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Michael Romanos · 03-24-2006, 05:10 AM

Hi Koyuki
You didn't say how old your Pem Corgi is but I take it she is no more than four months old.

What are the options in Hong Kong for a pedigree dog? There is showing and I would assume obedience. Are there any other organised sports?
Lets take obedience. Corgis can be very good at it at a competitive level. That will keep you and her occupied though obedience is not my cup of tea. A couple of reasons are that it is not such a fun thing and not very physical - though its much more challenging than conformation showing.

Teaching your Corgi to fetch is very good but there's no jumping allowed until the pup is a good six months old. Fetching can lead to catching frizbees in the air and apart from being an organised sport, frizbees are a great recreational activity when you take your Corgi to a park.

My Pem, Taylor gets a lot of enjoyment from eating by tracking - ie sometimes I hide his food in several places - inside or outside - and he tracks the food bowls down, one by one after eating the contents.

Taylor goes regularly to a retirement village and rest home and is loved by a lot of people at this complex.Part of his time there, he is taken around in a wheelchair for easier access for some of the residents and it makes it less tiring for him when he doesn't have to stand up just on his two back legs so often. I say "chair" and he jumps up onto the wheelchair and enjoys been taken around. He was photographed by a Metropolitan newspaper doing this earlier today.

A Corgi pup grabbing your hand to bring your hand down to her level or get you to use your hand to play with her or fondle her, is very normal. As is her not liking you cutting her nails. As soon as she gets to regularly walk in the streets, where her nails will be tended to by the material she walks on, you might only have to clip her nails one more time. Give her lots of praise and treats when she co-operates for these kind of things. Taylor use to hate the hairs around his pads and toes been trimmed. But now my three year old baby is quite at home with it all - thanks partly to a very sharp but less pointy scissors I now use.

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Michael Romanos Global Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Silverstream (near Wellington, the capital of NZ) Posts: 4,902 Images: 2	Hi Koyuki You didn't say how old your Pem Corgi is but I take it she is no more than four months old. What are the options in Hong Kong for a pedigree dog? There is showing and I would assume obedience. Are there any other organised sports? Lets take obedience. Corgis can be very good at it at a competitive level. That will keep you and her occupied though obedience is not my cup of tea. A couple of reasons are that it is not such a fun thing and not very physical - though its much more challenging than conformation showing. Teaching your Corgi to fetch is very good but there's no jumping allowed until the pup is a good six months old. Fetching can lead to catching frizbees in the air and apart from being an organised sport, frizbees are a great recreational activity when you take your Corgi to a park. My Pem, Taylor gets a lot of enjoyment from eating by tracking - ie sometimes I hide his food in several places - inside or outside - and he tracks the food bowls down, one by one after eating the contents. Taylor goes regularly to a retirement village and rest home and is loved by a lot of people at this complex.Part of his time there, he is taken around in a wheelchair for easier access for some of the residents and it makes it less tiring for him when he doesn't have to stand up just on his two back legs so often. I say "chair" and he jumps up onto the wheelchair and enjoys been taken around. He was photographed by a Metropolitan newspaper doing this earlier today. A Corgi pup grabbing your hand to bring your hand down to her level or get you to use your hand to play with her or fondle her, is very normal. As is her not liking you cutting her nails. As soon as she gets to regularly walk in the streets, where her nails will be tended to by the material she walks on, you might only have to clip her nails one more time. Give her lots of praise and treats when she co-operates for these kind of things. Taylor use to hate the hairs around his pads and toes been trimmed. But now my three year old baby is quite at home with it all - thanks partly to a very sharp but less pointy scissors I now use. Last edited by Michael Romanos; 03-24-2006 at 05:14 AM.