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Comment by Beverly Butler Redford & Tucker on March 14, 2012 at 1:13am

There appear to be 2 kinds of people in this world-the ones who want to do the best they can and have the best experience they can with their pets and those who consider the pet as an accessory.  The people on this forum obviously fall into the first category because they're open to learning more about Corgis (and presumably other topics) and caring for their Corgis the best they can.

The people on that other forum aren't interested in putting any effort in to make their experience with their dog the best it can be.  They want it to be effortless-but what results do you get without effort?  This probably shows up in other parts of their lives as well.  They don't put the effort in to try and find a better way to handle the problem than to put the dog down. 

In some ways, I'm kind of glad that these kind of people exist or I wouldn't have gotten Redford.  He was left in a backyard when the owners moved out of their house.  He's got his issues from being abandoned, but we're working on them.

Maybe someday these other people will open their eyes.

And my vet wanted a Corgi but got out voted by his two little girls.

Comment by Emily Trupiano on March 13, 2012 at 11:39pm

What an idiot! I'm sure any dog this person would have gotten would have given her the same results. Has nothing to do with the breed. She just sounds like a crummy owner.

Comment by Jane on March 12, 2012 at 6:43pm

That's just sad. The dog was probably smarter than the owner.

Comment by Lemmy Winks on March 12, 2012 at 6:16pm

The person was an idiot. Plain and simple, and whoever her "friends mom" was probably should of ever owned any breed of dog.
Corgis like any dog are wonderful with patients and training, and after struggling to train a coonhound for 5 months, my corgi is a breath of fresh air and seems like a breeze to train in comparison.
 Corgis are wonderful dogs, and as long as you do your research ( this forum being a good source) you wont have a "mean" corgi. 

Comment by Bev Levy on March 12, 2012 at 5:36pm

The good news is neither the vet or the person that believed it will own a corgi! Corgis are smart and very trainable but need owners that are willing to train. Popularity is not always a good thing so I try not to push the breed too much but mine are so great it is sometimes hard not to.

Comment by Chris, Kadi & Brodie on March 12, 2012 at 5:23pm

Wow. Just wow! I worked in the field of Vet Med for 13 years, and people still amaze me at their stupidity sometimes. You're right, the vet should never have said that, and even if the dog was hard to deal with, at 3 years of age, it was still young and could have been retrained in the right hands. In all my years of working with animals I never met one that was mean by nature. People who don't know what they are doing TEACH their dogs to be mean. And Jennifer--I cannot FATHOM a Newfie being mean to a child. Makes me wonder if it even really bit the child, or if it only mouthed it to 'save it' from something. We could have sawed off our Newfie's legs and he would not have bit us.

Comment by Beezie on March 12, 2012 at 4:56pm

OMG. I'm not a happy camper about that statement either. Over my lifetime, I've owned 3 Pems and fostered a Cardi (I'm older'n dirt, lol). They can be a bit stubborn but not overly so but that is tempered with an eagerness to learn. They're like that because they are so intelligent.  I've never had a vet that didn't love a Corgi. Heck, I wouldn't even HAVE a vet that didn't love a Corgi. Kaley, I hope you countered that statement on the forum you were in.

Comment by Melissa and Franklin! on March 12, 2012 at 4:52pm

I have had similar experiences at the vet I used to work at with a couple of the technicians. One of the techs had a corgi that all of a sudden one day turned on her and viciously attacked her. He would go after her and her family every time they went near him and they ended up having to put him down. Now she is convinced that ALL corgis will just one day loose it and go crazy. This couldnt' be farther from the truth and as a tech she should understand that he probably had some kind of neurological disease causing this behavior. I hate when people meet one bad seed and assume a whole breed is like this. I can understand vet's not loving the breed if their only experience is at the vet's office, because honestly 9 out of 10 corgis I've ever treated at the vet were little butt heads, but I know that is not what their real personality is like, they just act out out of fear and many breeds do the same. I love my corgis and they have been the easiest dogs in the world to train.

Comment by Beth on March 12, 2012 at 3:17pm

Corgis are not hard-headed.  They are independent thinkers.  They are not the softest dogs on the planet, but far from the most hard-headed either.  As a rule, lots of vets are not fans because, as Emily mentioned, Corgis don't always like feeling physically trapped and so are not always the best patients at the vet!   Now, my parents have a Chessie and THAT is a hard-headed dog.  But Corgis?  No, they are pretty eager-to-please, but will argue with you if they really feel strongly about something.  I say "excuse me" and my stubborn dog moves.  

Comment by Ludi on March 12, 2012 at 3:15pm

Jennifer: What the heck?! Someone took a NEWFIE, of all dogs, out back and shot it? They are like enormous teddy bears; I wouldn't be surprised if the child had provoked the dog until it was at its end - a long time before which the mother should have intervened. I'm really sad that it's "so easy" to get a dog, sometimes. Many people REALLY do not deserve to have one in their lives.

As for the original post, I think that guy was just trying to start stuff. At least, I hope. Maybe I'm wrong and everyone involved was just as clueless as I have come to expect out of many dog owners. -_-

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