We couldn’t have nailed our sweet puppy’s name more accurately. In just a few days, our boy will be turning 1 year already! Still full of lotsa puppy+corgi energy.
In the evenings our boys gather with Hubbs and I in front of the television after dinner. Most often Wiles can be a bit restless, insisting that we partake in playing with tug toys we make sure he has plenty of, like the tug toy in the picture (that one is exclusively for outside playing) or trying to spar with Cody. We enforce general behavior guidelines when in the house like no running and rough play is for outside not inside, etc. To get puppy to calm down quicker Hubbs will rub his side and he melts into a quiet state, obedient and content. When Hubbs stops, he’ll turn to look at him and kind of “cluck” like asking him to continue. This goes on for awhile until he tires of the arrangement and then he’ll come over to visit me, looking deeply into my eyes with those beautiful amber-colored eyes of his. He’ll bring over his tug toy as an invitation for play. How can I resist? When he’s bored of our game, he’ll head over back to Hubbs…and then the cycle continues and we both always concede.
A couple of evenings ago, I only just realized that it wasn’t us training him…he was training us! Behaviors from Dockers, Nikita and Cody starting flashing through my mind, searching for examples where else this corgi-con might have taken place. Ha! The obedience wasn’t on their part all this time…it was on ours!
Do you have a corgi-con story…I’d love to hear about it! Share your stories in comments…
Wiley…outside with his tug-toy in The Great Corgi-Con – Who is Training Who? on Corgi Tales.
