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Permalink Reply by Natalie, Lance &Tucker on May 20, 2011 at 1:08pm

Personalities develop as they age. I also believe that training should be ongoing, once you think that he has completed training, keep going.  I would say Lance loves everyone, he just doesn't want to show it right away.  The one piece of advice I would like to give from my experience is to not make walk time social time.  :(  I made that mistake and now he thinks walk time is social time and am currently trying to reverse that, not easy, but he is improving.  :)

 

I would also say that cardigans are a bit more protective of kids too. 

 

Keep up the socializing though and that includes your house while hes a pup, so he is comfortable with people at your house. 

 

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Permalink Reply by Jane on May 20, 2011 at 5:03pm

I would say he became more cautious with new people as he got older. He's not unfriendly when he meets someone, he's just not over-the-top affectionate right away like my pem is. More of a one family type dog. As far as other dogs, when we go to the dog park my pem will charge right into the fray immediately, but Luke will hang back on the outskirts with us until he gets a feel for the other dogs (unless there's another corgi there, in which case it's his new best friend). I think part of that may be because he's more of an alpha and he doesn't like to act submissive to a bunch of strange dogs. Henry doesn't care.

 

As far as the barking...I'd say...just wait. Cardigan or pem they will find their voice eventually. haha

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Permalink Reply by Lindsey Corkern on May 20, 2011 at 12:35pm

We originally went to get a cardigan (just because tail clipping was not usually done in this breed) and ended up with a pembroke-cardigan mix!  Leia's father is a tri-color cardigan and her mother is a red-white pembroke.  Her tail was already clipped when we got her :( so now we have a typical bunny butt on our corgi :)  Leia is also a long-legged corgi like her dad.  We still want a cardigan though and plan to get one sometime next year hopefully!

Lindsey and Leia

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Permalink Reply by Bartleby on August 27, 2011 at 3:05am

After reading up on pembroke v. cardigan, I am getting more perplexed as to what mine is, but I'm beginning to think he's a mix of the two. He is very very friendly and loves every person and dog he meets, but his snout seems longer than the other pembrokes and he was obviously born with a tail from the nub he always wiggles around. He's sable and his mom was a blonde and his dad a tri. I remember thinking his mom's face looked a bit long and skinny for a pem corgi. What do you guys think? He's almost 6 months old.

 

 

These last two are from today:

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Permalink Reply by Jane on August 27, 2011 at 2:13pm

He doesn't look very cardi-ish to me personally. If his mom was indeed part cardigan you would expect her muzzle to be broader if anything, not skinnier. Almost all pems are born with a full tail and then docked so you can't really use a tail as indicator of breed.

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Permalink Reply by Sam, Gregg & Poopdeck on August 27, 2011 at 1:57pm

We have talked about getting another and making it a Cardi. My Fiance had one but never knew it until we were looking for a pup together. I never knew Cardis existed until I began my research and found out by accident. That was when Gregg said, "That's Algernon"! This coming about 30 years after the fact. I think the Pemmies just get more press and part of that is due to Her Majesty. Though I do not see fame coming the way of Dorgies.

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Permalink Reply by Suzi, Zeus & Valentine on August 27, 2011 at 3:59pm

I have one of each I find that my cardigan Zeus is more laid back and easy going and such a love bug, my pembroke Valentine is antisocial it is all about her lol

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Permalink Reply by John Wolff on June 4, 2014 at 1:29pm

I'm told that at a party, the Cardies will circulate gregariously, making polite, friendly, interesting conversation, while the Pembrokes will be dancing on the table.

You think?

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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on June 5, 2014 at 7:38am

Gee, this is an old thread that I now can comment on since I added a Cardigan to my household a couple months ago.I find Watson to be very outgoing and boisterous, although he is just 4 and 1/2 months old. Izzy is my third Pembroke and the difference in temperament in the three Pems  I have had is very wide. I suspect that is true of Cardigans too. I purposely searched for a puppy from a particular type of breeder as we travel often with our dogs and need one that is social. So far the one thing the corgis seem to have in common is that they are very smart and short. I have noticed with the various breeds I have been familiar with that there is always quite a disparity in temperaments. It is important to do some research before adding a puppy of any kind to your home and be realistic about what you can handle. There are just fewer Cardigans around so that is probably the main reason you see more Pems. Watson will be a bigger dog (probably 38 lbs) than any of my Pems that were all around 25 lbs. So far it has been great fun having the other kind of corgi.

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Permalink Reply by Vicky Hay on June 6, 2014 at 2:48am

I first learned about corgis in general from a friend who had a Cardigan -- really a cool dog. Later was drawn to the Pembroke, though, because they seem to be a little smaller. Now that I'm old, I felt I needed a relatively small dog, one I could pick up if necessary.

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Permalink Reply by Bogart the Cardigan on June 11, 2014 at 5:55am

Had a Pem first time, now we have a Cardi. Both males but completely different personalities - Cardi is so much more affectionate, vocal, expressive and playful. Of course this could have nothing to do with the breed...

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Permalink Reply by Denis J. on June 11, 2014 at 10:30am

I'm not into professional agility training, nor do we have anything of such in the area, but on occasion Wally goes at the park and he gets a chance to play with a Pem (Goumba) that is about his age.    

For me the difference seems to be coming from the tail.   Sure both of them can be funny, agile and fast but having the tail I find that Wally seems better on quick turns or evasive movements.   We know the tails plays a major roles in cats' agility so I assume is the same for dogs.

But yes, some research seems to show that Cardis are a bit older than the Pems and a bit bigger.  Goumba is about 29lbs and it should be his maximum as he's getting a bit round... might be.    Wally is 30lbs and considered lean for a Cardi.   Both his parents were around 32-34lbs.

 

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