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OH my goodness! What a great corgi thread. Some people with the long legged dogs just don't understand what those with low-riders go through! LOL!!
With Dillon, i trained him that when we walk in from a walk that he is always to wait patiently until i take his collar and leash off - and so i leave them on until after I have grabbed a towel or paper towels ( depending on the mud factor) and wiped him down. I did train him to lay over on his side to begin the wipe down.. He is usually great about the rub down. Though once, he decided that he did not want to just lay down so he crawled in my lap - soaked and dirty. I could not be upset- the look on his face was so cute, ears back and eyes as big as saucers!
I did a lot of research about the corgi before i got one- and noted that many people including my pup's breeder made special mention of getting them used to having their feet touched as puppies as many corgis dont care for their feet being messed with. So I started on day one with my pup handing his feet, sticking my fingers between toe pads, holding and playing around with his toenails and toes. He does not LOVE it, but lets me do what I want- I think he realizes that resistance is futile! LOL...So often, especially in winter i actually wash his feet first and then wipe them up as they do use salt in my neighborhood and he does not always wear is muttluk boots ( he hates hates hates them).
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