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Permalink Reply by Matt & Hilliary on November 23, 2009 at 4:49pm

About how old would you expect a full coat to be in? Oppy's turning 1 next week and he looks unusually long and slender. We're pretty sure he'll fill out eventually, but he sure hasn't yet :p

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Permalink Reply by Terri F. on November 24, 2009 at 1:49pm

Yes, remember he is still just a puppy. . My friend that whelped our puppies and has tons of knowledge as a breeder and dog show judge just says "put a paper bag over their head and don't look at them until they are a year old".......that is in response to how much they change in looks as they are growing and maturing....

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Permalink Reply by Kyle, Megan and Loki on November 21, 2009 at 2:33pm

not sure about his legs being long, just looks light chested, which would give the appearance of longer legs to me. Otherwise, aside from the light build nothing screams cross to me.

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Permalink Reply by Beth on November 21, 2009 at 7:10pm

Yep, that's what I was thinking. Jack's chest is massive and gives the illusion of a shorter leg than he has, but if you look at the length of the leg itself it's longer than it appears.

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Permalink Reply by Joanna Kimball on November 21, 2009 at 3:58pm

I don't see a mix, just a very leggy and light Pem. The things that are the most difficult to maintain when you're breeding corgis are the contradictory long body/short legs (you're pushing the body longer but the legs shorter, which is very tough to do right) and the correct head. If breeders don't work really hard to keep both, one of the first things that's lost is the short leg and the head gets longer and coarser too. Your Ein and the many corgis like him are the result

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Geddes on November 21, 2009 at 6:02pm

David's remark is spot-on. If you can go back through early English corgi books, you will see a great difference between today's AKC standard and the early types out of very respectable kennels: Rozavel, Lisaye, Bowhit, Lees and the granddaddy of them all Crymmych President. I think it was Margorie Butcher of Cote de Neige who was probably the foundation kennel/stock of the now more prevalent American standard. And John's statement is very wise - they do come in all shapes and sizes and we happily love them for what they are. Some of the corgi early farming/working stories are remarkable and underscores the great attributes of the corgi.....

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Permalink Reply by Rachel & Romeo on November 21, 2009 at 6:20pm

yup all corgis are unique. For example Romeo has two different color eye and his ears are bigger than most corgis. But Ein is def a pembroke corgi

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Permalink Reply by Sarah C. on November 21, 2009 at 7:05pm

It definitely may be that he is a little young and lanky. My Didi had a look for the longest of being oddly long legged, or lacking a deep chest, becuase her neck and check fur never grew out until she was a big girl. He may look very different in a few months.

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Permalink Reply by Jeny (and Wrigley) on November 21, 2009 at 9:29pm

Wrigley also has very long legs, I'm not sure if he is full Corgi or not.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Roberts on November 21, 2009 at 9:35pm

corgi's come in many different shape and sizes.
My parent's 1st corgi has longer legs than my current dog.

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Permalink Reply by Jessica on November 21, 2009 at 11:06pm

thanks for all the responses =).. i do think that he just need a little more time to grow into his full size. He is a very hyper dog tho, he love to jump on and off things very often.. and he tends to bite (not nip) .. he won't bite down just put his teeth on you.
anyone have a suggestion on how i can get him to listen? he's very smart but it seems that he doesn't understand what "no" means.. he takes everything as a joke.. hehehe

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Permalink Reply by Paul Roberts on November 22, 2009 at 1:54am

Have you taken to a professional trainer ?

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