Such precious photos you have. Your Lucy is gorgeous! I would love to keep one of Emma's pups, but with a litter of 4, I expect they will all get homes. I can deal with that ok since two will be living within 15 miles away! I've no doubt we'll end up with a third Corgi one day.

Re: Friending again.

I guess we're friends twice now! I still get a little befuddled by some of the features on MyCori. :-)

Wendy, the link to the PWCCSC isn't working at the moment. Looks like their server is down right now. I'll keep checking. Jean has been breeding and showing for a long time and has had some very fine dogs through her kennel. For me, knowing Jean (and her husband Ed) has been one of the most valued parts of being a Corgi owner. I write her regularly with stories of the dogs, pictures, and asking for advice. A really good breeder is a real treasure for a Corgi owner.

Wendy, if you look under the Settings menu (top right of the page) you'll find an option to "add photos by phone". There's an e-mail address there unique to your MyCorgi account and I believe you can use that yo e-mail photos to your picture folder. I sent a photo a few minutes ago to my address but thus far it has not turned up in my photo folder.

Wendy, the photo I e-mailed to the MyCorgi address has not shown up at all. Been about 40 minutes now since I mailed it so I can't say for sure if even one photo works. Perhaps Sam T. will read this and weigh in with helpful info.

I can't imagine that Sam reads every comment, he does have a business to run. That he has spent so much time and effort and probably money on MyCorgi is really a testament to his devotion to our little Welsh buddies. He's young though so maybe he has that unlimited energy that that young folks have and I used to have. >sigh<.

Yes, it's easy to wile away too many hours here and on the web in general. I try to keep up with my chores and other hobbies (motorcycles, photography) but the 'net sucks up an awful lot of time, usually related to those hobbies. My only excuse is that I'm retired now and have the time and also I really enjoy the people I run across here and on certain other sites.

Corgi-L is an early Internet mailing list (e-mail delivery of all messages) devoted to Corgis. I think it must have been one of the first major connection points for Corgi owners and it certainly pre-dates web forums as we know them now. I was subscribed to Corgi-L back in the late '90s when I first got Watson.

Wendy, getting videos right is tougher than getting still photos right, believe me! I've put together some videos of old home movies and it eats up vast amounts of time and still looks amateurish. But video is fun to mess with and as long as one isn't out to win an Oscar the results only have to please the maker and perhaps family and a circle of friends so keep at it with your videos if you're having fun with them. Another generation or two out and your home videos will be a view of life in "ye olden days" for your descendants. The videos that Scott Wiley and his wife are posting are so wonderful because of what they show, not because Scott is another Cecil B. DeMille (sorry Scott!).

As for still photos, there's a wide range of quality here on MyCorgi but the joy is in the glimpse of the Corgi's adventures and their humans' adventures too, not in whether the photos are fine art. I once worked on a project with a top pro photographer from Europe and at one point he reached in his pocket and pulled out a point n shoot camera and snapped off a couple of shots of some people. I looked at him quizzically and asked "Why didn't you get our your good camera?" He replied holding up the cheap camera "Sometimes this is all you need."

Sadly, Gromit and Night are hundreds of miles apart. Night lives in Ridgecrest, CA and Gromit is here in Arizona. Fortunately, Night lives only about 90 miles from my mother-in-law's house in CA so when we head that way for visits we'll be trying to scoot up and see Jean and Ed York and the Corgis too. I asked Jean one time if the dogs remembered each after a long separation and she felt that they didn't in any familial sense as we humans would. By smell or appearance, perhaps, but no more. Certainly when dogs live together long enough to bond that bond can last a very long time.

When Gromit saw Night back at the first of March they'd only been apart for about 2 months but it still took them about 5 minutes to figure out who was who and begin playing like they had in the past. Gromit saw his mom at the dog show and she didn't show the slightest interest in him. I suppose if Night winds up going to another home one day I'll try to keep in touch with whomever gets him but that can be tough.

Wendy, you almost made me laugh out loud with that "uncluttered" comment. My dear wife is a red haired artist with an artist's outlook on things and I am an engineer by training and perseverance. The two of us are not incompatible but we are an unlikely pairing. "Organized and uncluttered" are my dream along with winning the lottery. One is more likely than the other. LOL.

