Two corgi boys in the household?
I have had corgis for over 20 years but have never had two boys in the house. The last time I had two corgis at the same time they were male and female. My corgi boys have always been very friendly, sweet, and well-mannered with other male dogs of different breeds. We have recently been considering adopting another corgi from a rescue to be big brother to 6 month-old Des. I spoke with a woman recently (who has a corgi rescue) about a 16 month old male corgi. He seemed to be a good match for us but when I told her we had Des she said it was her experience that two male corgis don't do well in the same household. Both are nuetered by the way. I'm wondering what all of your thoughts/experience is on this topic.
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Permalink Reply by Betts on
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I'm reviving this topic because I'm wondering if this is true. Rufus is the first male dog I've ever had, and I love his personality. In the past, we made the mistake of having two females and the older one hated the younger on sight. We managed to achieve detente, but they never really liked each other. I'm thinking of getting another male, and wondered what people's experience with two neutered males has been.
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Permalink Reply by Chris West on
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It has always been my experience with all my different animals that 2 males seem to get along fine, while 2 females always seem to hate each other. I have had both in dogs, cats, rats, rabbits and a bazillion other animals and I have never had a problem with my males (except once with gerbils), but have always had a horrible time with females. I have boy cardi Frosty now and I definitely plan to get another cardi boy in the next couple of years. I would say totally go for 2 boys, especially if they are fixed.
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Permalink Reply by Vee Luther on
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I have THREE males, all neutered, ages 4, 2 and 9 months. They play and wrestle but get along very well.
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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on
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My experience is that while you may increase the possibility of compatibility with one of each sex it really depends on the dogs. As with people, sometimes they like each other and sometimes they don't. Currently we have one male and two females. The girls get along fine but my male just tolerates one of the girls.
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Permalink Reply by Beth on
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Hmm. My male is very sweet and plays well with other dogs. However, he's single-minded and stubborn. If he wants the ball, he wants the ball, for instance. He and my female get along great because if they both want the same thing, one of them generally backs down. My girl can normally be snotty to my boy and he puts up with it, BUT once she pushed it really too far and he just turned and snarl-barked and snapped at her once. That was enough for her to back down (because she's pushy with other dogs but actually very submissive). But what would have happened if it were another male, and he did not back down?
Two males are better than two females, I think, and many homes do well with two neutered boys, but having one of each sex tends to give you the best odds of not having fights, from all I've heard. My boy plays fine with other boys, but I am not absolutely confident he'd live well with one.
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Permalink Reply by Jane Christensen on
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I have an unneutered male corgi and a neutered aussie plus 4 females(1 is spayed) and other than when I have a female in season....I don't have any problems and even then I just have to watch and not let them out together.Most of the time the females are fine together also. I would do it but then my household is not what normal people would probably have! Some of ot depends on personality also.
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Permalink Reply by David on
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Yoda and Chewie are about 1.5 yrs old. They are 1 month apart. They get along great, perhaps too great. They can frap and playfight all day long. They even take naps together. However, they do need to be fed separately. I think it it really depends on the personality of the dog. Both of my boys are not alpha type dog and are easy going.
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Permalink Reply by Boo Buchheit on
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Mine get along just fine most of the time. They are brothers though so maybe that helps.
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Permalink Reply by Nicola Porter on
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I have Lando Oliver who was 2 in June and neutered at 6 mos, in May I got Bootsie who was not neutered at the time and was one in May. I have had no problems what so ever. There was never growling and I can feed them together, they play fetch, and nap at the same time.
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I feed my 3 boys at the same time,just a small distance apart. I do stand around because the puppy eats very slowly and the older boys will happily finish his bowl of kibble.
Of course it depends on the personality and how you start things off. Walking together in the correct manner (i.e.no pullying, at your side, etc.) is very important since it bonds them and makes you the pack leader.
There are times when my 3 boys get too noisy or exurberant and I do intervene with a loud NO or wallking into the wrestling knot of corgi bodies. We've never experienced any real fights or food territoriy--just a lot of noise.
Have you decided what to do about getting another dog?
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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Markley on
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It totally depends on the personality of the dogs. I used to have two females, two males. The one male was the alpha until the Newfoundland outgrew him and snapped one time at the dinner bowl. Then he was the alpha for the rest of the time, and Dillon was fine with it because he wasn't a dominant personality anyway. The two females always got along fine.
I have two females now that are best friends. But one is a dominant personality (the corgi of course!), and the shepherd mix is a follower. I have had two females that hated each other, and two males that hated each other. But both were dominant personalities, so they clashed.
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Permalink Reply by Mike, Susan, Wally,Oliver & Eva! on
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How was it with the two males that hated each other? what did they do and how did you handle it? We have a 2.5yo male neutered, and just rescued a neutered male thats between 2-5 years. He's accepted that Wally is the dominant one, but Wally is just tolerating Oliver's existence. There are territory issues with toys, so we don't leave them laying around and they're fed in separate rooms...They haven't played together....their relationship will improve with time right??
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