Hong Kong born British citizen, primary education in the UK, secondary in Australia, bachelor and graduate degree in the US, married a Canadian.
Spent the last decade in the Healthcare industry (Preventive Medicine / Urology / orthopaedic surgery). Published 2 books, produced 3 video titles.
My wife - Silvia and I run a Multimedia Design Firm - SiliStudio Inc in Toronto Canada since 09. Our specialty includes corporate social media strategies, TV network websites and mobile app development.
Our clients include: The Globe and Mail, HGTV, The Food Network and other Shaw Media Group subsidiaries.
I am a car nut, corgi fanatic, modern designed addict and gadget freak.
Mocha came into our lives shortly after our wedding back in 2002, we soon added Vienna to keep Mocha company.
Mocha graduated with a CGC and held the position of Ambassador in conduct with foreign canine relations. Mocha was diagnosed with Stage 5 Lymphoma in April, he crossed the rainbow bridge on July 30th 2012.
Vienna received her GED from petsmart university and served as Secretary of Defence in our Corgidom. Vienna was diagnosed with stage 5 Lymphoma in August 2012, she joined Mocha at the bridge just before the last day of the Mayan calendar - Dec 20th, 2012.
We continue to foster, rehab and place rescue corgis in need.
Nope, I can't. I have too many obligations in town this weekend. It is crunch time with school and interning...Trust me, I would rather take my dog out for a fun picnic...
hi Sam. Can you give me more info about where and when. Lost a family member nov 3 and have been out of town with arrangements. Don't really know what I'm doing right now. Theresa
Hey SAM!
I do want to go.
But it will depend on time and Faye's vet approval.
I think it should be fine even if he said no. She seem to be healing without a problem.
I mailed Betty last week and have not received a reply yet.
I am a fan of all corgi's but my 3 are special to me. It was nice to meet you too Sam and I am sure we will be able to get together soon. We come up to your area about once every 2 months. It was fun watching all the corgi's running around having a ball. Betty announced 70 some corgi's but I think there was close to 100.
Hi Sam,
You and Silvia do have really beautiful corgis. The thing is, which one is Mocha and which one is Vienna? My Ritz is the same colour. All my 3 Corgis have a white blaze down the centre of the head, i.e the past 2 Corgis and the present one, Ritz. Ritz has a red patch in the centre of his white blaze. When he was a pup, it was a round red patch in the middle of the white blaze but now that he's older the red has become elongated and touches the red on both sides.
Mollie thanks you very much. We saw you and your camera at the Corgipoluza at Betty's on Saturday. That was so much fun I never realized how little Mollie was until I saw all of them together. Your corgi's look like real sweethearts. Thanks for putting this site together.
thanks for always stopping by and catching kaley corgis new pics.....hehee, she is addicting, fur sure!....hehehe
will post the new pics of her from the dixon corgi faire...she was in corgi heaven, off leash and running thru the puddles and leading any corgi in who was bold like her....she is such a party corgi!
I am on Betty's list, I attended last yr but couldnt this year. I was interested in any meet ups for the central fla group. Thanks for your information.
Hi Sam. I know Viera needs a dog park. I'm secretary of the Brevard Animal Recreation Club, Inc. (BARC). We are off-leash dog park advocates. Visit us on the Web at http:journals.aol.com/barcemail/BARC. Let me know if you would like to join BARC.
Just wanted to say thanks for getting that great video at the Corgi Party last weekend. No one quite understands our Corgi craze until they actually see all those low-riders running around and having a great time. :)
I was not aware of tomorrows meet but ill try and make it, i have been with that meet for long time ,its a FANTASTIC meet group, we do tons of fun things, I highly reccomend it to eveyone, a meetup in their town i mean... ill certainly say hi to her for you.
nothing formal scheduled untill the candy cane walk then the following sunday at ten at the marymoore park meet... there is a calendar that has all our plans on it on the meet up site.
=)
oooo my, corgi kids this year???? you must be darn excited!.....you gonna make sure you share pics???? hey, would love to see you more on dogster, club corgi, hehee, we go goo goo over corgi baby pics etc.....hehehe....and fur sure you gonna share on my flickr group, i hope....no one can resist corgi kids!
hey, forgot to comment about the "cell photos" apparently you can upload photos from your cellphone, i just send it to an address the site provided so i sent one and have yet to see it listed. ill try again i may be having a user error...
