New Member with a question

[quincysmom]

Hi my name is Gloria and my husband is Harry. We are the proud owners of a beautiful 3 year old male pembroke corgi named Quincy. Quincy has been the love of our lives for the past 3 years and has adjusted to our life style without any problems. We are in the outdoor amusement business and travel 7 months out of the year. We live in a 38 foot 5th wheel travel trailer (w/4 silde out rooms), which was purchased just for Quincy, when we are on the road. Quincy has adjusted to moving every week and meeting new people during our travels. He has been around our 7 grandchildren and has many puppy friends. He has grown up with a lot of Labs and many more large dogs. My problem is.....lately he has shown an agression with food with other dogs. He does not have a problem with humans (I did the hand in the food dish when he was a puppy) just other dogs. Big and small. What can we do about this, because other than this problem he is very friendly and gentle. Hope to here from fellow Corgi owners soon, and others also.
Quincysmom

[Simonmycorgi]

Hello! I have a 5 month old pem that does the same thing. He is food aggressive towards other dogs, but not people. He also gets aggressive over toys. I wonder if it is a breed thing? Sorry, I am still trying to figure out what to do about it as well. I will look forward to reading the replies that you get. I just wanted to let you know that you are not alone!

Liz

[quincysmom]

thanks Liz. good luck with your little guy.

Gloria

[corgimom]

Hello Quincy's mom

Sounds like you lead a fun life traveling all around - I know there will be someone on here to help you and Liz with your questions. You mention that Quincy has lots of pup friends and grew up with labs. Do you currently have other dogs that you travel with besides him?

Liz,

Do you have any other dogs besides Simon? If not, in what situations is he food/toy aggressive? when visiting other people with dogs, or at a dog park? I guess I am asking if you don't have other dogs, in what situations are you feeding him around them where he would want to guard his food.

[quincysmom]

Hi Linda

We only have Quincy, but our friends that travel with us have dogs that Quincy plays with. They are Jack Russell, Doberman, Shih Tzus, Labs and a Newfoundland. Like I said he has some big friends and a few little ones. Quincy thinks he's a big dog, so he gets along great with the larger ones. The small one's he snubbs. He does have a very busy social life.

Quincysmom

[Michael Romanos]

I would tend to keep dogs apart when it come ot food. Like when it is meal time, don't feed the dogs alongside each other. Different rooms or areas. Having said that, at Corgi picnics with the Corgi walking group I run, I always give Taylor a large Eukanuba biscuit. I am the only handler with something specific for my Corgi. So nearly always, at least one of the other Corgis grabs a piece of the biscuit - last occasion, Taylor only ended up with a third of the biscuit - with two others 'sharing.' And there has never been any angry dispute. But all the regular Corgis in the club ie 26 of them, all get along famously well. I wouldn't have the other Corgis around if it came down to a bowl of food. If nothing else, Corgis will fight over food - specific bones for dogs would be the worse thing to trigger off a possession war. But we don't want Corgis to feel that they need to guard their food nor do we want then to hurry their eating of their food - anymore than the speed they already go with food consumpion - through feeling under pressure.

So if your Corgi is a protector of his food, it is not unusual and I would therefore recommned that you consciously keep him away from other dogs when he is eating or when you are giving him something to eat.

[glencorgi]

Corgis kind have an unwritten code - one does not share food. Michael's advice is spot on when it comes to corgis and food.

Debbie