Quite the learning curve, huh. It'll get better and better. With time, for sure. Take us a pic, please, when you get a chance to.New morning, up very early to take Bella out. Walked around house trying to get back on track with walking, puppy pen did not get delivered yesterday.. Bella follows me and is doing a better job of staying out of the way and not between my legs. She stops sometimes to play with a toy.
Then we did sit training. I realize I have been over feeding her. I’ve been giving a cup a day, supposed to be a half cup. This time I trained first with treats, then gave dog food, worked better. Then with the walking, the playing, and breakfast she has settled down to sleep.
She is sleeping at my feet and lays her head on my foot, my badly extremely painful arthritic foot. I move my foot. She scoots and puts her head on my foot, again.Rinse, repeat; rinse repeat,
I just had to have a puppy, didn’t I?Yes, yes I did.
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Aneeda72
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Bella woke up from her nap in a mood. I tried to put her harness on and she tried to bite my hands off. Ok, then miss crabby butt, back in the crate you go for another hour. Hour later much better mood and harness is on, kind of.
She is a much smarter pup than I thought she would be. I would say 98 % potty trained, comes running every time you call her, and responds well to no 95 % of the time. However, she is now very comfortable and the biting has started in for real when she is very excited and she is almost always very excited.. Seriously got to watch where her mouth is.
I got her loaded on the clicker. Started sit training, and she is doing well, kind of. A lab will sit on command, then you click the clicker, and give the treat, and the lab puppy immediately bounces up. And the process starts again.
Bella sits on command, I click the clicker, give her a treat, and she stays sitting. When I don’t hand her another treat, she starts cursing me out, bark bark bark, gimme gimme gimme. As if to say you wanted me to sit, I’m sitting, so give me ALL THE TREATS.
I get up, walk a short distance away, she stays sitting. This is NOT how it works.
. Ok. I am may not be a genius but I should be smarter than a corgi, maybe. I walk further away, call Bella pup, pup, pup, in my best talking voice to a puppy I’d like to kill, and she comes towards me and I say SIT. She sits, I click. Rinse, repeat, 10 times. Hmm, Bella 1, Mom 1.
She is a much smarter pup than I thought she would be. I would say 98 % potty trained, comes running every time you call her, and responds well to no 95 % of the time. However, she is now very comfortable and the biting has started in for real when she is very excited and she is almost always very excited.
. Seriously got to watch where her mouth is.I got her loaded on the clicker. Started sit training, and she is doing well, kind of. A lab will sit on command, then you click the clicker, and give the treat, and the lab puppy immediately bounces up. And the process starts again.
Bella sits on command, I click the clicker, give her a treat, and she stays sitting. When I don’t hand her another treat, she starts cursing me out, bark bark bark, gimme gimme gimme. As if to say you wanted me to sit, I’m sitting, so give me ALL THE TREATS.
I get up, walk a short distance away, she stays sitting. This is NOT how it works.
. Ok. I am may not be a genius but I should be smarter than a corgi, maybe. I walk further away, call Bella pup, pup, pup, in my best talking voice to a puppy I’d like to kill, and she comes towards me and I say SIT. She sits, I click. Rinse, repeat, 10 times. Hmm, Bella 1, Mom 1.
MickaC
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You're getting the hang of a corgi's world........Awesome training.......Corgi's cuteness.......Corgi rules......she's allowing you to take lead.....Lol...Lol.Bella woke up from her nap in a mood. I tried to put her harness on and she tried to bite my hands off. Ok, then miss crabby butt, back in the crate you go for another hour. Hour later much better mood and harness is on, kind of.
She is a much smarter pup than I thought she would be. I would say 98 % potty trained, comes running every time you call her, and responds well to no 95 % of the time. However, she is now very comfortable and the biting has started in for real when she is very excited and she is almost always very excited.
I got her loaded on the clicker. Started sit training, and she is doing well, kind of. A lab will sit on command, then you click the clicker, and give the treat, and the lab puppy immediately bounces up. And the process starts again.
Bella sits on command, I click the clicker, give her a treat, and she stays sitting. When I don’t hand her another treat, she starts cursing me out, bark bark bark, gimme gimme gimme. As if to say you wanted me to sit, I’m sitting, so give me ALL THE TREATS.
I get up, walk a short distance away, she stays sitting. This is NOT how it works.
dobielvr
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I am proud of you. There is no way I could handle a puppy these days.
I like my sleep too much lol...
I like my sleep too much lol...
Aneeda72
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Took Bella to target to buy some small bully chews for her, then to Khols to return some stuff. Plopped her little service vest on her, which will only fit for a couple more weeks if that. Had to carry her as she has not had her second shot yet. She was fine in both stores, probably cause I was carrying her, and we were not there long.
