Thanks so much for the pointers! I'll take all I can get. I never noticed how much I bend over. You're right, I do think it's because I think he can't see my hands. I will make it a point to stand up straight!
I think he was more stressed about the day than he let on. He acted like a goofball, but he was throwing up and had diarrhea the next day. He also didn't sleep the whole trial, even when I covered his crate up. This was sort of a crazy event for his first trial. I signed up because a lot of the people in my agility class said they were going, but then they flaked out...
I need to look into UKC. Right now he's registered with CPE and TDAA, which from what I've heard are smaller, more relaxed events.
Hi! I'm just pondering your question. It's so tough to understand what's going on without seeing the dogs. MOST dog-to-dog "aggression" is just noise and posturing, or sometimes playing that looks like fighting to us. Mine only got into a real squabble once. For the life of me I can't remember what happened but I was able to break them up verbally and there was no damage. Mostly, Maddie is a submissive dog and Jack is a dominant but tolerant one. So Maddie will get on Jack's nerves, Jack grumbles and walks away, and every once in a while he yells at her loudly and she backs down. They DO play-fight very loudly sometimes. My experience is that if you can see all the teeth (back and front) and they mutually stop on their own, it's playing no matter how bad it sounds. And most especially, if they "shake it off" with the wet-dog type shake when they are done, it means that all is well (from their point of view).
Do you have to break the dogs up, or do they stop on their own? If they stop on their own and there are no injuries, I'd let it go for a bit and see what happens. My guess is that Ziggy is over-running his "puppy license" and Baxter is getting annoyed. Basically, until dogs hit adolescence (as you probably know) most adults give them plenty of leeway to be rude little brats and only correct the worse transgressions. Once the pups hit adolescence or early adulthood, the other adult dogs expect them to start shaping up and minding their manners. If Baxter is a laid-back guy, he might have let Ziggy get away with it longer. Now Ziggy may be pushing his luck and Baxter is not ok with that any more. A few loud arguments between them will probably sort themselves out faster than if you were to intervene.
If, however, neither backs down, or they draw blood, or one yips or squeals and tries to leave and the other continues to pursue, then it is time to intervene. If any of those things happen, then I'd implement Nothing In Life is Free with both dogs and give more structure to their free time in the house. I'd also work one-on-one with each of them for short times at least a few days a week; I know you do agility so you probably already do that.
Like I said, it can be hard to tell. When mine play they sound like they are killing each other. Hope that helps.
You are right, this is a great place with much knowledge and experience from all these Corgi lovers.We all bring questions, thoughts and ideas that others can either learn from or help us through a tough time. I guess I'm a bit of a rebel when someone tells me "it's only this way" and it isn't. I felt many of the posts were judging us.
Yes, it is!! Fender is an amazing dog!! He is Gibson and Ricky's son. He was the oldest of a litter of 5. I wanted to keep a female, but they sold too quickly. I spayed Gibson after her one and only litter. I'm still in touch with all the people that bought puppies and one of his sisters comes over for play dates regularly.
Hi twin and thanks!! Chewie still has the black around her muzzle along with the "half-white" area above her nose. Just the super minute stripe which was on top of her head is slowly disappearing.
I hope the two of you are doing well! Please post pics when you can so I can see Chewie growing up, haha!
Hello! Just perused through Baxter's photos and videos--he is so adorable! My Chewie has the same kind of markings around her muzzle as Baxter so I also can't help but to feel like I'm looking into a crystal ball. Happy Holidays to the both of you and your family--he's such a congenial fellow!
Thanks for the comment. :) Isn't it amazing how quickly a year flies by! It feels like it was only yesterday we were bring Ashton home from his breeder and now he is closing in on two! I'm glad Baxter had such a super birthday and we wish you many, many more happy birthdays to come. <3
Thanks. I will let you know and hope you will do the same. I have a sister in Havana who also has PWCs. She used to breed them and has a son of a former Westminster winner. At least we got some rain today. It just stopped here about 10 minutes ago.
