Sora the female Corgi. She is IKC registered.
It is of the upmost importance to use that she goes to a loving and caring home where her needs are met.
Personality
Sora is a high energy dog, she is very friendly with everyone she meets and has never showed any form of aggression towards any adults or kids. She likes most dogs but tends to prefer to be the more hyper one i.e. if a hyper dog is approaching her she doesn’t like that.
Other than that she is very sassy, goofy and loves playing fetch and tug! She can be affectionate but usually that is after she is tried out from play/walks. She can be somewhat independent when she feels like it.
One rule for Sora is Food is her God, she is extremely food driven. We normally don’t need to use treats and just use her kibble for training. This can be great for training but she can often choose to ignore us if we’ve nothing to offer.
Where she sleeps
- Crate trained well – sleeps in Crate at night
- Loves being on a windowsill/couch by a window
Commands/Tricks known – with rating
• Sit – very good
• Lie Down – very good
• Paw – very good
• Close – good at home, poor outside
• Free – used on rare occasion she’s off lead to tell her she can run off
• Leave it – mixed results – good overall
• Wait (used instead of Stay) – good indoors, bad outside when distracted
• Stop (used on walks) – good
• This Way (used to change direction on walk) - good
• Go get it (or Fetch) – great at home, not used outside
• Get Down – poor (need to tell her a few times)
• Go to Crate – good
• Go to Bed – poor (need to repeat a lot)
• Go Sniff – used on walk to let her take a break from With Me and to sniff around - good
Food
• Carnilove – half cup twice a day – morning/evening
• Frozen Strawberries – as a treat (she loves the word Strawberry)
• Peanut butter – on her lick mat (her favorite)
• Blueberries
• Pigs ear / various other treats
• Carrots, Apples, Banana, Brocolli
• No Raw Hide at all
Main issues
• Barking - Sora has a tendency to bark a lot, she is fairly reactive. Triggers for her are doorbells, sneezing, blenders, phone ringing, people outside
• Jumping up at people – when excited and meeting people she jumps up
• Walking along side (Heel) – we generally walk her on our right side, but if there is another person or dog she sees she will often pull on the lead and refuse to listen to us. Sometimes when she sees another dog she will lie down and refuse to budge, this we think is her way of showing she’s not a threat (submissive).
• Recall – we sometimes let Sora off lead in the Dog Park / fields. Her recall isn’t great so we tend not to do it much.
Medical
- Just a worming a flea tablet once per month (usually in the last week of the month)
- She's spayed and up to date vaccinations
Why are we rehoming her?
In a word, capacity. My partner and I had a baby in March 2024, we had planned and prepared to integrate the baby into our lives with Sora. However, we’ve come to realize that we don’t have the capacity to give Sora what she needs. She needs a long walk every day (ideally a gallop in a field) and mental stimulation (training/play etc) and with our son here we more often than not don’t have the time for her.
We love her, and feels that she’s left out and neglected sometimes, and that in the midst of taking care of our son, being sleep deprived and exhausted, we just get frustrated with her, which isn’t fair.
We want Sora to be in an environment where she gets her needs met regularly and consistently.
Rehoming her, although heartbreaking, is an act of love towards her.
Other things of note
- We have Sora minded over the years by over a dozen different sitters, she has never had separation anxiety once we’re gone and adjusts well. For that reason we don’t anticipate a huge amount of resistance to the rehoming.
- We have a whole bunch of stuff to give to her new owners:
o Whatever we have left of her food >10KG
o Crate and Bed
o Outdoor Kennel
o Toys
o Interactive Toys e.g. Kongs, Lick Mats, Puzzle Games etc.
€100.
