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Comment by Beth on November 7, 2009 at 12:33pm

Oh, goodness, our Madison barks her fool head off at other dogs! Sometimes she will be right in their face, sniffing the sides of their mouths and in the middle of a nice doggie greeting, tails and butts wagging, and then she takes a step back and says "Arf!!!" really loud. And then she says "Arf!!" again. She barks at Jack when he is playing. She barks when she sees other dogs she knows. I am working on it, and I do believe it comes from herding behavior (she'll also nip the backs of Jack's legs when he trots, which I also stop). A woman here on My Corgi who has working Corgis says it's called "Force barking" and is a misplaced herding behavior.

I would say back up a bit and try introducing him to smaller groups if you can. If you can arrange to meet with others that have dogs, fine. If not maybe go to the park when it's quieter, at less popular times. If you step in and consistently stop him and give him a "time out" when he does this, you will probably reduce the behavior, though you will never completely eliminate it. And I think perhaps the other dog owners are over-reacting; unless their dogs are frightened or angered by the behavior, the dogs will usually sort things out.

If he is play-bowing, it might also be that he wants to join in and can't see an opening because the other dogs are so engaged with each other.

Comment by Geri & Sidney on November 7, 2009 at 12:01pm

We have meetups with other corgis once a month, sometimes more often. There are 2 corgis that I know well that do the exact same thing. I guess being around other corgis, we're not really bothered by it. We kind of joke about it ; "I knew you were here because I could hear Fido from the parking lot!" These 2 (from different families) are not mean at all, they are so sweet and well behaved. They just seem to like to hear themselves talk. Since they are not mine, I don't know what, if anything, has been done to curb the behavior.

Comment by Jeny (and Wrigley) on November 7, 2009 at 11:49am

Unfortunately, dog park don't generally allow dogs to be on leashes. I do remove him from the situation as soon as I can get my hands on him and it works for a few minutes, but then he gets right back to it.

Comment by Ein Danger on November 7, 2009 at 11:00am

we had a corgi meet up some months back and ein had to opportunity to meet up with his best bud, max. they're the same age and just love to play and play. well, there was another dog there that was having none of this. it would bark at ein for initiating the play and would stop only when ein would stop playing. it was a big buzz kill for ein :( so i have seen it in action and would want to correct this ASAP. have you tried keeping your dog on a leash and correcting them when they exhibit that type of behavior. perhaps this is a way to go.

Comment by Jane Christensen on November 7, 2009 at 10:50am

Yes, my Livvy does this at home with my dogs and I believe by watching her run she is trying to herd them! I wish I knew of some herding classes around here! It is very annoying for me and the other dogs. At home I put a bark collar on (when I remember) before she goes out and she is a totally different dog. She's also only 16 months and doesn't like (or is afraid ) of dogs she doesn't know.I know I needs to be out there with her on a leash...problem is she won't do it till she's not on the leash and I'm not out there! Yes, Livvy to is very brite and a lover but...

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