Saw you also have a Corgi here in Tallahassee. Can you give me any info on the Tallahassee Corgi group you mentioned? I actually don't live that far from Tom Brown park. I would love for Dottie to meet some Corgis besides her own kin.
He is so wonderful! He's beautiful and mostly calm, he has what we call 'gremlin' moments where he bites a little, eh.... I don't want to say viciously, but that is the only way I can describe it.
Other than that setback, he is perfect. He is growing SO FAST!!! He is so much of a handful when he is out I never get to take pictures or videos of him! LOL! I will post somethign soon!
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Thanks so much for the pointers! I'll take all I can get. I never noticed how much I bend over. You're right, I do think it's because I think he can't see my hands. I will make it a point to stand up straight!
I think he was more stressed about the day than he let on. He acted like a goofball, but he was throwing up and had diarrhea the next day. He also didn't sleep the whole trial, even when I covered his crate up. This was sort of a crazy event for his first trial. I signed up because a lot of the people in my agility class said they were going, but then they flaked out...
I need to look into UKC. Right now he's registered with CPE and TDAA, which from what I've heard are smaller, more relaxed events.
Hi! I'm just pondering your question. It's so tough to understand what's going on without seeing the dogs. MOST dog-to-dog "aggression" is just noise and posturing, or sometimes playing that looks like fighting to us. Mine only got into a real squabble once. For the life of me I can't remember what happened but I was able to break them up verbally and there was no damage. Mostly, Maddie is a submissive dog and Jack is a dominant but tolerant one. So Maddie will get on Jack's nerves, Jack grumbles and walks away, and every once in a while he yells at her loudly and she backs down. They DO play-fight very loudly sometimes. My experience is that if you can see all the teeth (back and front) and they mutually stop on their own, it's playing no matter how bad it sounds. And most especially, if they "shake it off" with the wet-dog type shake when they are done, it means that all is well (from their point of view).
Do you have to break the dogs up, or do they stop on their own? If they stop on their own and there are no injuries, I'd let it go for a bit and see what happens. My guess is that Ziggy is over-running his "puppy license" and Baxter is getting annoyed. Basically, until dogs hit adolescence (as you probably know) most adults give them plenty of leeway to be rude little brats and only correct the worse transgressions. Once the pups hit adolescence or early adulthood, the other adult dogs expect them to start shaping up and minding their manners. If Baxter is a laid-back guy, he might have let Ziggy get away with it longer. Now Ziggy may be pushing his luck and Baxter is not ok with that any more. A few loud arguments between them will probably sort themselves out faster than if you were to intervene.
If, however, neither backs down, or they draw blood, or one yips or squeals and tries to leave and the other continues to pursue, then it is time to intervene. If any of those things happen, then I'd implement Nothing In Life is Free with both dogs and give more structure to their free time in the house. I'd also work one-on-one with each of them for short times at least a few days a week; I know you do agility so you probably already do that.
Like I said, it can be hard to tell. When mine play they sound like they are killing each other. Hope that helps.
You are right, this is a great place with much knowledge and experience from all these Corgi lovers.We all bring questions, thoughts and ideas that others can either learn from or help us through a tough time. I guess I'm a bit of a rebel when someone tells me "it's only this way" and it isn't. I felt many of the posts were judging us.
Thank-you for the politely put response you just posted on one of the discussions. I am one whe has taken great offense to some of the comments.
Hi twin and thanks!! Chewie still has the black around her muzzle along with the "half-white" area above her nose. Just the super minute stripe which was on top of her head is slowly disappearing.
I hope the two of you are doing well! Please post pics when you can so I can see Chewie growing up, haha!
Other than that setback, he is perfect. He is growing SO FAST!!! He is so much of a handful when he is out I never get to take pictures or videos of him! LOL! I will post somethign soon!
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