Got the puppy pen, yay. Set it up in the living and left one end open, and put her in it.. She was so mad! Cursing at me cause she didn’t realize I had left one end open. Finally she calmed down looked around, saw the opening, and ran out. Came and sat right in front of me, and bark bark bark. . Corgis certainly talk back and have tempers.
All her toys are in the pen so she runs in to play with them, forgets she can run out, and starts barking up a storm, then remembers, runs out, runs all over the house, then back into the pen. Rinse, repeat. The pen will let me close her in so I can take a shower etc and not have to crate her so much which is nice. Also wear her out, maybe she will sleep longer.
I will also start fetch training using the pen so I don’t lose the little balls under the furniture. When she no longer needs it, I will use it in the garden for veggies.
She seems to have sit down pat. She is way too smart. She is a full time job.
Got the puppy pen, yay. Set it up in the living and left one end open, and put her in it.
. She was so mad! Cursing at me cause she didn’t realize I had left one end open. Finally she calmed down looked around, saw the opening, and ran out. Came and sat right in front of me, and bark bark bark. . Corgis certainly talk back and have tempers.All her toys are in the pen so she runs in to play with them, forgets she can run out, and starts barking up a storm, then remembers, runs out, runs all over the house, then back into the pen. Rinse, repeat. The pen will let me close her in so I can take a shower etc and not have to crate her so much which is nice. Also wear her out, maybe she will sleep longer.
I will also start fetch training using the pen so I don’t lose the little balls under the furniture. When she no longer needs it, I will use it in the garden for veggies.
She seems to have sit down pat. She is way too smart. She is a full time job.
Aneeda72
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I have not yet figured out what to do about the rolling when walking, or attempting to walk, Bella. We don’t get very far before she lays down and starts to roll. She rolls herself totally up in the leash! I have to bend down and unroll the leash from her body. Couple more steps, yup, she’s rolling again. Takes forever to walk her to the end of the driveway, and our driveway is short.
And my back is not happy with the bending, I mean, I got her in hopes of not bending so much. Hmm, the best laid plans. I hope this will end as she grows older. Since we are waiting for her shot I cannot walk her anywhere but in the house and outside my house.
She will walk beside me in the house for a little bit, but if I try to walk her in the house, on a leash, it’s all four feet out, belly down, and drag the puppy time. She suddenly has a very bad memory as to what leash walking is all about, what feet are for, and how to stand up.
Reminds me of my husband. Hey, want to take a walk? Nope, he says, going watch tv while I snack on popcorn and put a puzzle together. Then I‘ve got to go to the bathroom, hang my clothes up, and have some lunch.
Hmm, I did not ask for your morning schedule, you could just say no.
and unroll the leash from her body. Couple more steps, yup, she’s rolling again. Takes forever to walk her to the end of the driveway, and our driveway is short.And my back is not happy with the bending, I mean, I got her in hopes of not bending so much. Hmm, the best laid plans
. I hope this will end as she grows older. Since we are waiting for her shot I cannot walk her anywhere but in the house and outside my house.She will walk beside me in the house for a little bit, but if I try to walk her in the house, on a leash, it’s all four feet out, belly down, and drag the puppy time. She suddenly has a very bad memory as to what leash walking is all about, what feet are for, and how to stand up.
Reminds me of my husband. Hey, want to take a walk? Nope, he says, going watch tv while I snack on popcorn and put a puzzle together. Then I‘ve got to go to the bathroom, hang my clothes up, and have some lunch.
Hmm, I did not ask for your morning schedule, you could just say no.
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LOL That may be the understatement of the day.Bella has a feisty personality. Wonder if anyone else in your house can be described as such.. You two are absolutely meant for each other.
MickaC
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As far as the rolling goes......give her only the amount of leash for her to be at your side.....when you see she"s about to roll, pull up on the leash gently, so she goes into the sit position, give her a few seconds, if it works, treat and or praise, then carry on, if she persists, back to her crate or pen for time out. No succession, no treat.I have not yet figured out what to do about the rolling when walking, or attempting to walk, Bella. We don’t get very far before she lays down and starts to roll. She rolls herself totally up in the leash! I have to bend down
And my back is not happy with the bending, I mean, I got her in hopes of not bending so much. Hmm, the best laid plans
She will walk beside me in the house for a little bit, but if I try to walk her in the house, on a leash, it’s all four feet out, belly down, and drag the puppy time. She suddenly has a very bad memory as to what leash walking is all about, what feet are for, and how to stand up.
Reminds me of my husband. Hey, want to take a walk? Nope, he says, going watch tv while I snack on popcorn and put a puzzle together. Then I‘ve got to go to the bathroom, hang my clothes up, and have some lunch.
