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Originally Posted by corgimom
Newcorgiowners,
regarding the pups biting at your hands, it is going to take lots of time and
repetition from you by saying a loud "ouch" and then taking your hands away
for a moment - I don't think they will know what a time out is. You have only
had your dogs for about 3 days and they are ony 8 weeks old. Patience is the key - it is not going to happen overnight and it will probably continue to
happen for quite some time, but just keep trying.
linda
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Oh no, i didn't mean the time out as a punishment. I just thought it might be a good idea so that they could calm down a bit and didn't in some way renforce the biting. They seem akin to kids who get themselves worked into a frenzy and are a bit out of control.
I know that the puppies are new and will take more then three days to learn things. I am in this for the long haul and I am definetly not expecting instant returns or for them to suddenly change into well behaved pups. I doubt I would even want that at the moment. It is so much fun to watch them run around and do puppy things.
Another question I had now pertained to raising two puppies at once. I know a couple of people recommended against it when I talked about it a couple of weeks ago, but now that I have them and need to train them I would love some advise on the best way to make the situation work.
I did some reading tonight and found very mixed things about raising two puppies. True most people recommended against two pups at once but the majority of reasons seemed to relate to it being twice the work and expense. This is not an issue for me. I have no problem putting the effort in to raise two well adjusted dogs. The problem is that I am not quite sure what to do in some situations.
For example, I read different things about fighting. Some pages say that we should not let them have their play fighting because in a normal pack this kind of thing would be settled by the pack leader. Other sites said it should be allowed because it is how they establish dominance. One site in particular said that fighting becomes a serious issue as the dogs get older. This got me really worried at first but my fiance pointed out that he bred Rots and Chows, two breeds notorious for this sort of thing. I don't know if Corgis will be better but I can't imagine them being as bad as a Rot or a Chow when it comes to fighting.
I have started seperating them tonight. I figured I would let them get over the initial stress of moving to a new place by allowing them to sleep together and play together to start, but now I have them in seperate roomsm to sleep and take them to the elementary school seperatly as well. They also eat seperatly so that I can see how much each is eating. The tips on not free feeding them were great and I will start with a food schedule tomorrow.
Any suggestions you guys had on raising the two pups to help ensure strong human bonding and self reliance would be greatly appretiated. I can't stress enough how thankful I am to have people like you to ask questions of when I get freaked or just need some help.
Time to put Matti to bed now. She's passed out on the bed at the moment. I hate having to wake her up and move her to the other room. I bought a baby monitor so that I could hear if she wakes up at night or needs help. Gizmo looks like she's dreaming about rabbits or something at the moment, because her paws are moving like she is running and she makes the occasional soft murmur.
Thanks again.