HELP!!

I need some advice from experienced corgi owners please. I absolutely love my little guy but the past 2 weeks have been horrible with him! He is not listening at all to me and my boyfriend anymore. He is biting like crazy, more than he ever has. We can barely walk without him biting our ankles. He is destroying EVERYTHING, carpet, clothes, wood, anything he finds on the floor or he can reach. And his potty training has totally reversed. He pees all the time inside again. When he was three months, he was not acting like this or atleast not as bad. I felt like he was making so much progress and this one day he just completely reversed. He is almost 4 months so I know it has mostly to do with his age but I just don't know what to do! by the way we have had him since he was 8 weeks. So we have had him almost 2 months now. We are correcting him over and over and over on everything. We have tried so many things with the biting (saying ow, ignoring, time outs, and even a spay bottle) and nothing is working. Now every time I try to work at his training with him all he wants to do it bite my hands, arms, legs, and jump on me. He is not focused all. He is starting to drive me insane and I just feel like I am failing him. Any advice? Does is get better?

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Permalink Reply by John Wolff on April 9, 2011 at 9:26pm

You might check out Lucy & Ricky/Rafa's page http://www.mycorgi.com/profile/wsgf822
Wendy has had a saga with Ricky/Rafa.
I've heard the bitiness is less in litters kept together until 12 weeks; they learn bite inhibition during the last few weeks. We got Al at 12 weeks; he never did the bitey/chewy thing much. We used bitter apple spray. When you catch him chewing something forbidden, trade him for one of his chew toys.
You may expect another teenager "phase" when he's a year old or so when he discovers that he does not, in fact, have to obey you.

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Permalink Reply by Don on April 10, 2011 at 12:48am

Welcome to the terrible 2's puppy version....this is the time when your puppy will forget everything that he/she has learned.

Yes, this may mean forgetting potty training if not already concrete. It may mean pushing boundries and limits in chewing and just overall bad behavior.

Nipping needs to be curtailed at this stage, if the dog nips then its no attention for the puppy...Trust me older dog with a nipping issue will result in hospital visits.

This is also the time where you can start experimenting with allowing the puppy increased boundries however not quite the stage where sleeping on any bed would be a good thing. Until and only until boundries are established can you push forward allowing a little flexability.

In that being said Jazmin sleeps on my bed at 8 months old however she understands that I am in control in the house. Obediance classes are a good thing, yes this means enroll or find your local SPCA or shelter that may offer them for free, the little money you may spend now in training will be a life long return in both a happy dog but as well a confident strong leader to help the pup thru life.

Hope this helps,

Sincerely,

Donald Centner