Pembroke & Cardigan Welsh Corgi - View Single Post - Scary Situation, Quick Decision, Poor Shippo!

Michael Romanos · 10-12-2006, 01:42 AM

Well, I could tell you off for over panicking and almost choking your Corgi Shippo and scaring the life out of him that two big charging dogs would not have achieved. But you though it was a sink or swim situation. I have on quite a few occasions picked up a Corgi in the proper manner to keep him/her clear of other menacing dogs or dogs that have actually attacked or were in the throws of attacking. But my suggestion to you for the future, is to try and calm down the situation and not aggravate it and take a moment longer to size up the situation. Most breeds of dogs - apart from Boxers, Bull Terriers, Staffies, Pit Bulls, Bull Mastiffs and a few others of that ilk won't readily respond to humans once they are on the attack, but most other breeds will take note of the other dog's handler or their own - so actual full blown confrontations can be avoided. And the vast majority of dogs when both parties are off-leash will just say hello to one another no matter their rushed approach to each other. My Taylor is always off-leash at parks and walking trails etc and he gets to meet and go past countless dogs of all types and if I see one of the aforementioned, tell him to stay still where ever he's wandered too - often way behind me or way in front - and I clip on his leash, otherwise I leave him to sort out dog-meet-dog relationships.

When I was doing some sprinting training years ago at a park, a Boxer attacked my Corgi named Ricky and wouldn't let go of him even though I kicked the Boxer something terriible including kicking his privates. At one stage Ricky was airborne as was the Boxer because I had hold of the Boxer and was twirling him around. The Boxer just wouldn't release his grip. The owner finally got his Boxer to stop and I had a Corgi who was in a state of shock and must have been in a little pain having had the hair around his ruff pulled for so long but otherwise was undamaged. Ricky was one of my show dogs who became a champion twice over and if I had shown him more correctly, he would have won even more often. But he was a very powerful looking and fast Corgi.

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Michael Romanos Global Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Silverstream (near Wellington, the capital of NZ) Posts: 5,061	Well, I could tell you off for over panicking and almost choking your Corgi Shippo and scaring the life out of him that two big charging dogs would not have achieved. But you though it was a sink or swim situation. I have on quite a few occasions picked up a Corgi in the proper manner to keep him/her clear of other menacing dogs or dogs that have actually attacked or were in the throws of attacking. But my suggestion to you for the future, is to try and calm down the situation and not aggravate it and take a moment longer to size up the situation. Most breeds of dogs - apart from Boxers, Bull Terriers, Staffies, Pit Bulls, Bull Mastiffs and a few others of that ilk won't readily respond to humans once they are on the attack, but most other breeds will take note of the other dog's handler or their own - so actual full blown confrontations can be avoided. And the vast majority of dogs when both parties are off-leash will just say hello to one another no matter their rushed approach to each other. My Taylor is always off-leash at parks and walking trails etc and he gets to meet and go past countless dogs of all types and if I see one of the aforementioned, tell him to stay still where ever he's wandered too - often way behind me or way in front - and I clip on his leash, otherwise I leave him to sort out dog-meet-dog relationships. When I was doing some sprinting training years ago at a park, a Boxer attacked my Corgi named Ricky and wouldn't let go of him even though I kicked the Boxer something terriible including kicking his privates. At one stage Ricky was airborne as was the Boxer because I had hold of the Boxer and was twirling him around. The Boxer just wouldn't release his grip. The owner finally got his Boxer to stop and I had a Corgi who was in a state of shock and must have been in a little pain having had the hair around his ruff pulled for so long but otherwise was undamaged. Ricky was one of my show dogs who became a champion twice over and if I had shown him more correctly, he would have won even more often. But he was a very powerful looking and fast Corgi. Last edited by Michael Romanos; 10-12-2006 at 06:42 PM.