My new dog

Second pee accident or on purpose as in you took my bully stick away sooo I am going to pee on the rug. Hmm, big surprise when, in the middle of peeing, mom pick her up and took her outside where she finished. 🤦🏻‍♀️

She has pretty much stopped biting at my feet and legs except when she is mad, but even then she has started to bump me with her nose. Still tries to bite hands though 🙁. Boy, does she have a temper is it the the corgi or the heeler? Idk.

She is picking up toys and running with them through the house, yay. She is becoming very demanding boo as in I want to eat NOW. Nope, not now. Bark bark bark. I want a treat now. Bark bark bark. Nope.

No longer treating for sit. She knows the command but expanding its usage. She must sit before going in and out of house. Not going to open when she barks, doors not going to open until you SIT Bella SIT. Fine, I’ll sit, but now I am mad and I am going to bite your shoe, so there. 😂. Whatever.
 

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Aneeda72 said:
Second pee accident or on purpose as in you took my bully stick away sooo I am going to pee on the rug. Hmm, big surprise when, in the middle of peeing, mom pick her up and took her outside where she finished. 🤦🏻‍♀️

She has pretty much stopped biting at my feet and legs except when she is mad, but even then she has started to bump me with her nose. Still tries to bite hands though 🙁. Boy, does she have a temper is it the the corgi or the heeler? Idk.

She is picking up toys and running with them through the house, yay. She is becoming very demanding boo as in I want to eat NOW. Nope, not now. Bark bark bark. I want a treat now. Bark bark bark. Nope.

No longer treating for sit. She knows the command but expanding its usage. She must sit before going in and out of house. Not going to open when she barks, doors not going to open until you SIT Bella SIT. Fine, I’ll sit, but now I am mad and I am going to bite your shoe, so there. 😂. Whatever.
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I was waiting for when she starts her nose poking.......it's a Corgi thing......when Micki wants something, attention, or whatever else is on her agenda, she does the nose bump, to me, to Shaalee, to Noah.......she's quite forsefull, poor little Shaalee......almost knocks her over.
The other habit of Corgis........she does the pawing thing on you, like she's digging, and for the same reasons.
I think you mentioned in a post.......her big rip around the house, and they can turn around and spin on a dime, the type of ripping around they do.......you guessed it.........Corgi thing.........you should see 5 of them ripping at manners class.
Not really calling it temper........she's trying to be the boss, asserting her royal status...Lol Lol Lol.
No matter what.....Micki has to get the last word in.........always......if we're having a scolding session.......as soon as i turn my back.......she'll let out a bark........turn back around to her........BIG HAPPY CORGI FACE.
There's another thing i was going to mention is........when she's in her crate, crate guarding.......her space. Walking by, or to near, she'll do a defend thing.

Corgis have a very distinct personality, unlike any other.........and they don't share any of their secrets.
Sounds like she's forming a great attachment with you. Wonderful.

Do her ears stand up or flop down, hard to tell in the photo.

When you have time, could you post a photo with her standing........like to see how long her legs and how long her back is.
Love seeing her snaps.

How did the mix of corgi and blue heeler come about.

Do these people breed them as such........or were they a family litter.

GOOD NITE......Aneeda and Bella.
 
MickaC said:
I was waiting for when she starts her nose poking.......it's a Corgi thing......when Micki wants something, attention, or whatever else is on her agenda, she does the nose bump, to me, to Shaalee, to Noah.......she's quite forsefull, poor little Shaalee......almost knocks her over.
The other habit of Corgis........she does the pawing thing on you, like she's digging, and for the same reasons.
I think you mentioned in a post.......her big rip around the house, and they can turn around and spin on a dime, the type of ripping around they do.......you guessed it.........Corgi thing.........you should see 5 of them ripping at manners class.
Not really calling it temper........she's trying to be the boss, asserting her royal status...Lol Lol Lol.
No matter what.....Micki has to get the last word in.........always......if we're having a scolding session.......as soon as i turn my back.......she'll let out a bark........turn back around to her........BIG HAPPY CORGI FACE.
There's another thing i was going to mention is........when she's in her crate, crate guarding.......her space. Walking by, or to near, she'll do a defend thing.

Corgis have a very distinct personality, unlike any other.........and they don't share any of their secrets.
Sounds like she's forming a great attachment with you. Wonderful.

