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Well, you are looking at twice as much of everything - training, food, house breaking, vet bills, etc. You've doubled the work, which might be seen as a con - another way to think of it is, all the baby puppy stuff is out of the way and you won't have to go through it again adding another puppy down the road. The male female pairing should work out well, opposite sex pairing tend to work out with fewer problems than same sex ones often do and corgis usually do well in pairs. That you do have the time to devote to training the puppies is a plus and gives you the opportunity to work with each individually too.
With the information you gave about the original owner and the reason for placing this baby puppy girl; you might be in for a pistol of a corgi girl with her - she may not have much bite inhibition, might be a little defensive/reactive because of the rough handling from the toddler. (Being involved in rescue and hearing all the reasons people give for giving up their corgis, one learns to put pieces together based on what the dogs are like once they are in our homes.) The cocker puppy could help with the bite inhibition - she bites him too hard, he's going to bite her back and show her it hurts. Mama and littermates would be doing this IF she were still with them, so that isn't a bad thing and you can look at as a continuing education course for them in doggy manners and ettiquette. I'd also recommend enrolling in puppy pre-schools for them and obedience classes when they are old enough.
Can it work? I believe so.
Debbie
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