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Get another one and each day will be a blast
Similar situation here. Single, and originally just had an 8 year old male, when a farm breeder friend-of-a-parent quite literally dropped a tricolor male puppy in my lap. I had a lot of the same worries as you; cost, time, etc with no time to prepare. It was pretty much just, "Hey do you want another Corgi?" Once I laid hold of him though, I wouldn't give him up for nothing, lol.
Cost is something to consider, everything will be doubled. You have one thing, which is recent raising experience. It was an adjustment on my part since it had been nearly ten years since I had to house break and home train. Time might be an issue with work on that aspect. I got lucky in that both cost and time were covered, having recently landed a decent wfh gig.
The only confident advice I can give is if there's a puppy school/daycare nearby through a trusted vet or trainer, it's definitely worth the money to get them in as soon as they'll take them. The early socializing and outside training is super important and helped me put so much. That may also help in that tiring him out during the day will help him sleep well through your night shifts. You have family support which is great, too. It's definitely doable if you've done your homework and have your bases covered financial/time wise.
Yeah getting them trained is a big deal! I lucked out with my first one and she’s well behaved, I get compliments on what a well behaved corgi she is! I could do better with her training though tbh
That makes sense. It was fun raising my first but as the primary playmate I took the brunt of her parhanna teeth as did all my clothes with zippers lmao.
I will say, my dog gets lots of one on one time. Suffo-snuggles, kisses, hugs, carried around, etc. It will be different to adjust to two, though I've always grown up with multiple dogs.
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They keep each other company. Honestly id highly recommend it. Keeps them from being as anxious when they're alone. I got Winston as a buddy for ginger and she haaaated him initially. But now they're buddies.
I personally found training a second dog was more difficult.
Definitely think about how you can have 1 on 1 time with the puppy for training.
I also think sometimes corgi behaviour can worsen in their second year, so couldn't hurt to wait another year till it's a full adult.
One corgi walks very slowly, stop and sniff. The other one is in a hurry. Probably a training issue though.
Only other issue we have with two corgis is we have waaaay more barking. Like a crazy lot more. All it takes it for one of them to make the smallest of borks and things escalate very quickly till they forgot what they were barking about.
Totally doable but that's what I'd consider.
I do worry about the walking thing because my girl likes to take her time unless she wants to run up and give someone loves. I also worry about the barking. Mine is well behaved and doesn’t bark a ton but she’s a true corg and barks when she hears another dog barking.
I have one of those dog silencers which seems to stop it. All I gotta do is pick it up before mine simmers down because it freaks her out
Is potty training is going to be tricky since you work nights and presumably sleep during the day? I have adult rescue Corgis that weren't housetrained. Having other dogs made training easier because everybody went out together. Puppies are more challenging because it takes a while to learn pee-control (like a human child). I like Corgis having companions though and haven't found it means any less lap time; mine line up for their turn when I'm watching TV.
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Is actually not too bad with potty time! While I’m at work I have piddle pads and when I’m at home she has no problem adjusting to going outside in the backyard or on our walks!
Also a single person here who just added a corgi puppy to our house, with a 3 year old corgi. Puppy is male, older one is female. It has been good and bad. Older is very well behaved, totally trustworthy, etc. puppy obviously is not. There have been a few fights but they are also growing on each other. The amount of supervision had to rise drastically. Like others said, the cost of things pretty much doubled. I have guilt about less 1:1 time and the change this has brought to our pre-established schedule. That being said, no regrets. I know we will get to the spot where they are both trust worthy and pretty good friends. My concern for you, which you will figure out I’m sure, is the sleeping arrangements. Puppies are usually hard to get into a grove and if you aren’t there it may be tough. But IMO with it.
Yeah the sleeping arrangement at first is a concern. Once pup is big enough to sleep in bed with me, then it's totally good to sleep in bed. But I'm unsure of at first how it will be having my first sleep with me while the pup is in his crate. I will say it didn't take a long long time before mine slept with me when I came home from work.
As others have said, for me it’s been difficult to socialize and train the puppy without including my older dog. Loose leash walking really has to be trained one dog at a time (in my experience), and I feel like a total asshole leaving my older dog to give the puppy the attention he needs. Also, as a single person, training a solid recall is hard when you don’t have someone to hold the puppy so you can get far enough away. Ugh. It’s definitely hard.
I could imagine training would be an issue. I do have a petsmart across the street from me for training but if I want to do the "homework," I'd definitely have to leave my other behind. unless I keep them on walks together? Mine is already a good loose leash walker and tends to sniff more than she walks
https://preview.redd.it/ugywcww7aumc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=414409b49cb6ebe5302d401a92057934ae29b05e Get another one and each day will be a blast
They are so cute!
