First Few Days and Weeks:
1) Be patient they are babies and are adjusting to lots of new skills, experiences, people, pets, homes.
2) Love, love, love.
3) Your pup is litter box trained, use sawdust pellets or cedar fiber in a litter box by door or puppy pads. The pups are on a twice a day feeding, defecating and sleep schedule, make modifications as necessary. Can use the bell method if it makes sense for your family, some corgis do well with this approach.
4) Use lavender oil on toys, paw pads or bridge of nose if they have any trouble sleeping. Play music. Schumaker puppies are sleep trained.
5) Take puppy along, pups love to travel (Until 16 weeks minimum, please use extra caution not to visit “usual” dog spots (like parks, rest stops, etc.)
6) Always provide plenty of water (except after 8:00 if having potty issues)
7) Until a year old they can have all they want to eat, divided into twice a day feedings to help with potty training.
8) Introduce collars and leashes (let puppy drag lease around house supervised only) or harnesses slowly.
9) Use the Crate. (SEE VIDEO POST) It is your friend and good for your puppy. Do not use as punishment. The crate should be a safe space. To avoid anxiety, do not leave puppy for long periods without attention. Do small batches of leaving puppy in crate. Play music.
10) Watch aggression from other pets, new puppies need to be protected from dangers. Never tease or rough house with your corgi at any age. Children need to understand this also. Keep a stuffed animal close to bowls and give positive reinforcement during feeding times. Corgis can develop food aggression, so let's do our best to make meal time positive.
11) Consider pet insurance.
12) Be consistent, have family meetings if necessary to go over training commands, one word commands are best, corgis are very smart, yet cunning and they must have consistency.
13) Teething will begin soon. Some great supervi sed options are whole apples, potatoes, carrots, water bottles and cardboard boxes.
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