Its a Chihuahua~ I believe its mixed due to the fact his eyes aren't huge and his limbs aren't as big as regular chihuahua puppies~ Perhaps mixed with a Dachshund or Beagle? We don't know for sure but i'm glad he's cuter than a regular one!! My ex found him underneath their car barking in the early morning. ^ ^;; And he claimed it to be a corgi mix but i was really doubting it. It has stubby legs but it doesn't look anything like a corgi. We wanted to take care of it either way since he couldn't so now its with us! I'll post pics~ Would it be odd to post pics of my dogs even though they aren't corgis? xD

I don't think it's strange, there are people who own both corgis and other breeds and they post pics of both. We are watching my bf's mom's dog while she is on vacation, and she says the shelter told her it was a corgi mix. Same thing as yours though, I don't think it's a corgi. To me it looks more like a chihuahua/dachhund mix. Her ears usually stick straight up and she has a long body, but she's thin boned, not stocky and heavy looking like a corgi. She is adorable though :) I just love her.

^ ^ Yeah~ His name is Gizmo and we find him adorable !! I'm going to try to take pictures of him and Skippy~ Its harder to take a picture of the puppy since he constantly moves. xD

the 27th works for us to now Roscoe can come see his buddies

abbea- the contract fell thru because yes the inspector found a TON of issues with the house (approx. 14 pages and 44 items) so when we asked them to fix only 8 items and the termites, they agreed to give us $3,000 cash. NO THANKS! plus, the listing agent wouldnt put that they sellers were going to fix the termites in writing. GET EVERYTHING IN WRITING!!! so we canceled. if you arent going to put it in writing- im not interested. songrats btw and we'll see you this weekend?

Oh wow, that's pretty bad, Joleene. I'm glad we found a newly built house. Of course it will still be inspected and the builders will fix anything wrong with the house for a year. Before that time's up, we'll hire an inspector ourselves to find anything wrong with the house and have it fixed for free. :) That's what our realtor advised us to do.

So your new house has closed by now right? Congrats!

Oh, and I'll have to ask my husband if he wants to go. I haven't been able to do anything with him for a while since I work a lot of weekends, and I don't want to force him to go since he's been working really hard at his job. He also has some motorcycle classes this weekend but they should be out before you guys are meeting. But anyway, I'm leaving the decision up to him.

So, how was the meetup? Sorry I couldn't come. My husband actually "layed" the motorcycle down (like a crash but less serious) during the training course and got a little road rash on his knee. So he didn't want to go. :(

That sounds painful. I hate motorcycles. I've seen too many tragedies due to motorcycles. I hope he's really careful with his.

The meet up was great. We ended up pushing it back to 7pm because it's so hot out now and the sun is going down later. The new grass was in at the park and it was really nice. We had a great time and so did Finn. He just passed out in the car on the way home. :)

Aw, I wish I could have been there... Did anyone take pictures?

Yeah, I'm worried about my husband too, but I know he's going to be responsible with it and take all measures necessary to be a safe rider.

Hey guys if you know anyone that want's a corgi pup give them my email. - love2lovehim@gmail.com - We REALLY want these babies to go to good loving homes and I think my boyfriend would die if I got a 4th.... lol.

I'm hoping to get pics of the boys up tonight... They have been "temporarily" named Simon and Theodore after Alvin and the chipmunks... Simon is VERY smart and loves being the center of attention anf Theodore just cares about his food... lol.

I would love to see them too. :'(

I wish I could have one, but I still need to wait a while until we're settled into our new home. :(

My father is bringing another puppy home. >.< I don't want to give Gizmo away and three dogs will be too much for my family. My mother is already getting upset because of Gizmo not being house trained. :/

Well if their not gone by the next meeting maybe I'll bring them by for a minute. I won't be able to bring Madison (She's in heat....)

You know I already have three... And When I had two we were like well... What's one more?? lol. And now here's Bull.....


What's your problem's with house training??? I had all 7 of Maddie's pups potty trained by 8 and half weeks.

Speaking of the next meeting. Has anyone thought about when we should have it? Inhe last discussion we talked about meeting a little farther west but I don't know if that is still the plan or not.

What about the 25th?? Have we done one at Fountain Hills park yet??? It would just be a straight shot up the 87 for everyone in Mesa or Gilbert.... or we could do Echo Park?? It's at 20th st and Union Hills I think...

