Does your corgi hide bones/food?

[Cardiguy]

If I give my Cardigan a dental bone, she will hide it somewhere in the house usually in full view in a corner somewhere. If she sees me paying any attention to the "hidden" bone, she will pick it up in her mouth and slink off and put it someplace else. We have about 5 bones throughout the house in different spots some of which have been in the same location for months. The only time they move is when she sees me paying attention to them. I guess that is her "stash" for a rainy day.

[Michael Romanos]

Yea, Corgis like to slink off with something they think has value for immediate use, or use at some point later. If they were ouside in a garden setting, the thing that they wish to treasure, might very well get buried under a pile of dirt, like what dogs often do to meat bones. When we are kitchen-oriented and it's lunch time, my Taylor will always take the biscuit he gets to a certain place in our adjoining casual dining room and munch away from there. Other less immediate treats are put into corners in our upstairs section of the house. And they get some protection though this can become less of an issue as time wears on. Of course, this is all part of the makeup of a dog and there is a sound basis for all these kind of actions and habits stretching back to the times when dogs were not domestic and had to fend for themselves.

[Jane Austen]

Did everyone see the news articles about the "greenies" connected with the deaths of several dogs? I don't know the reason for the deaths. Can someone fill me in. I have given Duchess the Greenies but not often.

[Michael Romanos]

Hi Jane
I suppose Greenies is yet another fast food for dogs that in this case is suppose to be a better alternative than providing your dog with fresh green veges?

[Jhemphill]

Jane,
Greenies caused bowel obstruction in the dogs that were sited in a television news show that my entire family stayed up until 1:00 AM to watch. If not chewed completely they can lodge in a dogs intestines. At least one of the dogs that were noted on the show we taken to the vet and the vet could not figure out what was the matter and the dog died only after an autopsy was the piece on greenie found in the dogs intestines. The other dogs were also taken to vets and the obstruction was found by x-ray, the dogs had to have surgery to remove the greenie obstruction and recovered. We had been giving our dogs greenies as treats, but after the show we made the decision to return the unused greenies to the store and not give them to our dogs. The show stated that the obstruction usually happen when the dog does not chew up the greenie completely and swallows a piece. We decide that we were not willing to take the chance that this could happen so we no longer give them greenies. My daughter was so worried about this that she followed our dogs around for a week to make sure that they were going poo correctly (she is a nursing student and had learned that the first sign in humans that there is a bowel obstruction is lack of elimination). As Michael stated this is again an American invention and natural foods are much better for dogs.

[Michael Romanos]

Thanks Jh for that excellent explanation.
Greenies in New Zealand is the pet name for a national political party here called The Green Party. The Greenies follow a conservation and clean, green agenda. I suppose one could say that they are "tree huggers" and organic food growers.

[darci]

My corgi doesnt hide bones but I had a gsd that would whine for what seemed like hours when we gave him a bone to try to find the perfect hiding spot.

[teela and katrina]

my corgi does exactly the same LOL but she will also get nasty if my aunties bichon is around and tries to take it from her she'll guard it for days only letting me touch it. when im watching her when she hides it though she panicks grabs the bone and runs 2 another part of the house. she's also very protective of me, she wont let anyone in the same bedroom as me if im sleeping does anyone elses corgi do that?

[Jhemphill]

Maximus guards me and my daughter when we use the bathroom, if he can not get in the room with us he will lay out side the door watching for any intruders. He also guards us when we are upstairs by laying at the top of the stairs unless of course he can be on the bed in either my or her room. I believe that Corgis feel that family members human or animal are under their charge and have to be kept safe, they seem to know when we are in a vunerable position.

[Podgorney]

My Snowdon Hides most treats, he even tries to cover them
with the carpet by trying to "rake" the carpet over the treat with his nose to the point where I think he might give himself a rugburn on his nose. Sometimes he seems to stress about it by whining as he goes from place to place trying to find the right spot. Our last dog, an Australian Cattle dog did the same thing.

[Michael Romanos]

It is rather a shame don't you think, when a regular dog can't hide his/her little treasures in a proper manner. This modern day living is not made for dogs. When Taylor was a pup he took over the rather superficial hole his friend, the rabbit had dug, and he would place treasured items in the hole and was able to bring them out again as desired. Taylor would often grab big stones from our stream and big sized leaves that had blown onto the lawn and place them in the rabbit's hole, but along with these things went more edible items.

[Corgis'R4me]

*~* Hello...my name is Nikki.
I am new here.

** I have 2 almost 6 month old Corgis'. Midnight & Sunshine. They are sisters. They BOTH like to grab their bone...fling it up in the air....then, try and get the sister to chase her.

It is too cute...

( They DO NOT hide their bones or put them in holes in the backyard )
YEPPIE-YEPP....they dig !!
Midnight starts the hole...usually....and lets Sunshine lay in it.
I have counted 4 holes...so far.

( I have alot of patience & tolerance for --->>> holes !!! )