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Questions
Ok, before even really thinking about buying a Corgi (my first), I wanted to know a few things.
First off, I breed birds so I do have a flock. I have 11 Peachfaced Lovebirds, 2 Black Headed Caiques (smaller parrots) and 2 Pacific Parrotlets (smaller than the Lovebirds). These guys come first in my life. If I decide to get a Corgi, I need to know about their compatibility as far as ignoring/accepting the birds. I have/will continue to have a bird room where all my Lovebirds are housed and where the puppy/dog would not be allowed, so I am not too worried about that. But the other birds are not housed in the same room. The small parrots are the only ones that get to come out of their cage and they are very well behaved around dogs so far (no experience with them and puppies).
I know that Corgis are a herding breed, but do they tend to be hunters at all? Or is that more of an individual trait?
I eventually want to get a puppy, mailny for the fact that I want to train him to either ignore the birds, accept the birds or even (and I know this can be very rare) befriend the birds. I would never expect the puppy/dog to be friends with the birds, but that would be great.
Does anyone have this sort of scenario in their home? Birds and dogs I mean?
I have had dogs almost my entire life (very short 23 years) but since I have expanded my bird family, I have not been able to have a dog. I moved out of my parents' house 4 years ago and in the places I have lived since, I could not take my dog with me due to size issues/space issues. I will be moving soon into a larger house with no animal restrictions (I will be owning). I would have planned to take my dog with me from my parents' house, but she was diagnosed with cancer (sort of, it was a guess since they couldn't really diagnose her fully) and passed away about 3-4 weeks ago.
Does anyone have an insight as to Pembroke Corgis and other animals?
Thank you guys so much, I have a feeling I will be on this forum a lot reading all the wonderful posts!
Briana
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