Sam, let me know where you are located. We often need folks to do home visits, identify dogs in shelters and transport. And you are a computer whiz......who knows we made need some help in that department as well. No doubt you have a grand love of corgis to put this site together. I am just learning how to navigate it all LOL
Thanks Sam, just let me know when you think you may be ready. Regarding your pup purchase things will more than likely be just fine. I have seen some pretty sad stories regarding pet shop purchases. Lots of times I see health and behavior issues. Sadly the breeding of these dogs is done with no other regard then to make money. Not really a good reason to breed a dog. There is also a huge lack of support when purchasing from pet shops and less then knowledgeable breeders. Many times people have no other education about our enchanted breed other then the "cuteness" factor. Far too many end up in our program due to the inability to live with them for the long term. Until just recently I instructed at Upper Suncoast Dog Training Club. There I taught a basic obedience class for several years followed by the Intro To Agility class. Classes are a great outlet for a human and their canine pal. Provides good bonding experiences, socialization, exposure to the environment and hopefully the handler will learn a bit about dog communication as well as the importance of rules.
Looks like our webmaster may be moving within the year. We do wish to "spiff" up our site a bit. It is functional. We are redoing some of the text and then will just need the ability to change pictures and add small bits of text either thanking vets who have helped, folks who have donated or small things of that nature. Seems Keri may be at the helm when this change takes place and she really has little knowledge. We may ask for your assistance at that time. Certainly nothing like the scope of what you are doing here.
Also know that I will be glad to help you with any corgi or training questions as they arise. You may e-mail me at my regular address corgi111@aol.com I think you have offered a wonderful outlet to the corgi community.
Isn't Taffy funny? Every time I watch that video and see her peek around my husbands legs I laugh until I cry! I don't think there's a bigger ham out there. :D
Hi Sam! Thanks...yeah, Honkytonkbadonkadonk is funny...I can't wait to see it in the premium list at her first AKC agility trial next year. Thanks to you and your wife for having such a great community!
not a problem :) Im noticing pictures from the site being used more and more on DA (the site has a lot of art thieves so Im not surprised at all)
If I see more I'll give a shout to you or others hehe.
Thank you for your response. I had to have her put to sleep. She would not stop seizuring. Her blood work and diagnosis was that her got bit by a black widow spider. I have never been so heart broken. I hope you all watch out for spiders because they are deadly.
HI SAM---THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSE. I FEED BUBAS AND PHEOBE BRAVO RAW DOG FOOD AND I GET IT AT A SPECIAL STORE IN ORANGE COUNTY. THEY HAVE A WEB SITE AND CAN GIVE YOU A STORE LOCATOR. SO BEFORE WHEN I USED TO FEED THEM KIBBLE I USED TO HAVE TO BUY SUPPLEMENTS TO KEEP THEIR COAT IN SHAPE AND AFTER READING SEVERAL BOOKS ON RAW FEEDING DECIDED TO GIVE IT A TRY. I DID IT SLOWLY AND GRADUALLY AND MIXED IT IN TO THEIR KIBBLE AT A RATE OF 1/4 NEW FOOD WITH 3/4 OLD FOOD FOR THREE DAYS THEN GRADUALLY INCREASED THE RAW. EVERYONE THAT CAME TO MY HOUSE NOTICED THE DIFFERENCE AND COMMENTED ON HOW MY MALE ,BUBAS WAS CALMER AND MUCH MORE LESS HYPER.BUT AFTER TIME THE BENEFITS KEPT MOUNTING UP. MY RED AND WHITE IS TEN AND MY TRI COLOR FEMALE IS 9. SINCE FEEDING RAW THEY RUN AROUND LIKE PUPPIES. BRAVO IS A GOOD BRAND CAUSE IT IS A COMBINATION OF RAW MEAT BONES ( GOOD FOR MINERALS) AND ORGAN MEAT AND VEGGIES....IF YOU LOVE YOUR DOG AND WANT THEM TO LIVE LONG....RAW WILL KEEP THEM YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL. TAKE CARE
Thanks Sam .... I love this Ning site .. great job. I love Corgi's, too. So, what a treat to share stories and build community with other like-minded people.
