Ridiculously Cute!
So while I was up at the Petsmart picking up another bag of puppy chow, I scored a nice medium-sized rope toy for Pup. She already had one but it has these nylon ribbon things running through it, which look like bright green hazards to me. Wanted her to have one that was all cotton.
Apparently she did, too! She went absolutely BONKERS over the thing and decided to carry it everywhere she went, like Linus and his blanket. Even took it outside to pee. Back in: carried it over to the water bowl, refilled the tank, picked up the toy, marched off proudly with it.
The thing is almost as big as she is.
Realized she was supposed to be eating three times a day, not (as advised by breeder) twice a day, so spread out the feedings and also gave her a little more. Result: this evening she was full of ginger! Zooming around like a little rocket...a rocket with tiny needle-like teeth and a water tank that leaks in every room! :-D
So I decided that instead of going into her crate when Cassie and I went for our evening walk, she should come with.
Well. She's never been outside after dark. That was an experience! Her little ears went up and she was just kind of stunned. Right off, my neighbor Maria's batsh!t mutt started to bark at us (this is the critter that caused the Post Office to suspend mail delivery to our entire street...the same one who treed Pretty Daughter's little girl on top of a mailbox until I came out and chased him off...yes, that batsh!t mutt). Even though he was inside the house, Pup was so alarmed she froze in place. So to get going I had to pick her up and carry her a ways.
Finally she consented to be set down on the sidewalk, and then she trotted right along after Cassie, who went into this weird Protective Mode. No coyotes, though. No stray dogs. Just a couple of cats.
So it gets stranger: The fierce Queen of the Universe actually allowed Pup to lick her food dish this evening! When I turned around and saw this happening I thought HOLY Mackerel! And expected Pup to lose her head on the spot. But noooo. Weirdly, Her Stratospheric Highness tolerated this shenanigan.
She also has allowed Pup to move in to The Royal Bed, which occupies most of the floor of the bathroom Her Cosmic Majesty has converted into her private den:
THAT is amazing. Charley the Golden Retriever would not have survived this trick, had he ever worked up the nerve to try it as a pup.
Pup is not even faintly afraid of Cassie, who has been heard to emit the occasional deep growl and raise the lip to exhibit the fang. This display has, more than once, caused Pup to run over and jump on Her Mind-Boggling Astronomical Grace. The expected mayhem (so far) has not materialized. A puppy pounce is received with a kind of grudging mellowness.
Dogs are strange. Very, very strange.
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Comment by Linda on March 17, 2014 at 2:12pm
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Denis...the corgis are not nearly as invasive in the bathroom as the cats are. What ya doing on the potty Mom? Why are you sticking that brush in your mouth Mom? I'll just walk along the edge of this big thing filled with water to make you don't drown Mom. The corgis just tend to lay by the door..inside the bathroom of course...but at least they are not trying to stick their heads in my mouth while I'm trying to brush my teeth.
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Comment by Denis J. on March 17, 2014 at 1:51pm
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Yes I think he's not a purebred but a mix between a fluffy teddy bear, a timber wolf, a piece of bacon and finally, a beaver. He loves to chew wood, branches, twigs and gather them on walks and bring them back home. No chew toy survive the meticulous precision of back teeth cutting grinding.
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Comment by Vicky Hay on March 17, 2014 at 1:42pm
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Rope toys were the only thing my German shepherd COULDN'T rip apart. Those and the fleece "men," which I think are no longer being made.
These corgis must be some kinda critters!!!!
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Very cute. Those rop toys are great when they're pups but mine soon learned he was bigger, stronger and the rope didn't last as it fell to the surgery of "Corgi Shredding". Sure you can soak them in water and freeze them to last longer but ultimately they'll fall, they all do... :) Although, It might be a good idea to get him used to frozen rope toys, as it might be his favorite toy during the summer. Will make a mess in your home though...
LOL!
Do you feel a bit of invasion of privacy when you go use the bathroom? :)
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Thank you for the laugh this morning. Who knows what goes on in their heads. A golden pup..not suitable for royalty but another corgi...absolutely.
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Comment by Jane Christensen on March 15, 2014 at 8:40am
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Awww, such a cute story...the Queen is maybe thinking she needs someone in line for the throne someday many years from now and so she needs to make sure that the pup is properly trained to reign someday:) Dogs "know" and sometimes we will never "know".
Just wait till they start racing and rolling around...you will have so much fun laughing at them.
As for the rope...I think Corgis do like to show their ability with toys even larger than them. Glad all is well:)
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Comment by MrsFinni on March 15, 2014 at 3:17am
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Little Pup looks like a lady in waiting in the second picture!
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