Deb and I were sitting on a stack of old video tapes and I finally bought a dual VHS-DVD player recorder about four years ago and then last year I finally got around to copying all the tapes to DVD. It wasn't that hard because you just pop in a tape, tell it to copy to the DVD, and go to bed or out to dinner or go browse the 'net. I'll bet you could get one cheap on Ebay. Now I have a box of DVDs that need to be labeled and edited before they all get mixed up. In the mean time my hard drive is filling up with digital videos taken directly from my camera. That's one of the problems with the digital revolution, it is possible to multiply information and images many times faster than it can be assimilated or dealt with.

I dislike reading manuals for things. I prefer to dive in and just try to figure stuff out but the VHS-DVD copier menus were obtuse enough that I finally had to resort to looking through the manual for clarification. If you cannot find the manual anymore you can often get pdf copies on the manufacturer's website.

And yes, I'm the semi-tidy one while Debbie is the interesting one. We got married in December of '05 (I was 54, she wasn't...) and figure by the time we've completely driven each other completely 'round the bend with our respective quirks that we'll be so old it won't matter anymore.

Congrats on making it 36 years with your hubby. That's no small feat in this day and age.

My neighbor is a psychologist, I give him free car and motorcycle advice in my garage and he reciprocates by sitting on my motorcycle and offering insights into human behavior which I typically have missed. He tells me that when opposites attract either they they never get over their fascination with the differences or the differences wind up driving the couple crazy.

Depending on the DVD recorder you have you might be able to do some editing as part of the copying process from tape to DVD. I took some of my stuff that was more important than to me and used some ripping software to copy it from DVD to my computer hard drive. From there I chopped it up and edited the worst stuff out and then re-burned it to DVD and sent copies on to interested parties. It was a bit of a process to do but interesting in and of itself and also spared friends the pain of see the worst of my home movies from 35 years ago.

The messaging is one of the slightly clumsy things about the MyCorgi/Ning.com software but over all it's 10x better than Facebook or whatever. I really don't understand the fascination with Facebook, Twitter, etc. They seem dumb, first of all because there are not enough Corgis or motorcycles on each page and second of all the minutiae of someone's life generally just isn't that interesting unless of course they are a Corgi. I am fascinated by Corgis, I can just sit and watch them be themselves and somehow it's nearly always amusing and interesting.

Anyway, when you get a comment on your own page (like this comment), click on the "View Thread" link at the lower right corner of the message. That brings up the whole, unique thread instead of kicking you over to other person page for posting your reply. Much easier.

My neighbor is a smart fellow, PhD and all that, very well regarded, but he does take a somewhat academic view of things sometimes. I told him once that I thought that all many people need for counseling is a kick in the butt and to be told to stop their whining and get on with their life. He said that was often true but professional ethics bar that course of treatment. I would apparently make a poor psychologist.

About Debbie's paintings: Before we met all she painted was the usual barns, old cars, scenics, etc. After we got married she decided to do some motorcycles and it completely changed her style, at least for those things but I think her motorcycle phase is about over. She's been working on a painting of two Corgis but it's got her stumped, doing fur and making it look right is apparently very tricky which is why many dog paintings are of a more simple, homespun style. I've suggested she modify her style for doing Corgi paintings and de-emphasize the fur but me telling her how to paint is like me telling my neighbor how to practice psychology.

With the orange on white font that the site uses for links it's easy to miss some of the smaller details of configuration and use. It was only back accident that I discovered that I could drag and drop and rearrange many of the elements on my own page. Anyway, heres a graphic on replying and not losing site of the comment to which you are replying.

I'm with you on Facebook and especially Twitter. My wife enjoys Facebook so I signed up, poked around a little, "friended" a few people I know, who as it turns out and judging by their lack of activity, don't find Facebook any more interesting than I do. My wife "friended" my son who immediately changed his privacy settings so his step-mom and presumably his dear ol' dad couldn't see all the stuff he's up to. He's 23 and entitled to do what he pleases but I figure if you have to hide it from your parents you shouldn't be doing it anyway. When I was 23 I tried to tell my parents what I was up to (racing motorcycles, flying hang gliders) and they didn't want to hear any of it. LOL

I'm glad it's a little easier for you to reply now. I was right clicking on "reply" and then opening the reply in a new browser tab and then peeking at the previous tab to follow what was written. Very cumbersome but a little exploration of links lead to the proper solution.

The little graphic I made was a screen grab edited in PaintShop Pro X2. Anytime you want to save a screen you can hit the PrtScrn key and it captures the whole monitor screen to the Windows clipboard. Then you can past that into an editing program, crop, resize, add text, and do whatever with it and save it as an image file. If you're using a Mac I'm not sure if there is an equivalent to Print Screen.

The judge's comment was hilarious. It could have been made....uh..never mind, I won't bring up past lives.