Matt R
Nov 7, 2007
Amanda Henson
Nov 7, 2007
Theresa Holland
Nov 9, 2007
Amanda Henson
Nov 9, 2007
Kristin
Kristin
Nov 9, 2007
Candy
I do want to go.
But it will depend on time and Faye's vet approval.
I think it should be fine even if he said no. She seem to be healing without a problem.
I mailed Betty last week and have not received a reply yet.
Nov 9, 2007
Tess
Nov 9, 2007
Bill Gotthelf
Nov 11, 2007
Florence Fong
You and Silvia do have really beautiful corgis. The thing is, which one is Mocha and which one is Vienna? My Ritz is the same colour. All my 3 Corgis have a white blaze down the centre of the head, i.e the past 2 Corgis and the present one, Ritz. Ritz has a red patch in the centre of his white blaze. When he was a pup, it was a round red patch in the middle of the white blaze but now that he's older the red has become elongated and touches the red on both sides.
Nov 11, 2007
Florence Fong
Thanks for the reply. I can see that both your Corgis and the members' Corgis are very well taken care. ;o)
Nov 12, 2007
Toni
Nov 12, 2007
sandra
will post the new pics of her from the dixon corgi faire...she was in corgi heaven, off leash and running thru the puddles and leading any corgi in who was bold like her....she is such a party corgi!
kaley corgi kisses : )
Nov 13, 2007
Monica
Nov 13, 2007
Mindy
Nov 14, 2007
Karen Howell
Nov 14, 2007
Fran & Frank
Nov 14, 2007
Lauren (Duke and Daisy's momma)
Nov 15, 2007
Marianne Asikainen
All the best to sunny Florida!
Nov 15, 2007
Ingvild Ruud Lie
Nice to know more corgi lovers:)
Thank you for wanting to be my friend:)
Nov 15, 2007
Valerie
=)
Nov 15, 2007
Heather
Nov 15, 2007
Valerie
Nov 16, 2007
Valerie
Nov 16, 2007
Rosie
Nov 16, 2007
Jeremiah and Rhys "Mr. May"
Nov 16, 2007
Susan - Fromax kennel
Susan
Nov 16, 2007
Valerie
=)
Nov 17, 2007
sandra
kaley corgi kisses : )
Nov 17, 2007
Valerie
Nov 17, 2007
Guinness & Rosie
Nov 17, 2007
Kelly
Nov 20, 2007
Marie Ingemarssson
Nov 21, 2007
Nancy Andrist
Nov 21, 2007
Peanut and sarah
Nov 21, 2007
Katie and Rufus
Nov 21, 2007
Lauren
Nov 23, 2007
Sam
Nov 25, 2007
Sam
Looks like our webmaster may be moving within the year. We do wish to "spiff" up our site a bit. It is functional. We are redoing some of the text and then will just need the ability to change pictures and add small bits of text either thanking vets who have helped, folks who have donated or small things of that nature. Seems Keri may be at the helm when this change takes place and she really has little knowledge. We may ask for your assistance at that time. Certainly nothing like the scope of what you are doing here.
Also know that I will be glad to help you with any corgi or training questions as they arise. You may e-mail me at my regular address corgi111@aol.com I think you have offered a wonderful outlet to the corgi community.
Nov 25, 2007
DJ
Nov 26, 2007
Cheri
Nov 27, 2007
Caroline
Dec 2, 2007
Megan
Dec 4, 2007
Avyon
Is the peanut butter picture your corgi?
If so someone used it for their DA site lol
http://x-shokora-x.deviantart.com/art/peanut-butter-luv-65905869
Dec 5, 2007
Avyon
If I see more I'll give a shout to you or others hehe.
Dec 5, 2007
Rhonda Robertson
Dec 8, 2007
Hilary
Dec 9, 2007
Greg Zaffuto
Dec 13, 2007
Maryanne
Dec 13, 2007
Amiga & Frank
Dec 13, 2007
KaraP
Dec 13, 2007