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I have a year and a half old Corgi named Molly. For Christmas, I want to make my girlfriend a calendar. Kind of corny, I know, but she will love it. I was hoping to have her dressed in different things for each month. Has anyone done this?Thinking rain coat for April, Santa costume for Christmas, etc... This creates a few issues. First, I don't know what to do for each month. Any ideas???? Next, how do I get costumes for cheap money. For the most part I will only use these products once so I don't want to waste a ton of money. She is about 30 pounds (by the way is this a normal weight or she too heavy???) so I think a medium size normally. Any help anyone can suggest would be greatly appreciated.
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You know even a bandana that represents the month or a back ground that represents the month would work. Such as shamrocks for March. You can make bandanas quite easily. Just need a triangle of cloth.
And for a female 30 lbs is a bit much. An adult mature female should weigh about 25 lbs. Normally a corgi of about a year and a half old is not mature. Usually that's the teen age stage and they're rather slim. So I suggest she go on a diet, try to get her to about 25 lbs.
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On a seperate note, I am having an issue with her barking. I know it is not her fault. For the most time she wants something like for me to just play with her. Everytime we play ball I will throw it and she will hide it under a table so I have to get down with her to get it. I don't mind it but sometimes I have to work on the computer and she just wants to play. Any suggestions?
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Get her something to chew on. A kong stuffed with treats (LOW cal treats such as carrot pieces, green beans, cherrios or puffed rice. You can put the cheerios or puffed rice in low fat yougurt and then put that in the kong and freeze it.) A pressed rawhide bone. A good raw knuckle bone. That type of thing.
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We were thinking of getting another dog for her to play with. Do you think this might help?
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Nope, two dogs are twice as much work, and twice as much noise. I don't recommend getting another dog as a companion to the first. Only get another dog if YOU want anther dog. And if you could live with the fact that they might not get along. Corgis can be funny that way, some are great with other dogs and some prefer to be only dogs.
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If so what types of dogs play well with Corgis. She tends to play well with most dogs when we go to the Dog parks around here, but gets scared if mutliple large dogs come at her. What do you think?
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That's not her territory. How is she with dogs on her territory? How is she about sharing *her* toys? *Her* treats?
IMO, if you are having a problem with the dog you have you need to solve that before you get a second dog. Get her barking under control or you'll just have two dogs barking. They feed off each other.
Peggy