Corgi Living abroad w/behavioral problems

[munichcorgi]

Hello,
Living in Munich with my almost 4 year old corgi. Have a husband and two kids. She loves one of my kids, and barely tolerates the other. She is super stubborn! Before we moved here, she only finished half of her obedience class because she got sick w/kennel cough. So only knows sit, down, come (sometimes), but totally pulls my arm out of my socket on the lead. She would rather choke herself than walk next to me! Cannot leave her off-leash in a public area, because she wont stay. Is too tempted by other dogs, food etc. I get really jealous watching all the other dogs follow at the heels of their owners....(have to have a well-behaved dog in public in Germany...Just is not acceptable!
Help!:

[Michael Romanos]

Hi
You can train a dog to follow instructions and do obedience-type things right in the living room/lounge of your house. You need to do the reward (treats)/praise method which works very well with food-oriented Corgis.

So tell your Corgi to SIT and never use any force. When she does, reward her. Next after she sits, tell her to COMEand gesture to come to you. Never shout or scream at her. When she does, reward her. Repeat sit and come a dozen times. Then after she has come to you and sat down again on a further command (with a further reward), tell her to STAY.If she goes to get up/or gets up, say no to her firmly and have her sit again. Reward if she sits and stays. Lengthend the time of sit and move yourself further away. Reward if she co-operates. My Pem, Taylor will sit and stay for an hour at a time if I so wish him to. And he's never been to obedience classes. You can walk around the room of your house or through the inside of your home with your Corgi on the lead - a very light and small chocker chain is best - and at your side, and if she goes ahead of you on your left or right sides, a short, sharp jerk(nothing that can be hurtful) and a vocal "heel" should restore her to alongside you. Reward if she does it. Keep rewarding /praising each time she slots back into the heel position. And plenty of praise at finish of training for the day. Keep this up daily for a couple of weeks and bingo. There is your start to a better behaved dog in open company.

Female Corgis are much more possessive that are the males but your Corgi obviously has taken a dislike to one of your children and it is up to that child to make concerted overtures to win back the favour of your Corgi or at least gain her confidence. Again it is a process. My 15 year old daughter simply ignores Taylor these days but Taylor is always willing to forgive her and looks for some recognition every time my daughter comes home. That to me is sadder than a Corgi who has a problem with a family member.