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!

I live on Southern and Watson (in Buckeye -- wayyyy west), so somewhere more west would be nice, but I understand that most of you live on the east side so I would be willing to drive farther. Somewhere near I-10 or I-17 should be fine for me.

Yay I'm so excited! Nibbler is all vaccinated and she just had her spay surgery, so we'll be able to make the next corgi meet-up! Yay!

I found an add for a skeleton costume with a Corgi in it:

I saw that one at Tartget and thought it was really cute. I'm sure Warner looks adorable in it. :)

Here are a couple I found on google image search.

I keep forgetting to ask, did you draw the picture for this group Abbea, the one of the corgi in front of the cactus?

Hi fellow Arizonans! We live in the Verde Valley. Hey, anybody wanna stop by and help clip some Corgi nails.
My "baby" is a 12yrs & 8 months. He doesn't take the long walks he used to - gets tuckered out, so we do 2 smaller ones. As a result his nails have grown ridiculously long. They LOOK painful. It's like he is walking in ill-fitting shoes; At home on our wooden floors, he toes are go askew, he can't get traction, his back legs slip out.

I have tried sedating Kirby with Benadryl in the proper dose, tried to calm him in every other way possible....but he gets ANGRY. I mean attack-mode angry. Now I try to just touch his feet gently, holding them and praising him. I think they must hurt him. Any suggestions before I bring him to PetCo or the Vet?

The nail cutting is going to be difficult unless you've always touched/played his paws from an early age. You can try to play with his paws until he gets comfortable with you touching his feet and maybe you will be lucky in getting his nails trimmed at home. There might be another way to do this, but I only know this way.

Thank you for the input Jessica&Zero.

I am Kirby's main person. So I was shocked when he turned on me when I tried to clip his nails recently. I got my hand out in the nick time, but he was going for a bite, with little to no warning.

It may be best for me to bring Kirby to the Vet and console him, while they tag-team the nail clipping. It's no longer a matter of grooming. Those nails can't be good for his feet. As he is getting older and his eyesight is not as good & he is more anxious of things like his feet, more protective. Anyway, TY. If anyone else knows a way to safely calm or sedate a dog at home, without medications let me know. Thanks.

At this point I would let the vet do it. In some cases, the dog doesn't react badly when it's someone other than their owner trying to clip their nails. My friend has a Husky who makes so much noise when her nails are being clipped you'd think she was dying, but when the vet or groomer cut them she's a perfect angle. Has Kirby ever had his nails clipped? If so, who did it?

Thank you Alice. I think we are going to let the Vet do it after all. When Kirby was younger, we would have them clipped by the vet, usually at the end of a regular exam for shots or nose drops. Occasionally I had done a nail or two without a fuss. It seems like his normal corgi 'tude has matured into that of a crotchetty old guy, concerning things he was never crazy about anyway. Especially in the last year to 18 months. LOL....give me 20 or 30 years & I'll be the same way! In other regards, he is still happy bouncy Kirby. TY again.

(Srry I interrupted the discussion about Halloween!)

Ein absolutely HATES his nails being cut so we have to double team him and put a muzzle on him...he's never bitten anyone but he's acted like he would so it just seemed safer for us this way. I usually end up holding him and talking baby talk to him while my mom cuts his nails, he fights like hell when we're doing it but he's fine once we're done and take the muzzle off

I started clipping Finn's nails when he was very little just to get him used to it. He was probably about 10 or 11 weeks. I never hurt him but still, as he got older he decided he didn't like having his paw held still for long periods of time and would start whining in protest and mouthing the hand holding his paw which makes it difficult to cut his nails. Once full grown it became harder to cut his nails because they are very fat nails and the clippers would cause them to split so I stopped and we had a groomer grind them down last time. I guess I'll either have to get a dremel or continue to take him to the groomer to have his nails done.

Nibbler does the same thing, she tries to mouth the hands touching her paws. She's fine when we handle her paws, but when it comes to clipping them I think that she thinks it's a game, and every now and then when I squeeze the clippers she flinches, which means I really have to hold her paws. The easiest way I've found to distract her is to give her a dental chew bone, the green ones. They last long enough that I can clip and file all of her toes and get some brushing in, and she loves them so much that she doesn't investigate the nail clippers.

Welcome Kirby's Person! Sorry this is a little late. My parents live in the Verde Valley too (Cottonwood to be exact). I saw a couple walking a corgi on their street one time when I was walking their dogs, but it looked to be a younger female, so it couldn't have been you, right?

TY for the welcome. Is that your art...the corgi & cactus and your avatar. I love it.Do you sell your work somewhere? Or exhibit it?

We actually live in Cornville. Kirby is a boy...he still looks quite chipper, but definitely not young. The photo that is my current avatar was earlier this year. I'll post others. I notice a Corgi around here whenever I see one. There is one in Jerome we always see. My son lives there. More later.

Yes, the art in my avatar (there's a bigger picture in my picture album on here) is one that I drew but the Corgi with the cactus is just two pictures I found on Google and I put them together. I need to make a better one soon.

Oh Cornville! I actually married my husband there, at the Living Water retreat center (it's actually where we met since I worked there before I went to college).

Kirby still looks great though, for being that age. I notice corgis when I see them too. We were still so far from the corgi we saw that you really couldn't tell what it was, but something about it's size made me joke with my husband that it was a corgi, and lo and behold, it was!! I told them, "I like your corgi!" as I passed. They kinda smiled but they didn't say anything...

Hi Everyone, Can someone give me the location of chaparral park. I would appreciate it..............Thanks lots................Rosemary

Rosemary,
If you click on the "Halloween Meetup" discussion above it gives the address, crossroads and a map. It's right off the main road so you can't miss it driving down Hayden.

I decided not to go to the meet up guys.. :( I know I'll be missing a lot, and I really wanted to see all the corgis in costumes, but I'm soo tired from work.. If it was like 5 minutes away, I'd definitely go, but where I live I would waste 2 hours of the evening in the car getting there. I would go if I had a corgi to bring though..

Oh, and I almost forgot.. Take lots of pictures and videos for me.. I really wanted to see the corgis..

Sorry Chloe & I won't make todays get together, I;m watching my grandson who is sick. Will make the next one. Have a wonderful time............Rosemary

Hope you had a fun time! We too would have had a 4-hour round trip....if we had another reason to be in Scottsdale or Phoenix, would have loved to have been there. Can't wait to see photos.

Rosemary, hope your grandson gets better soon.

did everyone who went last night have a good time, I know Chloe & I sure wish we could have come. She dying to make new friends.......Rosemary

Since Finnigan didn't get to go to the Halloween meet up, I thought I'd share pictures of him in costume. He was such a cute Peter Pan. :)

Too Cute!!! Fits him to a Tee. He is a little darling.

Wow Alice, that does look awesome! Finn looks like a model...how did you get him to stand still? Hope he's feeling better.

Anything can he achieved with food, ha ha! He's so used to being asked to stay still for pictures that it's not much trouble all. He probably would make a good doggy model since he's so easy to work with. :)

He's doing better. Still has some stiffness upon waking but no noticeable limp. I think we need to reintroduce him to activity slowly so we don't get back to limping. We're trying to take him on multiple long walks each day to build up strength in those legs. If we notice a limp we'll have to cut back. It will take time to learn his limits. The meet ups are rough because he wants to run the whole time and that will bring on a limp. He loves going though, so I think in the future we will go and not stay as long.

I'm thinking two words for Finnigan: "Blue Steel"

Ha ha! He does think he's too sexy. :)

Love Finn's costume, what a cutie!