Do her ears stand up or flop down, hard to tell in the photo.

When you have time, could you post a photo with her standing........like to see how long her legs and how long her back is.
Love seeing her snaps.

How did the mix of corgi and blue heeler come about.

Do these people breed them as such........or were they a family litter.

GOOD NITE......Aneeda and Bella.
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She hasn’t started the crate guarding thing yet. She is not a fan of her crate and still has to be put in it. I haven’t found a treat yet that she totally loves enough to crate up for. She rarely barks in the crate now and is learning, slowly, barking gets you nothing.

I am thrilled for the nose bump instead of the bite 😂. She still tries to nail us, husband more than me 🤪. I’ll try and get a picture of her standing up. The pictures are hard to take as she is rarely still 😂. She has started to watch a little tv. There is one super cute picture of her with a toy, but I have yet to capture it as she is always running with it.

One ear is straight up and the other flopped over. The flopped ear shows no sign of straightening. Google says it can straighten up to 4 months but I doubt it will. It looks pretty “broken”. Her legs are pretty short as far as I can tell. Mom was a miniature red heeler.

They breed cowboy corgis. They have a miniature red heeler mom, and a full size blue heeler mom. The blue heeler pups have longer legs. Dad is the corgi, I think he herds their goats. Bella has a short, non fluffy, coat now and no shedding at all even though she is now a house dog instead of in a cold garage. I think she has the heeler coat. Less shedding but still “blow outs”. The speckles on her white are from the heeler.

If you look at the picture of her next to the shoe, I thought it shows her back pretty good. I’ve only seen pictures on line of the other corgi puppies and I can’t really tell, but I think her back might be a bit shorter. Her face, to me, has that Fox look. Her litter mate really looked more corgi, but no speckles. @MickaC
 
So potty training is going well, but Bella started to go by the front door this morning. I had just taken her out an hour ago, put her back in her crate for an hour as I tried to go back to sleep, and could not. Clearly, her routine is you take me out of the crate, I go potty-inside, outside, don’t care.

So, her mom has learned a lesson 😂. I got to her, grabbed her up, took her outside where she finished up. Fortunately she is one of those puppies that stops peeing when you pick her up. However, she won’t stop when you say no. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Once outside she will pee or poop within five minutes unlike a lab or poodle which you get to walk for at least a half hour.

Used the food puzzle to give her snack and then dinner. Her “nose” does not work well yet. Plus she does not yet vacuum the kitchen floor. She did better at dinner but still needs the cups tuned upside down so she can pick them up. She is supposed to “dig/paw” at them, but shows no such skills at all yet.

While I decreased her food a little as she wasn’t eating everything, I notice she has lost a little weight. I am sure due to her high level of activity. So, I’ve increased her food back up, but added peas and carrots to her kibble. Also put peanut butter in the puzzle.

Her stomach is good and no problem with the added variety. It says corgis get bored easily. She probably found the kibble boring.
 
Snack was again in the puzzle, but this time I put in peas and carrots, dog treats, and, yes, CHEESE. Bella was like CHEESE, gotta have CHEESE, mom-help. How do I get the CHEESE? Dig, dig, dig, I know how but doesn’t work. Whine, whine, whine, CHEESE, and then she nosed the end, the cup flopped up, and CHEESE. Eventually all were uncovered.

I covered only four, the rest were uncovered. I didn’t want to cause her too much frustration. Even though the puzzle is rated easy she is young and it was hard. 4 small pieces of cheese to make sure she is not lactose intolerant. But she LOVES CHEESE.

When it was empty I picked up the puzzle and she sniffed the ground, yay. This is what I want to see, her learning to sniff the ground.
 
Aneeda72 said:
Snack was again in the puzzle, but this time I put in peas and carrots, dog treats, and, yes, CHEESE. Bella was like CHEESE, gotta have CHEESE, mom-help. How do I get the CHEESE? Dig, dig, dig, I know how but doesn’t work. Whine, whine, whine, CHEESE, and then she nosed the end, the cup flopped up, and CHEESE. Eventually all were uncovered.

I covered only four, the rest were uncovered. I didn’t want to cause her too much frustration. Even though the puzzle is rated easy she is young and it was hard. 4 small pieces of cheese to make sure she is not lactose intolerant. But she LOVES CHEESE.

