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I bought a great toy for my Corgi a few years ago and I'm having trying to find another. It was a green ball about 6" in diameter and filled with holes which when you squeezed it while immersed in a bowl of water, would fill up. I'd throw it around the yard and my dog loved catching it and sque...

Maybe your dog is just so bored with the same walks and needs a good run or change of scenery and some new places to sniff. It's strange how she loves walking in the winter, and yet you refuse to acknowledge it could be the heat or the fact that your dog is overweight. Why would you want to walk a ...

Thanks for your help and I'm sorry you're frustrated with me. I assure you I have tried all of the suggestions more than once. No, I have not had the suggested physical exam recently but she has been walking like this forever. I accept the suggestion that there is some fear involved but I don't know...

Yeah it can be frustrating. Like I said, I do take her in the car once in a while and park and walk. She still stops and looks at me. But if we tell her "Let's go see Aticus," a dog who lives down the street, she eagerly walks to his house and then we'll say "Atticus is not home, let'...

Listen guys, I really do appreciate the suggestions you all have give and I also realize you're commenting on an issue which would be best resolved in person or on Victoria's show. I have tried all of the suggestions provided and continue to post with the hope that I may have omitted a key item whic...

I just took her out for a walk and as usual she was reluctant to get up and walk to the door. We are positive but eventually she only comes when we insist; "oh,no...c'mon!" Well, as usual she insisted on going left out of the house when I wanted to go right. She pulled to go right and stop...

No, I do know she doesn't fear people. She'd go with anyone. If she sees someone on a walk, she'll pull to get to them and greet them. And she knows that sometimes people are behind her so she checks now and then to see if anyone is there. If so, she wants to stop and wait for them to say hi.

Thanks, I'll give this a try. I might mention that getting her going for a walk in the house is a chore. In a positive tone we say 'let's go' but he just sits there looking at you. If I use a more stern voice she reluctantly comes to you but walks like she's going to the gallows. She is well trained...

We always went with her to the training classes and they used only positive reinforcement. Choke collars were forbidden, for example. Her daily routine is up at *;00, eats goes out in our back yard to pee, walk around 9 or 10am, hanging out until walk at 4:00, dinner at 6:00, playing in our large fe...

I thought I had. It's no to everything. She's not nervous, she loves greeting people, she is not in pain. She has regular check ups. She just doesn't want to go. She hated walking since a pup. Granted we made mistakes when we were training her. We'd throw treats down the sidewalk when she stopped no...

She has regular check ups and I don't believe she is in pain. She really loves to walk in the winter when there is about 6" of snow she can plow through. She pulls me around the block! This summer the problem seems to be worse. It used to be that the first 15 minutes were a problem then she'd c...

Thanks for your reply. The problem persists. She is clearly not afraid and she loves greeting people and other dogs. She is constantly looking behind her to see if there is anyone else on the sidewalk and if so, she wants to stop and greet them. I take her for 2 walks per day, she is slightly overwe...

We have a 3 year old female Corgi who is a very stubborn walker and always has been. She constantly stops and looks at you, pulls back and you have to coax her to get her going. I rarely pull but I can't say never. I walk towards her with my scolding sound and this gets her going...for a few dozen f...