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Old 10-29-2007, 05:50 PM   #17 (permalink)
Peggy
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My concern this week is whether peanut’s interest with pups is based on personality or in his corgi blood. When peanut was outside with the other puppies, he was the first one to greet them. But inside with many puppies running around, he doesn’t seem interested. Could this be because they are herding dogs?

I also asked the instructor why does Peanut always have a play bark when to fetches a toy. She says it has a lot to do with their genes and being in the herding family. She instructed to immediately walk away when Peanut starts his play barking and hopefully he’ll get the point. Any suggestions or comments on this?
IMO, he was just a bit overwhelmed. Ok one on one or with small groups, but not sure what to do with the larger more active crowd.

And no it's not connected to him being a herding dog. It's just a puppy thing, an individual development thing.

Barking while playing is also a puppy thing and not just a herding dog thing.

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