Well, corgis aren't for everyone
Really though, I'm not sure that stuff is really "incorrect temperament" for the Corgi breeds. Just because it's a trait you don't enjoy doesn't mean it isn't part of the breed. They are such old breeds that it is really hard to know what the original dogs may have been like and how different the two breeds were before they were interbred in more more times. There certainly are temperament differences between them but there similarities as well. There was also a lot of outcrossing, even if fairly modern times to other breeds. What we do know is that they are very small dogs bred to move very large animals. From that, we can assume they have always been quite bossy, forceful and tend to be unwilling to back down. Also that they are very sensitive to and aware of pressure, movement and perceived threats. Those traits are admirable in a cattle dog but can translate to being guard-y, reactive and overbearing towards other household animals...or humans in some cases.
Personally if I had a dog that had escalating food aggression towards my other dogs, I'd be sure they had a place they could eat undisturbed by other dogs. For the sake of everyone involved. Ziggy has a tendency to be resource guardy over food with other dogs. He's much better now that he's older because he knows the other dogs aren't allowed to try to take food from him. At this point he minds his own business and eats his dinner unless another dog comes right up to him, which I try to make sure doesn't happen. If it didn't work that way and he had gotten worse, he'd just eat outside by himself or in a crate.
Same with being protective of his space with the other dogs, it usually isn't an issue unless the dog is really invading his space. I say he didn't like Savvy until he was over a year old but it was a pretty superficial dislike. It wasn't like they had to be kept apart or anything, just that Savvy wanted to be friends and Ziggy thought Savvy was stupid. The above picture cracks me up every time I see it because Ziggy looks so devilish and Savvy looks so happy-happy-happy and oblivious. That is sorta how their relationship went for the first year LOL.
Maybe I've lived with quirky, obsessive, weird herding breeds for so long that I think it takes a lot to surprise me behavior-wise. I look at stuff like superficial resource guarding between dogs, dogs getting cranky over space or sleeping spots and what not to be fairly normal dog interactions. When we got Ziggy we were warned by a local Cardi enthusiast that all of her dogs pretty much are fed separately because they all tend towards wanting to guard their dinner. Not really an issue for us, RGing tends to be a fairly common thing with Belgians too so I have had a lot of experience with it.
And it's VERY obvious you've never owned a "bad" Corgi before. You don't know squat until you've been near a dog like this. SNOTTY is the word I've been looking for, He goes beyond and over snarky, Snotty, Snotty, Snot, he is.
He's just down right BAD with other dogs, AND people. Just this morning he was getting nasty with my mother, obviously he hadn't been given enough to eat for dinner, all she did was walking into the kitchen and off he went "ERRRR! ERRRR! ERR!" and I'm NOT talking about the Corgi grumble either, he does that when he feels you haven't given him enough attention, this is down right demanding. Don't get me wrong he IS mostly talk, not saying he wouldn't lash out, he has, but it's this nasty talk that got his a!! in trouble, more than once.
It just comes down to this in the end period, SEE BOTH PARENTS, no matter what kind of breeder you go to, if you can't have personal time with both parents or know someone who has seen the sire, just don't go there. And I'm saying this from both breeds, and any really, as it's beyond obvious Enda as well is more her sire than anything too.
And I do NOT allow resource guarding in my house! He**, he actually moves aside and lets Noods take over his food bowl once he's finished, they all eat separate, the boys opposite ends of the kitchen, Enda in another room with the door shut because she doesn't always eat all her food or even any of it.
I would say that she’s less snarky than what Welsh Stump describes in her dog. Snark is reserved for when she deems it necessary. Like strange dogs who won’t respect her space, etc. Honestly, I don’t know that she’s any snarkier than many BC’s tend to be.
Yes, I had to stop taking him out to "dog" places because he finally got to the point where he would start snarling at dogs from several feet away.
I was referring to instability - inappropriate aggression towards other animals and people specifically. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.
^^^ EXACTLY! And my brother wears the scars to prove it (although bro started that one).
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NO I'm not stating to change the temperaments, I already read your forums bash-all on the user who was breeding meek tempered show pets years ago
, you need not throw those pi** stones at me, save them for the real ruiners of the breed. There are many quality's of Jinj I couldn't live without, he's BOLD, Eager, Brave, Solid, and also an awesome herder! as well as mouse hunter. But, if I wanted the fight picker temper of a terrier, I would have gotten a terrier, and his temper even goes beyond that, he's more stereo type Pit bull than any Pit bull I've met! THIS! Is what we don't need, it's a fine balance to get all the other right quality's sure, but a livable temperament is a must. Period.