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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Could sure use some tips here. I haven't had a puppy in 14 years. I got a little corgi guy before Christmas. Spur is right at 10 weeks old now and really smart. He knows to sit, lie down, stay, NO (when chewing something he shouldn't etc).
He is great about pottying outside when I put him out on a schedule and watch him like a hawk...as soon as he wakes from a nap and a few minutes after eating and drinking. Well we have all been sick around here, the husband, me and 2 boys. I am still getting him out every 2-3 hours, but it seemed all day yesterday I was just a minute too late. He even pees right by the door so I know he is wanting out, he just doesn't whine, bark etc. Am I doing it right or is there another tip I am over looking? At night he is crated and gets out at 1 am and 5 am. No accidents in the crate and he sleeps like a baby (a baby that sleeps through the night that is).
He stays in the kitchen for easy mess clean up, but it would be nice to be able to let him in with us to cuddle (but rest of the house is carpet). I'm going to guess it is all just because he is still so young? It has been so long I just don't remember the ins and outs of puppyhood. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | with time he will be able to hold it better
10 weeks is still very young. |
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| Agreed. I have a female same age as yours picked her up on dec 16th and she was 10 weeks old. I have two older corgi females and I just started taking her out with them as well. So far she is doing great social learning and she does her business when the older ones do it. |
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Location: Washington. (The DRY side.) | The fact that he is going by the door tells me he is "getting it". You just have to watch him better. My current GSD was/is one that goes to the door. wWen she was little she would just go to the door, as she got a little older, but still a puppy, she would "body slam" the door when she needed to go out. Now that she is almost 6yo, she will sit by the door, if I don't notice her, she will come and stare at me. (Up close and personal, not "from a distance".) Mine was reliable about going to the door by 10 weeks old. She never had an accident in the horse because I watched her LIKE A HAWK. Why not let him come in the living room with you but have him on a leash so he can't wander?
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Location: TN | Sounds like he's getting it! That's great that he's already going to the door. I agree that you could let him in with you and just watch him like a hawk (on a leash or in your lap). My corgi didn't start whining at the door to go out until he was about a year old. Before that i just watched him because he would go to the door or hold it til we took a potty break outside. My Doberman/Catahoula mix will come over and stare at you and bug you til you realize she wants out. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I hold the little dude all the time when I am not busy with kids in the living room and when they were napping and I was trying to survive the crud too, he napped with me on the couch. He goes with us every day to feed and break ice off the tanks so he is not just alone and forgotten in the kitchen.
Up until we all thought we were dying of the flu, I was watching him really well and he would have an accident just here or there, but yesterday it was like 5 times and I was just bummed that we weren't getting anywhere. He's like a newborn. If he's not playing or chewing, he's peeing/pooping or napping lol. We are all feeling better today so I will be able to watch him better. I just wasn't sure I was doing it right. He really is a smart booger and a lot of fun. Thanks for the info. I will just keep an close eye on him. |
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Location: SoCal | This is why we have a doggy door! You'd think the dogs would completely count on the ability to go out, but our dogs usually sleep at night and hold it and then during the day if we want to turn it off, then they just go back to bed an hold it. No biggy. Ours is electronic and they have to have a collar to go in an out. Our boy cat doesn't have a collar and he'll scratch the door. If that doesn't work, he goes into rooms an scratches mirrors.... |
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Location: Alberta | Another suggestion, in regards to having him with you in the same room...all my dogs (big breeds) had their "mat" and from day 1 when they were brought home as pups that is where they are to stay (they are brought off to play of course and their toys are on the mat as well) they are still engaged with the family but don't have free range. It does not take a puppy long to figure out what your asking....their mats do become their sleeping spots as they get older (instead of the crates) BUT as pups crates are the evening sleep spots.
