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Permalink Reply by Christen & Bentley on July 6, 2010 at 11:34pm

Hi Katie, I dont know if these would work for you but something to look into.

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2755235

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2755234

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2755238

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Permalink Reply by Monica, Orion, and Laika on July 7, 2010 at 1:15pm

http://www.amazon.com/Carlson-0930PW-Extra-Wide-Walk-Thru-White/dp/...

This gate is amazing, we have it to divide off the house so there's a cat area. We don't use the pet gate but Orion at 16 weeks can still get through it. We got it because the cats can jump over and it has a door. We used to have just a cheap baby gate but my sister-in-law is pregnant and we didn't want her to have to hurdle the baby gate every time she went between rooms so the door is great. If you get it, buy it from amazon because its like half the price it is everywhere else. I don't know at what point your corgi will stop being small enough to fit through the door though

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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on July 7, 2010 at 12:05am

How about bell training? Hang a bell at the gate and teach Foxy to ring it to alert you.

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Permalink Reply by Rachelle Criscera on July 7, 2010 at 12:35pm

I have tried bell training and it works perfectly. I trained Lilly easily using a bell attached to our front door. We use a jingle bell that has a longer string so she is able to reach it. Every time we would go outside to 'potty' I would say ' Do you have to potty?' and I would take her paw and ring the bell with it before we went outside. After a few times, I would start to ask her 'Do you have to potty?' and see if she would ring the bell by herself. She eventually caught on and now every time she needs to go outside to do her business, she lets us know by ringing the bell. We have been accident free for months now. =) I hope this method helps if you try it out.

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Permalink Reply by Holiday Thomas on July 7, 2010 at 12:13am

Ditto on the bells! We did this with our first corgi Truman and he got so good at it that he would even ding the bells when the cats wanted out. Our new corgi Olive is just getting the hang of it but we are soooo proud when we hear that "ding". Good luck.

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Permalink Reply by Renee on July 7, 2010 at 2:20am

I have a gate that has a people gate and a doggie door. Wegot it at petsmart but I'm sure there are others

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Permalink Reply by Karen Dadisman on July 7, 2010 at 9:02am

I too would go with the bells. Beware however, Corgis are so smart that Rocky will ring the bells if he just wants to go out to play!!!! What a stinker!

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Permalink Reply by Kevin and Buddy! on July 7, 2010 at 1:46pm

We bell trained Buddy and he does the same thing! We will come back inside after he does his thing, and two minutes later he is ringing the bell again!

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Permalink Reply by Kari & Quin on July 7, 2010 at 11:54am

I do the bell also. It is the best thing I trained her to do. But just like Karen says they will ring it just to go outside:)

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Permalink Reply by Mallory Smith on July 25, 2012 at 7:17pm

Is there any way to train against this (abusing the bell)?  I've been housebreaking my 11-week old with a bell (wind chimes in fact).  We've had her for a week, and she's started doing it on her own, when she needs to go out and we're in a different room.  But yesterday she started ringing it every time she wanted to go outside,  even rings it a minute after we've just gone out!  Do I respond to this by taking her out, to keep her bell training consistent?  Or should I only take her out when she rings the bell closer to her scheduled potty times?  Sometimes I think she may just be playing with the chimes, trying to chew on them (seeing as how she chews everything!)

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Permalink Reply by Sunni A. on July 7, 2010 at 6:35pm

I would think she would just start sitting by the gate instead of the door. Eddy also sits by doors to be let out. But if he doesn't know where the "outside" door is, or if there's something blocking, he just sits as close as possible to it, or he sits by like a closet or bedroom door and does the same routine.

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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on July 25, 2012 at 8:53pm

I have a split foyer house also and when my grandkids are visiting and I have to gate the entry the corgis just go over to the gate when they have to go.

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