Bouncing Ball/Snoring

[bajoiner]

I am perplexed with Sassy's new activity with her ball. She will bounce the ball (the large lightweight balls) off her nose, not just once but she will send it into the air and then run and catch it coming down and bounce it again. She started doing this on her own and loves it but now I have noticed that she snores sometimes. Do you think this activity could be causing her to snore and should I stop buying the balls? She absolutely loves them. She has a better heavier weight ball for in the house that she wrestles with and rolls around but the bigger ones are for outside only.

Your opinions please.

Barbara

[Michael Romanos]

Hi Barbara
I don't know what sort of ball you're referring to, but your Sassy has a talent and she loves her ball games, it sounds enormous fun for her and you, and I'd just encourage her to keep it up and expand on the amount of time spent playing and number of variations she can accomplish with it. If it was a hard or heavy ball, I'd be a little concerned at the amount of times she bounced it off her nose at any one time.

I have had very talented Corgis with ball and fetching games. Two of them were great at controlling soccer balls and rugby balls. Another use to do rugby skills with a tennis ball. Three of them just loved cleanly catching sticks that I threw huge distances, on their (the sticks) first bounce off the grass. Two Corgis were exceptional at fielding in cricket and bringing the ball back to the bowler, and so on including bouncing a soccer ball off their noses for me to catch up high. No nasal or nose passage problems occurred with any of this. If she snores, turn her over or give her a little shake to wake her so she will start sleeping again and hopefully, this time she won't snore. It's often a habit that's developed just like with humans.

[corgimom]

Barbara,

My corgi loves to play with the larger lightweight balls. He loves to bounce
them off his nose also and plays outside with them as if he is a soccer player.
It is so fun to watch and he makes this barking noise at the ball as he
chases it. He does not have any snoring problems from this.

Linda
Corgimom

[bajoiner]

Thank you all so much. I was a little worried as I am a new corgi owner. Yes Sassy loves the balls so much I was hoping I would not have to take them away from her. She also loves playing soccer with them but sometimes they stop and she just rolls right on across them and loves that also. Thanks again

[Jhemphill]

All I can say is that Corgis are very talented.

[Chip's Mom]

When Chip and I are playing, sometimes he will snort. I start laughing and he snorts more. I have never heard a puppy snort before. Does any of your corgis do that?

[bajoiner]

Originally Posted by Chip's Mom

When Chip and I are playing, sometimes he will snort. I start laughing and he snorts more. I have never heard a puppy snort before. Does any of your corgis do that?

Yes Sassy also snorts and as you say when I get tickled at it she gets more excited and snorts more.

[Jhemphill]

Maxi also snorts, he sound like a horse. Medjai also snorts sometimes they will snort back and forth like dueling snorts, especially when they are on porch patrol, it is hilarious.