Training Bailey, and keeping him "socialized"

[Bailey's driver]

My training experiences so far with a good dog....

Bailey is "technically" my daughters dog. She works full time, goes to school full time, has a boyfriend and does not live with me. I have him almost all the time. It's fine with me.

He was house trained almost instantly by my daughter. In a couple of days.
Then she started the next semester of school. After a few months I decided it was up to me to train him. I can't believe how fast he learns things, it's amazing. I can steer him around on a walk with verbal commands or by pointing with my hand. I just started saying what we do as we do it. Ride in the car, ride in the bike, go inside, go this way, look at the doggy, kitty, etc. He knows everyone’s name, Including dog friends and my friends not seen in months. Basic stuff like stay, come, sit, etc.
He learns faster than the other dogs I have had, including a border Collie. It almost seems like he learns some things on the very first coaching. Last time I took him to the vets I pointed at the scale and said "go". He gets on the scale, I tell him to stay he stays, he gets off when I tell him.
We go into or out of a room, or down a hallway, I just point and say "this way" he just walks the right way.
They were impressed I think, or just being nice to a "customer". When I say "go" he trots across the road a little faster than normal just like I want. I realized that if he has any bad habits it's because I let him develop them, retraining is pretty easy.

I socialize him with dogs and people every single day. But, I live alone. I think that speeds up the training, but he gets very excited when someone comes over. My daughter used to take him to horse shows, her boyfriend has cats and dogs, and I have a cat. But he has not been seeing "mom" because she's busy. I hope he gets enough interaction with others to stay social. I hope he does not get possessive about me.
I take him to my friends retail store at least once a week. We stay and visit. Of course everyone loves him more than the stuff in the shop. He does not want to leave after everyone pays so much attention to him. I hope this is enough social time.

[Chip's Mom]

It sounds to me from reading your post that you are doing a wonderful job training and socializing Bailey. Corgis are a special breed and so smart. I enjoyed reading your post - thanks for sharing.

[MissGambler'sMommy]

Bailey sounds as if he is very socialized, and well exercised. He's very lucky, and you are, as well, to have such a smart little guy. If they could all be so easy to train!

[Bailey's driver]

Before he knew "sit" my friend held a cookie over him and said sit. When he sat down my friend gave him the cookie. He did this maybe four times. The next day I copied exactly how my friend moved and what he said two or three times, and he now sits. !!! Two days !!