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Michael Romanos · 08-03-2007, 11:59 PM

This might help or it might not. I have had Corgis who growl. And that is all they do. Nothing sinister, nothing aggressive, no prelude to an attack. I had a show champion Pem who when being inspected by a judge either on a table or at ground level, would always offer a very low, short growl. And that was it. Nothing more.
My current Pem, Taylor occasionally growls at other dogs and I have learnt to accept it as mostly a non threatening gesture by him. Only today he growled at another Corgi (a two year old very active fellow) when the Corgi wanted to play fight - and Taylor obliged with relish on several separate occasions. It was a 'lets have some fun' growl though indisinguishable from a serious warning growl. Puppies will also growl for similar reasons. Taylor and all my other Corgis always growled when having wrestling contests with me, when having tugs of war etc. Growling can be a warning or it can be a noise outlet for excitement.

08-03-2007, 11:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
Michael Romanos Global Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Silverstream (near Wellington, the capital of NZ) Posts: 5,052	This might help or it might not. I have had Corgis who growl. And that is all they do. Nothing sinister, nothing aggressive, no prelude to an attack. I had a show champion Pem who when being inspected by a judge either on a table or at ground level, would always offer a very low, short growl. And that was it. Nothing more. My current Pem, Taylor occasionally growls at other dogs and I have learnt to accept it as mostly a non threatening gesture by him. Only today he growled at another Corgi (a two year old very active fellow) when the Corgi wanted to play fight - and Taylor obliged with relish on several separate occasions. It was a 'lets have some fun' growl though indisinguishable from a serious warning growl. Puppies will also growl for similar reasons. Taylor and all my other Corgis always growled when having wrestling contests with me, when having tugs of war etc. Growling can be a warning or it can be a noise outlet for excitement. Last edited by Michael Romanos; 08-04-2007 at 07:18 PM.