I know all Corgis have a myriad of verbal, aduitory and visual cues that trigger all kinds of amusing reactions. One of best triggers Gunny has is when I sit at the kitchen table paying bills . He sits by my feet watching intently.He listens carefully for when I tear a check from the check book. He will then run to the back door in anticipation of me exiting to go to my car for a trip to the bank or to the postoffice. He seems to know that he will be taking a trip in the car to a place where he often gets a snack bone( to two or three) ! They even give me bones to bring home to him when I go to the bank without him.
When he hears aluminum foil or plastic wrap being torn he runs to his food dish. Why you ask?Because I have, in the past, picked up his food dish if he has left the food uneaten for very long ( wet food gets yucky if left out) and I covered it with one of those wraps before putting it in the frig. If I tear the wrap material and his food dish happens to be empty he will whine and run around the kitchen. Bonkers!
What are some of your Corgi's amusing triggers?
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if you say cookie to chloe she will run and dance at the counter where her treats are. and if the phone rings she will bite you in the butt.
Sneezing and any kind of sound you can make with your mouth, like fart noises or anything else. Widget does the whole head tilt and ears up thing. Then he looks greatly confused and walks all around sniffing for the noise. When he goes in another room to look, if you do it again he'll come bolting back and freeze in the middle of the room like "I swear, it's coming from in here!"
If someone sneezes, he does this little confused growl/whine and then he kind of inches his way around you like he thinks you're dangerous or something.
I am in Florida, so playing fetch with them in the summer means it is really hot. So I get my orange juice and water and they know what that means.
That is what I find so fascinating about the Corgi...they quickly pick up on our little habits then somewhere in that Corgi brain they permanently make the connection between what we do and the interaction that impacts them , that follows our action. ( thus creating a trigger). We may not even be aware of our actions until they call our attention to it by having a recuring reaction each time we do it.
How smart to remember that you always get a drink before you take them outside. They watch our every move!
With Mr. Bear who lives back with my parents:
"Where's Brady?" (my little brother) will send Bear into a frenzy searching for him... he will check the usual hiding spots (behind pillows, under tables, laundry room, etc.) until he is found. Brady is in charge of feeding him so he knows when he finds Brady, dinner is involved.
"Going to Taco Bell"... this started in my high school years when I was the so cool new driver who could go get fast food when I wanted... Bear always went with me because the fast food drive-thrus in my hometown always had dog treats. And he loves car rides.
Unwrapping the cheese wrapper... something about that plastic tear meant snacktime :)
I'm still learning what Rowdy's triggers are... he doesn't like it when you cough or sneeze... I think that it scares him so he runs to my feet. I'll be sure to remember this post when he gets a little bigger and starts learning the routines :)
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