I definitely can't go on the weekend of the 25th because that's when I'm moving. I'll be even farther from you guys after that! :( There is no dog park in Buckeye but I hope that will change someday.. After I get a dog I'll have to go to the Avondale dog parks...

Abbea..... You want a puppy???? You know I'm sure my cousin would be willing to work out a payment plan or something....

I really want the last two to go to you guys first... Then we know for absolute certain that they would be going to PERFECT corgi owner homes....

What about this weekend?? We should push the time back to 7 again though because of all these heat advisories...

Well, I was really looking for a red and white puppy.. I know color is not the most important thing when picking a puppy and those two puppies are adorable, but also, I don't want our puppy to have to go through the stress of a move, and even the changes in the house after we move in (we'll need to be installing fans, shades, the back yard, etc. the following weeks/months). I want to be able to devote most of my time to the puppy when I'm not at work. I'm really happy you would consider me a perfect corgi owner though! :) But, if the puppies still don't have a home by the time we're completely settled in, I'll reconsider. Is there a chance one of them will be black-headed?

I can go this weekend for sure, since my husband and I are both off Saturday and Sunday. We were talking about having the meetup in the Foothills Dog Park on 57th ave. and Union Hills. It's pretty close to 101 so it shouldn't be too long of a drive for most of you, however 57th ave is closed at Union Hills for construction so everyone would have get there by going south from Beardsley or exiting on 59th then turning east on Utopia Rd then going south on 57th.

"Alvin" will probably have the most black on him but they both are black masked like thier daddy.
You know I always say that when life is crazy it's a great time to get a puppy. Just because the younger they are the more adaptive to their enviroment that they are and the less they'll be freaked out of new things when they get older.
That's why I was considering getting another puppy now because of all the kids I have living in my house now and everything going on at least it would expose the puppy to all of it and they would be less freaked in a situation with alot of noise or commotion going on... But I want to get a pit pup... however having 4 corgi's could be more fun.... lol. I could be the "Crazy Corgi Lady"

Oh, I see.. That makes sense. Well perhaps I want to wait for my own sanity then. Haha. I'm not sure how to handle all the moving and a puppy all at once, especially since this will be my first dog away from my parents. I'm sure it could be done, but I'm just not experienced enough.

Gizmo can't seem to NOT pee in the carpet. =/ I mean yeah he'll go outside to pee but he still goes inside a lot. :( Idk. I guess i'm partly upset with myself because i don't get to spend ALL my time with the dogs. I'm fine with skippy because he knows to go outside. Occasionally he'll pee in the house somewhere that we don't know of but other than that hes fine. My father came home and he wanted them either outside or inside w/ confinement. =/ Gizmo was in his kennel most of the weekend and Skippy was in the laundry room. *Sigh* Idk what to do. I feel like all that training/progress has been just wiped away. No one thinks in my family that its a good time for me to get a corgi. I mean i know we're going through a lot right now but i hate that once i have a chance to finally get a corgi, i can't take the chance. I'll just have to wait till i move out i guess? or when i'm done with college? I don't know. It seems like there is never a right time to get a puppy. :( My friend has a miniature poodle that is going to have puppies and he was saying that he'd give one to us, but its still not what i want. My mom also talks about the shedding factor. How she hates when there is dog hair all over the place. :( Bah. I guess it'll just take me a couple of years to get my own puppy that i will me determined to train and raise correctly. >_<'

Thank goodness they're inside now like how they used to be. I only see my father every other weekend so i'm glad about that. What more if he actually lived here.

Abbea - I totally understand! I know it's crazy getting a place and then trying to get a house just the way you want it along with work and a husband AND trying to keep the pup utd on their first years worth of shots and whether you get it fixed..

Michi- Sorry about your pops. Have you tried doing potty pads??? Alot of smaller dogs really learn to it quick and then you just start moving the potty pad closer and closer to the door and then outside and closer and closer to where you want them to go. -- Another note I wouldn't do a toy poo... It's ALOT to keep up with the grooming unless you just keep them shaved short, Corgi's do have ALOT of hairs... I just blew out Bull and it looked like a dog blew up in our back room... and that was just one... I have 3! for me to really really groom them and get all of their undercoat gone it takes about 4 hours... once a month... but my boys both have very dense coats and maddie is my easiest.

I'm probably going to be free on the 25th. We pushed our moving day to the 30th because my dad had plans on the 25th to go do something with my oldest brother and he is going to help us move with his truck. Ahh, we'll have to get it all done from 4pm (hot!) to whenever my dad has to leave.