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | dream_chaser - 2014-01-02 12:13 PM Another suggestion, in regards to having him with you in the same room...all my dogs (big breeds) had their "mat" and from day 1 when they were brought home as pups that is where they are to stay (they are brought off to play of course and their toys are on the mat as well) they are still engaged with the family but don't have free range. It does not take a puppy long to figure out what your asking....their mats do become their sleeping spots as they get older (instead of the crates) BUT as pups crates are the evening sleep spots.
yes we are big believers in this. For now it is a folded towel, but that is how we did our heeler years ago. If he went off his rug (when we weren't playing with him), we assumed he needed out to potty and he went outside. It worked like a charm. This little guy has his towel, but so far with the boys being rowdy, he has a harder time staying on it. We didn't have kids when we had the heeler so it was easier. |
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Location: The South | Ah hem, no pictures=no advice! I just looove Corgis.  |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | LindsayJordan84 - 2014-01-02 8:41 PM Ah hem, no pictures=no advice! I just looove Corgis.
Here is the naughty little devil playing red rocket across the ice yesterday. My 5yr old got new skates so we took him down to the creek to try them out. Shouldn't have as we were all sick and it just made it worse, but he had fun (the kiddo and the puppy both).
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Location: NW MT | he is just so stinking cute!!!
try putting a bell or something hanging from the door. I have a neat western hanging that was given to me a few yrs ago by a BB for Christmas & it has a bell on the bottom. We taught my Corgi & the red heeler when they were pups to "ring the bell" when they needed to go out. She would sit by the door too but if we weren't right there to see her, we didn't realize she was wanting out. he's getting it - just isn't being verbal about letting you know. (be glad about that - once they get verbal, watch out - you'll wish he'd shut up, HA HA!!!) |
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| I'm the proud owner of 4 Corgis of all ages. 10 weeks is still really, really a baby and accidents should be expected still at this age. From what you say, he is a very smart boy, as the majority of Corgis are. He will be fine you just have to give it more time for him to mature. Spur is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!! He looks very much like my very first ever Corgi, the one that got me addicted! Enjoy your beautiful boy!
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Location: The South | Oh my goodness, he is so stinkin' cute! Thank you for indulging me, I'm a Corgi addict. I'd be like the Queen of England and have a whole herd if I had the room. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I'm a huge fan and this guy is my first. I wouldn't mind owning a bunch. I had to "sneak" this one by using the excuse he was a gift for the boys. It worked. I knew once my husband saw how well the boys enjoyed him, he would fall for the little brat too. Spur is a smart puppy and has a look to him that you know he is up to no good, or about to be. Very loving but not just a boring lap dog either. He loves to play outside and acts like a big dog. He'd doing better with the potty as long as I listen for when he is up and about from a nap. I am going to try the bell idea once I get a bell found. I really think he will catch on quick. |
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Location: Wyoming | My puppy |
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Location: Kansas | Rockyroad - 2014-01-02 10:42 PM he is just so stinking cute!!!
try putting a bell or something hanging from the door. I have a neat western hanging that was given to me a few yrs ago by a BB for Christmas & it has a bell on the bottom. We taught my Corgi & the red heeler when they were pups to "ring the bell" when they needed to go out. She would sit by the door too but if we weren't right there to see her, we didn't realize she was wanting out. he's getting it - just isn't being verbal about letting you know. (be glad about that - once they get verbal, watch out - you'll wish he'd shut up, HA HA!!!)
Agree with this completely! Used it with my Great Dane pup when she was little. She would go to the door and wait quietly. After doing this several times and I didn't realize what she was doing she would come back in the kitchen, look me square in the eye and pee, on the floor. Finally figured out that she was asking to go out, but was just quietly sitting by the door. Taught her "touch" command and used bells, on the door. Didn't take her long to figure it out. Now I wish she would ring the bells, but instead she finds me and barks (rather loudly).
Teaching "touch" is easy too,. Put a small treat in your hand and place your hand behind the bells. When she touches your hand for the treat the bells jingle and you let her out with lots of "yes" and praise. |
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