I have a chorgi (corgi/chow). She is built like a corgi with a tail, and has a chow face. She is 7 years old, and I've had her about 3 years now. She is a sweet dog. She has more of the chow personality, a little aloof, VERY protective of her backyard....and the neighbors yard.

If I can get some pictures off of the old computer, I'll post hers. Our new computer doesn't recognize our camera's program....GRRR!

Welcome! I'd love to see pictures. I'm also dealing with new camera issues thus why one of my pictures is not upright! Rueben is 5 and came to us 3 years ago. He is a corgi mix but we really don't know what the mix is. We (and others on this site) believe him to be shepherd but someone today mentioned Australian Cattle Dog or Shelty. I'm going to post some more pictures too. Rueben is very affectionate and such a quick learner and really willing to please!

Wow, I thought I was a memeber... What happened???
Henry is a dorgi, and the bestest dog I know!

Here is a picture of Chloe, even though it is from another dog website. I set this web page up on the old computer, but at least you can see what she looks like:

http://www.dogster.com/dogs/288750

Chloe is cute! I love the diary and all your pictures. Thanks for sharing!

Hey all. Our soon to be 7 month old is a corgi mix. His mother was a registered PWC but a neighbor terrier? came over and fathered 4 of her 8 babies. Snickers is perfect. He acts completely corgi. She gave him to us free and it still boggles my mind we got such a priceless gem FREE. I wouldn't trade him for the world.

Hey every one!! JD is part blue healer and part corgi. His mom was a pure breed Cardigan and his dad was 1/2 Cardigan 1/2 blue healer.

Thanks, Suzette. Chloe is a joy, that is for sure. I consider myself lucky to have her. That'll teach her old owners to get in trouble with the law and have to give up such a wonderful dog.

Have any of you ever had a purebred corgi? I haven't but I've got to believe its the corgi blood in Rueben that makes him such a joy. I've had other dogs and loved them to death but somehow this dog is just different/human like? Does that make sense or am I just crazy? I just wondered if someone out there has both (mixed & pure) and what they think the likes are.

I had and have a pure breed corgi. My first Pem was given (can you believe that!) to me when I turned 16. My neighbors had one and breed it. They have six little puppies that I was helping them with as much as I could. No one even knew what a corgi was then. They were selling them for $125 back in the early 70's and I was trying so hard to save my babysitting money to get one. I was begging my dad to let me have one and he kept saying no. Then one weekend, I was camping with my boyfriend and his family; I came home to see if I could take my little sister for a day or two. Dad said yes, but, I had to put away the junk that I left under the couch. Of course, I had no idea what he was talking about, but, looked under the couch to get the "junk" out of his way. There was the little female puppy I had been trying to buy!!!! Dad said that the neighbors brought her over the night before for my birthday. That had to be the best present I ever got! I had her for about 10 years, before cancer took her away from me too soon. I swore if I ever got a house again, I would get me another corgi. So, that is how Duncan came into my life. Sorry for this being so long, but as you can tell, I love my corgis. They do have a different personality over other dogs. They are so intelligent, that like you said, they are little people almost.

Hi! Sidney, the fellow in my avatar, is a purebred corgi. But Sid has an older brother, Bruce. He's a corgi mix, I'm pretty sure with Norwegian Elkhound. He's got the funniest tightly curled tail!

Bruce found us four years ago. We were desperately trying to find a corgi so my daughter could have an agility dog. We searched animal shelters for months. One day Petfinder.com contacted me that they had a corgi mix at our local Marine Corp shelter. We drove out there to meet Bruce. It was love at first sight, despite the fact that we learned that Bruce was 10-11 years old, too old to go into agility. We learned that Bruce had been on the euthanasia list, then was given a reprieve and sent to the Marines. Learning about his tough life, we knew we could not leave him behind.
We brought Bruce home, where he quickly attached himself to me. Although he was meant for my daughter, he became mine, and I am grateful for that.

Brucie is now 14 and in kidney failure. He's such a sweetie you would never know he was sick. He's on a special diet now in an attempt to prolong his life with a good quality of life. He loves going for walks and car rides. He sits by the door when I'm gone and he is my buddy. Can you tell I love him SOOO much?