I noted on the page from 1997 you referenced that Ch Blaizewood Hooray Henry ROM was mentioned. He's back aways in the pedigree for Gromit and was the sire of Ch Sandyshire's The Phantom ROMX who was Gromit's great-great-grand dad.

I was surprised in the judge's critiques that you linked to how detailed the critiques were, I didn't realize that a judge got that specific about the features of the dogs. To me it all seems too subjective but I guess when you've looked at thousands of dogs the little details begin to stand out and be clarified. I can do that sort of thing with pictures, motorcycles, and one or two other things but with Corgis I just go "IT'S A CORGI" and I'm happy.

I find the pedigree thing interesting but my ability to keep it all straight in my head is sadly lacking. I'd never make is as a breeder for that and so many other reasons. The best I can hope for is to track a name or two, some key breeders, and the stumble from link to link ogling pictures of Corgis. There is a topic thread here on MyCorgi about how Corgis used to look; some predictably there were a few strong opinions.

I am glad that there are people like your friend Tim Mathiesen or Jean York who are deeply devoted to improving the breed and keeping the dogs solid and work against turning the Corgi into something it was never meant to be as has happened with some other breeds.

It looks like Lucy and Gromit are related through Sandyshire's The Phantom. Cool! Clearly ol' Phantom has had more fun in his retirement than most of us do. I can't see Gromit's connection to Llanfair Night Owl though, but then you clearly seem to be better at navigating the pedigree thing than I am. Do 'splain to me though how you tied Gromit to Llanfair Night Owl, please.

Side story about human pedigrees: My wife is into genealogy and has spent years tracing her family tree. I was only vaguely interested in mine. My family background is Mennonite Brethren (sort of like the Amish) and they are not a very interesting lot. No kings, no dukes, no famous or infamous people there. But I did run across a Mennonite genealogy CD-ROM that I could buy from a Mennonite organization in California so I thought, "What the heck" and ordered it. 850,000 names in it, some were bound to be my ancestors, the Germans are great record keepers. So the CD came, I installed the software, typed in my grandfather's name, and zoink!.....family tree back to 1736 or some such thing. I looked up at my wife, who had been watching very intently, and said "I'm done. Seems like a pretty easy hobby to me."

With so many generations of Corgis and some of them even more prolific than my ancestors (Great Grandpa had 19 kids) tracing the lineage of Gromit is a task better suited to my wife but she busy still tracking down her own people.

Wendy, I used to be a big Phoenix Suns fan back in the Charles Barkley days but lost interest for various reasons after Barkley left. I've pretty much always been a motorsports person, very little to zero interest in stick and ball sports. I've been riding motorcycles for over 40 years now so it's huge part of my life. If I bite the big one tomorrow on a bike it's been a great ride and I have no regrets. I told my wife when I met her "I don't smoke, drink, gamble, do drugs, or consort with women of easy virtue, I just ride motorcycles." When I proposed to Debbie I said "I have little to offer but love, two used Corgis, and free motorcycle rides..."

I think for some breeders there must be some sort of random name generator that they use for dog names. Jean likes to use theme names with her litters. Watson and Tinsel's litter was born at Christmas time so they got Christmas names. Watson's registered name was Noel but he hated it, said it was like calling a guy "Francis" or "Shirly". Whenever I'd call him Noel, just for fun, he'd mutter in Welsh under his breath. Gromit's registered name is Coalbyn's Time for Dreams, he and Night got sleepy names. When we picked up Gromit he was known as "Timer" but we'd already decided to call him Gromit and Jean was good with that.

I'm afraid Corgi genealogy is a lot tougher and more involved than the human version. Few humans, apart from sports stars, Hollywood types, and politicians, scatter their genes as prolifically as show dogs do.

So tell us all about those outlaws in your past!

Well, I'm glad we got that sorted out about Phantom and Night Owl's kid. I know Phantom was a real stud but I didn't think he was a switch hitter.

Tim M. has certainly enjoyed great success with his dogs and his dog's kin. I looked around but didn't find a website for Nebriowa Kennel so I could ogle more Corgi pictures. I checked the calendar and there's a chance that Debbie and I might be in SoCal about the time of the PWCCSC Specialty so maybe we could make that. It would be tons of fun to see that many Corgis at once and meet friends, new and old.

