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MagnoliaFly

Female

Tampa, Florida

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:: Tampa, Florida
About Me:: I'm a busy person with two corgis in my life! I manage a corgi-meet locally in the Bay area, work full time in an accounting-type position, go to school part-time and I work part-time as a dog trainer at Courteous Canine.
Welsh Corgi Breeder?: No
Website:: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Tampa-Bay-Corgi-Meetup-Group/10696...
About My Corgi(s):: Bernice Brisen "Bernie" CGC - Born 08/25/06
Basil Bennington "Basil" CGC - Born 03/14/08
Cornerstone's Three Time's a Charming Byron "Byron" - Born 10/13/10

Bernie is my trick dog. She learns all sorts of things very quickly so I use her for training demos and to practice training complex behaviors and concepts. She has an issue with one of her shoulders that makes it difficult to do agility competition. She loves agility very much and we practice low-impact things as her shoulder allows.

Basil is in training for agility and we hope to begin competing by end of 2010 or beginning of 2011. He also enjoys dock diving and socializing with puppies in the classes I teach.

Byron is our newest edition and my first Cardigan Welsh Corgi. He came to our home on 10/22/10. He is quite the curious little guy and future agility prospect.
I have:: Both Pembroke and Cardigan

Comment Wall:

FuzzyButt

Woo! Welcome to MyCorgi!

Sep 3, 2008
FuzzyButt

This is how I found the meetup group.

Sep 3, 2008
FuzzyButt

Go for it! Ask Sam Tsang he runs the joint. I'm sure he won't mind.

Sep 3, 2008
Lisa P from WV

Your dogs are funny together! Both are really cute!

Sep 3, 2008
Jenni & Dave Fields

Welcome! Your corgis are adorable!

Sep 3, 2008
Sam Tsang

Welcome Katie, Bernie and Basil!

Sep 3, 2008
Anne

Wonderful looking corgis! welcome.

Sep 4, 2008
Heather

Hello! Great pics. Are you going to the Corgi Meetup tomorrow?

Sep 5, 2008
Mochi

thank you for the response back to my discussion :D
it helped me :D

Sep 9, 2008
FuzzyButt

Hey there! We took Banzai out to rowlet (sp?) Park today. We wanted to see just where the dog park was, and check out the equipment. Banzai played on it for all of 5 seconds. He was much happier just running around, and playing in the bucket of water. That lead to another bath once we got home.
I wanted to see how things were doing and if we're still on for the play dates?

Sep 22, 2008
FuzzyButt

Oh my god, yes! That would be awesome! All of it!

If you don't already have it my e-mail is Spieluhrv@yahoo.com

Sep 22, 2008
Gail's Lil' Gizmo

how do you get a corgi to want to swim? I don't think Gizmo would ever swim.. do they instinctively like water? maybe I should just take him to the beach..

Sep 27, 2008
Judi, Dawn, Soffie & Griffyn

Bernice Bernie Brison!!! It's us, Soffie & Griffyn, from Dogster! We're looking forward to seeing everyone at the meet up October 4th!

Sep 27, 2008
Akshay Anikhindi

they have the comics now? i had heard something about that but i didn't know they actually came out. i'll be sure to check them out!

P.S. Bernie is awesome! (and a great doggiepaddler)

Oct 22, 2008
Sylvia

Wow you certainly do sound like a busy lady! I'm so glad that you still make time for your two beautiful dogs. It's good to hear more people so involved with getting their pups properly trained and getting their good citizens test :D

Oct 22, 2008
Wendt Worth Corgi's

Oct 29, 2008
Mariana

I definitely will. Thanks!

Nov 6, 2008
Wendt Worth Corgi's

Nov 16, 2008
Juneaux and Maximus

ohmigosh, your corgis are GORGEOUS! such beautiful dogs:)

Mar 2, 2009
Natalya Q

i think i have skimmed the site once. it seems the delta society orientations never come within 30 miles of tampa. but i'll give them a call. thank you!

Mar 9, 2009
Melissa

Super smart! They really are, but sometimes that means super trouble :)

Mar 26, 2009
JanRich

Thanks for sharing your training videos. They were very interesting. Both of your dogs are gorgeous! And apparently very smart!

Mar 26, 2009
breanna bellefontaine

Hi there. I read one of your replies about training. i am just curious if you have any thoughts. My boyfriend and I do not believe in using harsh methods whatso ever. We do sometimes "submit" maggie if she is getting too out of control on her side or on her back, but we talk calmly and pet her as we do it so it can be associated with being petted and calm. Maggie has all her adult teeth in, is 6 mo old and still bites at us if we do not play with her. we will redirect her, sometimes ignore her too. But then she barks. We then sometimes will submit her if she is too rough. I am curious at your thoughts. Any methods? Those are really the only two things she has trouble with. We went to an obedience class and the trainer said she is not aggressive, just needs lots of play time to let out her energy. Any thoughts would be appreciated!

May 5, 2009
Kristin, Honey, and Hooch

Hello! I just wanted to drop in and say that both of your dogs are absolutely beautiful. It sounds like they have quite a fun and wonderful life. Basil has the same birthday as me!

Jun 3, 2009
Thuy

Hi Katie, we met at one of the meetup's picnic. I am thinking about getting Mac one of those collapseable crate or the "pop-up" crate that I saw at the picnic..I think it was yours. Could you tell me where you bought it from? Thanks!

Jul 28, 2009
Thuy

Hey, np, thanks for your response.

Oct 18, 2009
Beth

I didn't want to hijack the thread. :-) I'm curious: do you have cats? Because I have yet to meet a cat food-oriented enough for it to be a reinforcer. I've seen hungry cats walk away from favorite treats because of some perceived slight. It is well-known among cat rescuers that cats will go on hunger strikes severe enough to cause health problems--- cat rescuers I know have equipment to force-feed reticent cats. I've seen and known cats that were almost dog-like in their cheerfulness towards strangers. My recently departed cat Alice, however, would sniff suspiciously at favorite treats and walk away if she thought I was trying to get her to learn a new behavior. Treats were worthless in training her to climb her stairs when she got too old to jump on the bed; I finally gave up the treats and trained her by "walking" her paw-by-paw up the steps, which she initially resisted but ended up learning in one night what treats had not taught her in days of trying.

I've seen clicker-trained cats, but am deeply suspicious that the videos are heavily edited to show the success and edit out the countless times the cat twitched her tail and headed the other way. Again, I'm not saying they dont' exist but the cats I know are not that food-motivated, and many a cat will one day just refuse to eat a food that was favored the day before.

Take care,
Beth

Apr 9, 2010