Geri- I'm curious. Since you have a purebred and a mixed corgi, are their dispositions the same? God bless you for adopting an older dog...He was very lucky to have met you.

Hi Suzette,
There are some similarities and a few differences, but I'm not sure if the differences are due to age or breed.
The ways Bruce is like a corgi is he is bossy, herds (by nipping at feet), "talks" (we can hold conversations, LOL) and he is extremely smart and loyal.

However, he has never frapped in the time I have known him, and he's not a hoover...he's more particular in what he'll eat. Also, he does not do that adorable "wookie song". He won't sleep in the lizard dog pose (back legs straight out behind him - I think the Elkhound side made his legs a little too long for that) but he does like to sleep on his back, all four legs in the air. He also has that corgi navigation system...that is, if he gets off leash, he makes a beeline so some destination unknown, and no about of yelling, pleading or treat rattling will make him return!

Oh, and it was sweet of you to say he was lucky to meet me, but I do believe I was very lucky to have met HIM!

Okay, what is the "wookie song?" Apparently, neither of my dogs do it.

Geri & Sidney- thanks for the info. I love hearing the cute stories from others!

Good question. Wookie Song???

Wookie song...when we come home and Sid comes to greet us, he stretches and makes this adorable little sound. It's hard to describe but it's kind of a little howl that warbles. If you ever watched Star Wars, Chewbacca the Wookie (the walking rug, according to Han Solo) "talked" in a similiar manner but deeper voice. So we refer to the noise Sid makes as a "baby" wookie because of the timbre of his voice. Kind of a chirpy singsong growly howl!

Oh I know what you are talking about! Rueben kind of does that noise as well....

The "Wookie Song!" What a great description! Yep, I get that from Duncan from time to time.

I just realized that I had a link to my chorgi, posted earlier, but not to my Pem. So, for fair amount of time here is a link to Duncan on another dog site:

http://www.dogster.com/dogs/288774

They're mostly when he was young. Right now, our computer system doesn't have a driver available on Vista for me to download any pictures from my camera.

Welcome, Jessika! What's type of corgi do you have?

Lou Ann- Beautiful pictures! Thanks for sharing.

i! I found this online community and am hoping you can help me.
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> I found a sweet, adorable Corgi mix dog untagged, uncollared running around outside my neighborhood on Thursday. I have contacted all the nearby shelters and took him to the vet (no chip - but i got him cleaned up and got all his shots) but somehow no one is looking for this dog! sad!
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> I hate to bring him to a shelter but i cannot keep him for much longer - my dog is a grumpy old man and is not dog-friendly.
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> He is 30 pounds, about a year old according to the vets best guess and sweet is an understatement. Do you know anyone I can get in touch with? I want to find him a good home or at least have him with people who love Corgi's and can keep him until he finds a home.
I live in Miami but he is with my friend who is a veterinary technician in Boca Raton.

> thanks for your help!
> Evan Goldstein
> 561.706.5444
> evanisagirl@gmail.com

Try and get a hold of a corgi rescue near you. There are quite a few in Florida when I did a search corgi rescues in florida. Good luck.

Good idea, Lou Ann!

Welcome Cathlin- Tell us about your corgi! He's cute and very puffy!

Thank you, I think he's pretty cute too. I tend to think of him more as a chow chow than a corgi, but other than herding I don't know a lot about corgis. There is a little short lady we see when we go walking sometimes, and I have to lead him across the street from her because he really wants to herd her. The first time we saw her I think Wellie nipped her on the rear, but she was too polite to say anything. So now I try to avoid the situation. He loves to stop, drop and roll on the grass but I don't know if that's a corgi thing or a chow thing or just a Wellie thing.

Wellie looks more chow than my little Chorgi does (that's what I call her breed) Chloe has the chow personality more than corgi. She will frap, but doesn't herd and VERY protective of her territory. A little aloof, would rather lay in the room with you, than in your lap. Still, I wouldn't trade her for the world.

Unfortunately the Corgi rescues wouldn't take him bc he wasn't purebred! rude! BUT he did find a great new home this morning!
thanks everyone for your help!

Wow! I'm surprised by that but glad that he found a new home. That's what is important. Hmph, not a purebred, huh?!