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Originally Posted by corgimom
Nikki,
Corgis seem to get a bit excited when playing. I know with Cody, he sometimes gives "love bites" as we call them - "nibbles" as you call them - I still say OUCH when he does this for I do not want him doing this to me or small children. I have come in contact with other dogs that give "love bites" also. My sister in laws dog gives "nibbles" and the neighborhood kids always tell her that they were bitten - so as we see, children see this differently.
As for the door issue, which we also have - door bell rings and Cody barks and
sprints for the door so it makes it hard to open. My instructor suggested this, but she said "IT WILL TAKE WORK AND REPETITION- She said to place a mat or cat bed or some comfy thing in the family room, but far enough away from the front door and every day, I should practice with Cody and tell him to "go to his mat" and get him to stay there for small increments each time, building up to two minutes on his mat.
Then, once he complies with that, I should get someone in my family or neighbor friend to help practice with ringing the doorbell, and as Cody attempts to "greet the visitors", I should direct him to "go to his mat" and STAY - this being his special place to wait until visitors come in. She did ask me "how much are you willing to work on this?" which I said "a lot" - she did say it will take time and to not expect miracles at his young age of 9 months.
I am going to try her suggestion and see how it goes. Thought I would pass this on. I am willing to try any suggestion that seems like it will work.
Linda
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*~* I think that the "mat" idea...is GREAT !! I think it will totally work !
Time to go shopping...
*~* Nikki
