats! I am fortunate to live where mine has access to horse, moose, & elk varieties. Bear poo is strictly for rolling in. He sometimes tries to carry his finds home. One time he was greedy & tried to carry more than one moose apple. They kept falling out of his mouth & rolling away.</p>
<p>He is a total shower stalker also. If he's kinda tired, he's lying on the rug when I get out. If he's peppier, he wants in afterwards & insists I run the tap a bit so he can get a drink. This sure made his first bath a cinch!!</p>
<p>As to the eating of disgusting things, you haven't "lived" until you've experienced dogs feasting after the farrier's been to visit! There is nothing stankier than dog-has-just-chewed-up-a-horse-hoof-trimming breath.</p>
<p>We had a corgi that would hunt grasshoppers in the road. That was funny to watch. We've also had a limper.</p>
<p>Bugsy has always been a hoarder also (new reality tv show? Corgi Hoarders) I'll pull everything out from under the whatever & it's like he has all new toys again! I can't wait to see what's in the yard when all the snow melts! (sadly, his icicles won't be there)</p>
<p>He is a total tosser! Ice cubes & pine cones are his favourites.</p>
<p>Oh, and another fav treat: the worms that come out after a rain that dry up on the sidewalk. mmmm, crunchy...</p>
<p>If Bugsy is relaxed & comfy & you budge him, he makes this funny "I'm annoyed with you" growl. He also burps & periodically gets the hiccups - usually in the morning.</p>
<p>Corgis are so dang cute...</p>
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