weights of your corgis

[Louwants]

Well, you should see Duncan on his one cup a day food!!! I give him half a cup in the morning with the Shed Stop, and he gobbles that down and gives me the "HEY!!! Where's the rest of my food" look. I then give him the other half at night, and he just looks at it, wondering where the Shed Stop is. Guess he'll just have to get use to that.

What's funny, is he isn't eating that last half a cup by the next morning. So, back it goes to be measure out again for the next days ration. I do plan to give them about 2 ounces of soft dog food on Sundays with their evening kibble. That will be they're weekly treat.

[Hayashi_eri]

Originally Posted by fido

Hyashi--have you tried a halter style leash? It places no pressure on the throat and is attached over the back with front legs through the harness and second strap at about mid body. Also when Buddy seems to want to stop early for a walk: 1) sometimes it's for his business and he needs to smell around a bit for the right place (we carry bags for this) and continue, (2) he seems bored and we carrying a ball with us to throw about 5 yards away while we race to see who gets it first which distracts him and motivates him to continue the walk, (3) changing up the pace every fifty yards or so also seems to make it more interesting for him to continue his walk, (4) we meet up with neighbors and walk our dogs together usually 1x week which Buddy reallly enjoys, (5) when Buddy was a puppy and we first started walks, we measured out his morning kibble and brought some with us and treated and praised him about every block, then with each successive walk lengthened the distance between treats/praise and now he receives a treat when we return home. Just some thoughts...

Yes I have tried the halter style leash but nope same results, when she decided she will not walk another step, she will not. She is not interested in balls...

Originally Posted by taflar

You know some of the preimum dog food companies make canned foods too. Eagle, Solid Gold, Californa Natural, Wysong and Merrick. I think they're all good foods and would be fine.

Personally, I think feeding an all canned diet is more expensive and not as good for the teeth. But I sure won't condem anyone who does it. And depending on the dog, well, I've had older dogs who I've fed canned food to so they'll eat. Either it's smelled better or was easier for them to eat, didn't matter, with old guys I do tend to cater to them a bit.

Peggy...

I feed Buta with a mix of dry & canned food together with added supplements from solid gold. I only give her holistic canned food & I brush her teeth at least 4 times week as canned food tends to cause lots of tar.

[CardiCorgiOwner]

Hi Doug.
All three of mine are Cardis. My 10 year old male has weighed between 27 and 30 pounds over the past several years. He's not a particularly masculine male (sorry Rugby) and he is smaller than most of the 'show' male Cardis I see around here.

My other male is 8 years old and has been between 35 and 38 pounds over the past few years. He definitely has a larger build than my other male.

My female will be three years old this year and she is about 25 pounds and quite petite. Her head is about half the size of my larger male.

Hope that helps.

[Peggy]

Originally Posted by Louwants

I then give him the other half at night, and he just looks at it, wondering where the Shed Stop is. Guess he'll just have to get use to that.

What's funny, is he isn't eating that last half a cup by the next morning.

I wouldn't leave it with him overnight. I'd just give him 20 min. to eat and if he doesn't he loses it till the next meal. He'll learn to eat what you give him when you give it to him.

Peggy

[darci]

Originally Posted by CardiCorgiOwner

Hi Doug.
All three of mine are Cardis. My 10 year old male has weighed between 27 and 30 pounds over the past several years. He's not a particularly masculine male (sorry Rugby) and he is smaller than most of the 'show' male Cardis I see around here.

My other male is 8 years old and has been between 35 and 38 pounds over the past few years. He definitely has a larger build than my other male.

My female will be three years old this year and she is about 25 pounds and quite petite. Her head is about half the size of my larger male.

Hope that helps.

I just saw your avatar pic, just wanted to tell you
Tooooo cute...

[Clogs]

On the weight thing - Clogs is around 22lbs - our scales are not entirely accurate, but near enough. She has a small, but not pronounced waist. She had a bit of a back problem, so I keep excersise to walks of not more than an hour - usually shorter. Sometimes we amble and sniff, sometimes we just walk.
She is 10 1/2" - 11" at the withers (I found it a little hard to determine exactly where her withers were!) and 15" from withers to the base of the tail. So she is a short girl.

[Michael Romanos]

There are weight charts for humans which take into account size -so there is no reason why charts for Pems and Cardis cannot be produced which has a size ratio. So if your Pem Corgi is the size of say, Rosie (re Clogs) then the ideal weight should be something in kilograms/pounds considerably less than a standard of say 27 pounds. With humans these charts don't take into account bone size as it would be too complicated - so neither would Pem and Cardi weight to size ratio charts - but it still would be a handy guide because Corgis differ so much in size though of course a majority falll into the standard. And we all know that one of the most damaging yet easily fixed things for Corgis is overweight.
By the way, my weight to size ratio is perfect - I am a skinny little runt. And Taylor weighs in at 26 pounds and he is a standard male Pem.

[CitasPride]

We weighed Finley over the weekend and she is weighing in at 15 pounds at 5.5 months (24 weeks) of age. When we got Finley she was small for her age (8 weeks, 3.8 pounds), but she is catching up now. Based on her current size, she doesn't seem to be over or under weight right now.