Bruce has been learning by leaps and bounds. But everyday is a new day and it will either be a good day or bad day. This is usually just in regards to housebreaking, but can also go for biting. He's definitely an ankle biter. But he's a corgi... they're bred to ankle bite! He's usually pretty good. Often he'll start going for a toe, maybe even put his mouth on it, then he'll back away. Sometimes he'll need a discouraging "Bruuuuuce." and he'll get the picture.
Housebreaking is so frustrating sometimes. Like I said, he has good days and bad...bad days. I don't think we've gone through a day without him at least peeing on the mat, but days he only does that (and goes outside, of course) are the good days. Other days, he'll go to the bathroom again in the kitchen (or heaven forbid the living room) right after we take him out! Thankfully, when he's in the living room, we pay enough attention to him to keep him from peeing, but the occasional poop escapes.
Bruce has visited my parents house (about 30 minutes away) twice now and the first time he was great. Not one accident! We took him out every two hours, and he was great. But this second time around he had a few pee-accidents despite us taking him out every time he barked, so that was more than a little frustrating.
The best thing about taking Bruce to my parents house is that they have a YARD. We can let him run around without his leash, and we can run around and he'll run to us. It's really great. He loves it! Yay for that corgi loyalty!
I leave you with Bruce's two new shirts: my favorite is the hoodie, but he looks very smart in his turtleneck sweater as well :) And goodness look at all the toys in these pictures!
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