Take a look at my Pembroke Welsh Corgi Buster's compendium of tricks all in a row!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41im4myeLcI

-chill

I read your blog and have a comment and a suggestion. If they're knocking bars usually it means they don't know where their take off point is for the jump. They either think they need to be closer to the jump than they need to be when they take off, or they're taking off too soon and not clearing the jump. When they start pushing their speed, they might flatten their jump and knock the bar but that's still actually a take off issue. If they were a little closer to the jump at take off the jump wouldn't be so flat.

I took a jumping seminar from Susan Salo last year. She used to run corgis and knows a lot about them. When we worked on Dudley she would set the jumps up special for him because of him being a corgi. She says that because of the short legs and long back they sometimes think they need to be closer to the jump to take off then they actually need to be. We'd angle an extra bar in front of the jump so make him take off a littler further back from the bar. Maybe that would help your guy not knock bars?

I can recommend Susan Salo's videos but it's better to take a class from her. The video is actually a class that was recorded and can be a bit dry to slog through. But the material is really good and the exercises are great. The variable bounce is an exercise I still do with Dudley.

I was impressed enough with the seminar that now that my dog has more drive, I'm taking the seminar again (and it's not cheap!).

Wait...is this Sidney's friend Phillip?? OMG I had no idea! How funny. I didn't recognize him in the photo, hee hee. I'm glad to hear he's feeling better. It was right after the photo shoot day and I didn't remember him being any crazier than usual. And you know Sidney, he does not run nearly as much as Phillip does!

Happy late birthday! I was looking at the old post of what you were trying to name your pup--had to come and find out the end result! Lol, Phillip is a great name.

Happy Birthday hope its a great one!

So glad to hear you're getting a Corgi soon. Can't wait to see your pics! I'm with you on being a dogaholic!

Re: question about young pups coming in to pwccsc.org, most I've seen have been around 3. My Koda was only 8 months when he was sprung from the shelter. Toby is an owner-surrender. I'm seeing more corgis in pet stores and they look so fun and easy. At home is a different story. They take time, work, love and training. Most are overwhelmed.

Hope you get a corgi soon! Love the corgi butt photo, too cute :-)

love the corgi bunny butt :)