Hmm, I did not ask for your morning schedule, you could just say no.
She'll get it......
Welcome to Corgi world.......they can be very stubborn.
Did you ever think that Bella and yourself would be celebrities here at SF........but.......i don't think that Bella will want to share the royalties......it's a Corgi thing.........everything is hers........a Corgi thing.......Lol....Lol.
Oldguy
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I believe Corgi means stubborn in Welsh.
MickaC
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I'll talk really quiet so Bella can't hear me....but since she part corgi, she may already know.......CORGIS are the breed of ROYALTY. My MICKI certainly knows it, comes with their birthright. I'll let you decide when and if you want to tell Bella. GOOD NITE BELLA.
MickaC
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Love Bandit and Smokey.......did you get them as pups......how old are they.
MickaC
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Another awesome one, Goldie........you have 3.
MickaC
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She is so precious......beautiful......you must miss her terribly.
Aneeda72
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Teaching good leash manners to a puppy or dog is very difficult for me and for most everyone, I believe. I have her on a 4 foot leash for now, and I hold the leash at arms length away from me in order to get her out from under my feet. With big dog puppies you just have to nudge them, said move, and they catch on.
Small dogs are more of a challenge it seems. While she is out away from my feet, she rolls.
Trying to control where she is, deal with the rolling, and avoid falling are a bit of an overwhelming challenge. I like your suggestions but until I can get her walking by my side, consistently, they will have to wait.Of course, she also rolls off leash
. She enjoys rolling. 
. I let her out of her crate and she runs towards the puppy pen where her toys are, it went like this. Run, roll, run, roll, run, roll. She is a joyous puppy. Having made it to the playpen she played for a few minutes, ran out, rolled on her back for a good back scratch on the carpet, doing a little wiggle, roll action while her paws waved in the air.She has so much more personality than any other dog we’ve owned. They were all so predictable and basically same in behavior. She is not. I see why people like these dogs.
Lewkat
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I think it is great that she has adjusted so well to you Aneeda. Of course the attention and love are the major players here and she feels it.
Aneeda72
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@MickaC celebrities, ahh, Bella might be a forum celebrity (certainly hope everyone enjoys the stories of her life), sadly I am not a celebrity. I am, hmm a member of her posse, her assistant-in-chief. You know, as in the person who cleans up the celebrity’s messes, as in poop.
The puppy pen. So glad I got the puppy pen, have moved the raised bed and all her toys into it which greatly lessens my risk of a fall. (As I write this Bella is sleeping at my feet, her head on my foot, of course.) While she was busy playing in the pen I shut and latched it.
Not happy, barking, howling, crying, jumping and her absolute lost of control as she worked into in a frenzy. I have learned that when she is this worked up if you touch her, she will seriously try to bite you. (I bought a pair of cowhide gloves in case I do have to pick her up.)
The goal is not barking when penned up, learning to self soothe, and reducing the risk of an anxiety disorder. I went about my business which was doing laundry, making my breakfast, and eating. Sometimes I was in the room with her, sometimes not as the behavior continued for an hour.
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I was sitting right by her a good deal of the time. She finally stopped (she rarely gets upset in her crate anymore. She needs to generalize that behavior). She stopped barking, I stood up, she starting barking, I sat down. Repeat three times.
Then I touched the pen, barking started, stood there, no eye contact, took a latch off. Took three tries to finally open the pen back up with no barking. She ran out, plopped herself down on my lap blanket, head on my foot, and asleep.
The puppy pen. So glad I got the puppy pen, have moved the raised bed and all her toys into it which greatly lessens my risk of a fall. (As I write this Bella is sleeping at my feet, her head on my foot, of course.
) While she was busy playing in the pen I shut and latched it.Not happy, barking, howling, crying, jumping and her absolute lost of control as she worked into in a frenzy. I have learned that when she is this worked up if you touch her, she will seriously try to bite you. (I bought a pair of cowhide gloves in case I do have to pick her up.)
The goal is not barking when penned up, learning to self soothe, and reducing the risk of an anxiety disorder. I went about my business which was doing laundry, making my breakfast, and eating. Sometimes I was in the room with her, sometimes not as the behavior continued for an hour.
.I was sitting right by her a good deal of the time. She finally stopped (she rarely gets upset in her crate anymore. She needs to generalize that behavior). She stopped barking, I stood up, she starting barking, I sat down. Repeat three times.
Then I touched the pen, barking started, stood there, no eye contact, took a latch off. Took three tries to finally open the pen back up with no barking. She ran out, plopped herself down on my lap blanket, head on my foot, and asleep.
Aneeda72
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doesn’t show Bella very wellComplaint: Not enough Bella pictures
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