When it was empty I picked up the puzzle and she sniffed the ground, yay. This is what I want to see, her learning to sniff the ground.
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My Micki will go to the moon and back for CHEESE.........
Just watch how much she gets..........love your training with her.
 
Went to petco got a variety of tasty treats like rabbit 😮 didn’t know they had rabbit treats, hmm, treat made with rabbits for puppies, and, duck, and chicken with carrot, etc. Also decided to sign up for bark box for her. Today gave her a small lunch cause she had a big snack.

Wow, very angry, first time she demanded more, 😂. I think the variety has peaked her appetite. 🤓
 
Got her set up for the Bark Box. Took several tries and the site would not work, chatted and they said they would call me. Hmm, nope. Then got an email if I finished enroll they would bump me up to the next level for free.

Ok. Tried again would not go through. Talked to my daughter and while I was discussing it with her, it went through. Lol. So, all set.
 
Aneeda72 said:
Went to petco got a variety of tasty treats like rabbit 😮 didn’t know they had rabbit treats, hmm, treat made with rabbits for puppies, and, duck, and chicken with carrot, etc. Also decided to sign up for bark box for her. Today gave her a small lunch cause she had a big snack.

Wow, very angry, first time she demanded more, 😂. I think the variety has peaked her appetite. 🤓
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What is a Bark box.
 
All of our dogs LOVE cheese.. they'd eat it all day if we'd let them.. but they just get it as a treat...

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I agree, 8 weeks is very young for a big load of learning at once........but Bella is doing fantastic despite her age.
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Smart dogs can learn a lot in a short period of time, as everyone knows, and she is a very smart dog. She does not get frustrated but, of course, I do. Any “job” driven dog wants to do a job so they are eager to learn. The human adult has the frustration and impatience due to their incompetence to teach little ones so they can understand and learn. 😂 Applies to both puppies and children.

When I get frustrated, training stops. While I have had a few dogs, and trained all our puppies, I always take the puppies to formal training classes for the socialization and tips I get from the trainers. I read everything on line to update myself, and I read training books. Just ordered a new one from Amazon as new better methods of training are explained.

At board and train, and I have sent my 3 previous service dog candidates to board and train after I trained them, the puppies are trained every hour. I trained Bella with the sit training twice a day, using the clicker and treats. Then stopped treating. Then when we went to walk outside I told her sit before I opened the door, waited for the barking to stop, and for her to sit, and in we went. Same for out.

I am sure @MickaC used this training method as well with her pups. Sit is the easiest and most important command to train IMO, what do you think MickaC?

Now when we reach the door, in and out, she sits without the command. Coming in she will get up and bark for me to open the door, I ignore her unitl she sits and is quiet. As soon as she does the door opens. But these are not long sits, very short sits cause as everyone has said she is very young.
 
Our morning routine:

It starts when we go to bed. I take her out twice, every three hours, and the third time is early enough in the morning that we get up. She pees the first two times and pees and pops the third. She like to poop along the fence line in the leaves-go figure. She seems to know the word potty now, time will tell.

After we come back inside I put her into the puppy pen, bark bark bark frantic bark bark bark which I ignore. Yes, she wants breakfast, NOW. Her appetite has really improved. I really want her to shut up. 🤦🏻‍♀️ When the barking stops breakfast is served, only she has to sit first.

Bark bark bark, turn my back, bark bark bark, barking stops. Turn back, go to put food down, give sit command, almost got dish to the floor and she pops up and starts to bark. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Finally, I can put the food down after a really really short sit.

Get my shower, etc, put my bacon on to cook, get some walking done, in kitchen, while cooking breakfast, go sit down eat, more walking, and I notice something. She stops barking and plays in the puppy pen when I am out of site. Barks in the pen when she sees me. Hmm.

At this point in time, I usually let her out of the pen. But she has to stop barking and sit. Hmm. I test it. I sit down in my recliner, bark bark bark. I get up to let her out of the pen-she stops barking and sits.

Oh, no, no, no, @MickaC -corgi puppy has trained me! So now when I sit in my recliner Bella must stop barking to be let out of the crate, play with her toys, and then I get up to let her run around and have the freedom of the living room. 😂
 

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