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Originally Posted by newhall9
Hi,
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.
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? We were thinking of getting another dog for her to play with. Do you think this might help? 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? Like I said before, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Matt
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Calendar: I think it's a great idea and not corny at all. It is very industrious though with only 12 days left. You might just take 12 "beauty" shots for the 2008 edition. Then during 2008, you should be able to find seasonal items throughout the year and do the 2009 edition with the costumes. I can't imagine trying to find hearts for valentines, and bunny ears for easter, etc in such a short time frame...but I'm probably just lazy. LOL
Barking: Charlie barks for attention occassionally while my nose is in the computer and he's sitting on the recliner behind my desk chair. First, I taught him "Speak!" when he barks. He'd bark, and I turn around and say "Speak! Speak!" to encourage a couple more barks. He gets praise and a treat. Then I turn around and keep working. If he keeps barking, I turn around and say either "Sshhhh!" or "Quiet!" and shake my head "No" and give him the hand signal to lie down. It quiets him down for quite a while. The older he gets, the less he is barking, now that he understands when I want him to speak, and when it's discouraged. Now I can pretty much skip the encouragement and go straight to "Shhhh!" or "Quiet!" and he "gets it".
As others have said, if you can't train Molly not to bark, then you'll likely have 2 barking dogs by adding a second to the pack. Oh and make sure she is getting plenty of exercise. "A good dog is a tired dog." She may be barking because of too much pent up energy.