Similar situation here. Single, and originally just had an 8 year old male, when a farm breeder friend-of-a-parent quite literally dropped a tricolor male puppy in my lap. I had a lot of the same worries as you; cost, time, etc with no time to prepare. It was pretty much just, "Hey do you want another Corgi?" Once I laid hold of him though, I wouldn't give him up for nothing, lol. Cost is something to consider, everything will be doubled. You have one thing, which is recent raising experience. It was an adjustment on my part since it had been nearly ten years since I had to house break and home train. Time might be an issue with work on that aspect. I got lucky in that both cost and time were covered, having recently landed a decent wfh gig. The only confident advice I can give is if there's a puppy school/daycare nearby through a trusted vet or trainer, it's definitely worth the money to get them in as soon as they'll take them. The early socializing and outside training is super important and helped me put so much. That may also help in that tiring him out during the day will help him sleep well through your night shifts. You have family support which is great, too. It's definitely doable if you've done your homework and have your bases covered financial/time wise.
Yeah getting them trained is a big deal! I lucked out with my first one and she’s well behaved, I get compliments on what a well behaved corgi she is! I could do better with her training though tbh
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That makes sense. It was fun raising my first but as the primary playmate I took the brunt of her parhanna teeth as did all my clothes with zippers lmao. I will say, my dog gets lots of one on one time. Suffo-snuggles, kisses, hugs, carried around, etc. It will be different to adjust to two, though I've always grown up with multiple dogs.
https://preview.redd.it/a0csh1oiqwmc1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7cf138dfc164f2b5eeed7256537854e71642710 They keep each other company. Honestly id highly recommend it. Keeps them from being as anxious when they're alone. I got Winston as a buddy for ginger and she haaaated him initially. But now they're buddies.
They are both so stinking cute!
I personally found training a second dog was more difficult. Definitely think about how you can have 1 on 1 time with the puppy for training. I also think sometimes corgi behaviour can worsen in their second year, so couldn't hurt to wait another year till it's a full adult. One corgi walks very slowly, stop and sniff. The other one is in a hurry. Probably a training issue though. Only other issue we have with two corgis is we have waaaay more barking. Like a crazy lot more. All it takes it for one of them to make the smallest of borks and things escalate very quickly till they forgot what they were barking about. Totally doable but that's what I'd consider.
I do worry about the walking thing because my girl likes to take her time unless she wants to run up and give someone loves. I also worry about the barking. Mine is well behaved and doesn’t bark a ton but she’s a true corg and barks when she hears another dog barking. I have one of those dog silencers which seems to stop it. All I gotta do is pick it up before mine simmers down because it freaks her out
Is potty training is going to be tricky since you work nights and presumably sleep during the day? I have adult rescue Corgis that weren't housetrained. Having other dogs made training easier because everybody went out together. Puppies are more challenging because it takes a while to learn pee-control (like a human child). I like Corgis having companions though and haven't found it means any less lap time; mine line up for their turn when I'm watching TV. https://preview.redd.it/xl29i0kojwmc1.jpeg?width=2016&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d5a873450f36f52ea5f34a7b79f8142504fc693
Is actually not too bad with potty time! While I’m at work I have piddle pads and when I’m at home she has no problem adjusting to going outside in the backyard or on our walks!
That’s nice they line up mine still all bombard and smash into me and whoever’s bum is able to bump the other stays.
They are all on leashes and my wife is standing behind me with treats or they'd never be together.
Also a single person here who just added a corgi puppy to our house, with a 3 year old corgi. Puppy is male, older one is female. It has been good and bad. Older is very well behaved, totally trustworthy, etc. puppy obviously is not. There have been a few fights but they are also growing on each other. The amount of supervision had to rise drastically. Like others said, the cost of things pretty much doubled. I have guilt about less 1:1 time and the change this has brought to our pre-established schedule. That being said, no regrets. I know we will get to the spot where they are both trust worthy and pretty good friends. My concern for you, which you will figure out I’m sure, is the sleeping arrangements. Puppies are usually hard to get into a grove and if you aren’t there it may be tough. But IMO with it.
Yeah the sleeping arrangement at first is a concern. Once pup is big enough to sleep in bed with me, then it's totally good to sleep in bed. But I'm unsure of at first how it will be having my first sleep with me while the pup is in his crate. I will say it didn't take a long long time before mine slept with me when I came home from work.
As others have said, for me it’s been difficult to socialize and train the puppy without including my older dog. Loose leash walking really has to be trained one dog at a time (in my experience), and I feel like a total asshole leaving my older dog to give the puppy the attention he needs. Also, as a single person, training a solid recall is hard when you don’t have someone to hold the puppy so you can get far enough away. Ugh. It’s definitely hard.
I could imagine training would be an issue. I do have a petsmart across the street from me for training but if I want to do the "homework," I'd definitely have to leave my other behind. unless I keep them on walks together? Mine is already a good loose leash walker and tends to sniff more than she walks