Daww its no big deal~ xD Slowly he'll start to learn~ He doesn't go on potty pads, he ends up just chewing them up actually. xD

Ahhh.. just got back from Williams because i went camping from friday till today. we were supposed to head out tomorrow morning but everyone thought it was better to go home today. x3 It was a nice experience. :)

Yay! My house closed just yesterday (a day later than planned because of some problem where the people doing the documents were backed up), and I couldn't be happier! My dream is getting closer. XD

Hey everyone! We just moved in to our apartment in Tempe! We're from Philly, and I've gotta ask you guys for some tips on how to take care of a predominantly black-furred corgi in the heat out here!

Finnigan's body is mostly black and the heat doesn't seem to bother him. we live in an apartment too so he's only outside when we take him out to go potty. We save the real walks for after th sun has gone down so he doesn't burn his paws. A good brushing and a trip to the groomer gets all the loose hair off which helps keep him cool.

Milo seemed to be handling it pretty well, and those tips sound great - and easy for me too. Thanks!

Finnigan won't eat ice cubes. He's a little unsure of them. :)

We took Finn to this little grommer up in the Scottsdale/Phoenix area and they used a special conditioner to get out the undercoat and it was great. Before we took him in his fur was coming off in tufts and you could brush him til the cows come home and the fur would not stop coming off. Since we took him to the groomer he hasn't been shedding and when we brush him there's not even enough hair to fill the brush. It's great! We always used to just groom Finn at home because I didn't see the point in paying someone else to do it but I certainly think it was worth it.

Milo loves the ice cubes too! He can't be pulled away from one if it hits the ground! He growls at us if we put them in our drinks and don't give him one.

I don't know why Finn doesn't like ice cubes. He's been that way since he was little.

The groomer is called Shampooch & Kitty Too. It's run by two guys who are both great and super nice and the staff is great too. They are located on the NE corner of Tatum and Thunderbird. For grooming that includes everything but a cut (since Corgis really don't need that) it's $25 plus you get a free tooth brushing the first time and it's $5 each time after. They made his nails short and neat, cleaned his ears etc. We added $5 to have them do extra work on his shedding since his shedding was so bad. The groomer said after this the regular $25 will keep the shedding in control. He said it was probably worse now because he's still loosing his puppy coat on top of it being shedding season. I was expecting them to want like $50 so I think $25-$30 for all of that to be done by a great place was worth it. They had him from 1pm-4pm which also freed us up to do cleaning around the house without tripping over Finnigan and having him bark at the vacuum. :)

I really hope to see pictures from the last meet up. I couldn't go because I had to work and I live so far away. We've been trying to save gas lately too...

I took a couple pictures but they didn't turn out very well. The dogs are either a blur because they were running around or their eyes are glowing.

mine don't like ice cubes either. they just kind of look at me and have that look of "and what am I supposed to do with that?"

PS what area of town is the next meet? like Fountain Hills or Phoenix?

I took a bunch of pics I just haven't put them on my computer yet

Yay, I can't wait to see them. :)

Ok I put the pics up in my photos so feel free to check them out

Haha awesome! So many corgis showed up. I definitely want to go next time. I still don't have a corgi and no plans to get one can be made until next year most likely since we're coming up a little short on money for our budget but I can't wait until I can bring my corgi to these meetups!

love the pics (especially of my cuties), thanks to everyone who came! Do you want to shoot for September 26th? Any thoughts? Do we have any September birthdays we can celebrate?

I'm good with the 26th. We're going to bring our new pit puppy too.

We could do tempe too... I've never been to that park but I hear it's fantastic.

the 26th works for me

Great pictures! I love the one of Finnigan chasing after another Corgi.

Finnigan's birthday is the 15th so I was going to plan a special birthday meet up. I was thinking I'd have it at the little dog park at Horizon park near Frank Lloyd Wright and the 101. We've met there once before. I don't have a date set for sure but I was thinking the weekend after his birthday which would be the 19th or 20th. This doesn't have to be the September meet up since I know we just had one in Scottsdale but I thought it was a good choice for his party so anyone who can make it would be welcome to come. I'll work out all the details and let everyone know.

I live around 32nd st and greenway

We live at 58th st and Bell rd in Scottsdale.

We're at Rural and Alameda in tempe, but we're gonna try really hard to make it for the first time, wherever it ends up being!