I've never felt especially guilty about buying from a breeder, someone has to take the extra pups that are not shown and it's the good breeders that keep the breed going strong. Having said that, I have also taken in rescue and rehab dogs in the past (before I discovered Corgis) and would again if the situation called for it. To make a long story short, about two years ago we suddenly took in four wiener dog puppies and it was all I could do to convince Debbie (who's a big Doxie fan) that we didn't need quite that many dogs in the house. They eventually wound up in a proper home, I'm glad to say. I'm glad there are people who are devoted to the rescues and people like Sam T. supporting the rescue groups and I do wish there were not so many dogs waiting to be rescued or worse, not getting rescued. Maybe someday we humans will learn to balance it all out properly, at least when it comes to our pets.

I watched your vids. Lucy is such a beautiful lady!

ADORALE PUPPY IN A BASKET PICS!!!! =] So cute =]

I don't :) I encourage members to participate and helping each other first. Geri, Natalie and AJ does a great job in getting the site rolling :) I won't be going to the S.CA. show, may be some other time. Thanks for the slice :) Have a great weekend!

Awhhh Lucy is such a cutie =]
i totally love all her pictures & videos. so adorable
well have a nice day. greetings from Lobo & Arlyn

Red Ribbon

awww thanks a lot^^
yes, thats Estella, shes Lobo's future girlfriend hehehe^^
they get alone sooooo well. & im so glad to find corgis around where i live
makes me sooo happy. shes such a cutie & so playful,
we just came from the dog's park & we met another corgi. his name was Frank & he was 2 years old, he was such a handsome one. ugh i took many pictures of Lobo & his new friend Frank, im about to upload new pictures here hehe.
anyways, im glad you like the music, wonder which song is your fave^^ hehe
well take care all. hope you guys had a nice day too, we sure did. Lobo is already sleep after a long day, i bet his really tired after all the running he had. well tomorrow is another day & hope to see more corgis. hehehe^^ c y

ugh by the way. looking forward to see Lucy's new video^^

I also think is beautifull^^. Yiruma is my most favorite of all. hes my #! pianist
i love all his piano songs. hes awsome & yes. JJ Lin, Killa- I love his song too
hes chinese & has such a great style & also half pianist writer. he composes all his songs^^, Ill be glad to show you few more other songs that i like. i bet you will like it too! & i also love music^^ cant live without music, i like bob marley too & tons of types of music. im pretty much into anything
starting from classic to techno & pop to hiphop , as long it has a good beat is good for me. U2 was a great band , i like bon jovi songs heheheheh good old times hahaha
anyways . nicely done with your videos. should make more in the future.
i also made a video of lobo playing as usual with his treats, donno why but is funny i enjoy recording him been silly & cute hehehe. c ya!

Thank you! I love wine and think you are really nice too.

Yes, you are right it will be 35 years for us in November. Sparty was my first corgi. I was raised with beagles and had a golden retriever and a wonderful standard poodle (18 years with him) and loved them all. My husband asked for a smaller dog and that is how we ended up with Sparty . We added Buffy a year later and she passed away too soon so Izzy joined us. I can not imagine another type of dog in our house but we inherited a doberman too. Have you ever had a cardigan? Hmmm, maybe next time. LOL

Our anniversary is November 8th which is also Izzy's birthday. I love the pems with tails and am in favor of a docking ban in the US. It will eventually happen since most of Europe already bans it. Sparty has a natural dock and I really like his stub. Izzy has nothing there which is too bad.

The corgis on that web site were beautiful! Sparty will be 12 in June but he is still in good health for his age. A little arthritis and occasional problems with his other issues he does very well. I still think I would like a cardi next time. Hopefully it won't be too soon!

ya being crazy is almost a pre-requisit for being a true Corgi lover. When I can I will take pics of the scrap books and place them on my page. It is a fun project for a snowy or rainy day and it has been warm and sunny. I will get to is some day.

Thank you so much for the tips! I will try it out on Molly bug. She really does try to please us but she just has that chewing urge. She is just the sweetest baby! Your little one is adorable as well!

Thank you! Your babies are beautiful, too. I really look forward to going to a "Corgi Playdate" soon here in FL. Meeting other corgi owners will be lots of fun for me and Cody. He's the best dog I have ever had, no doubt! I will probably adopt a little girl corgi someday.

Thanks! By the way, hope the itching with Lucy goes away soon. Good luck with the hydro-cortisone cream!

Don't pull the spin video! I love it!

It's going well! Found out Murphy had tapeworm & conjunctivitis so he's on meds but doing great! Having a itty pup around makes everything better! :-D

Here's a pic just for you. My boys like to "back squirm" on the floor when they're happy, or had something good to eat. It seems to be a joyous thing for them to do, but I can rarely get a picture of it, because when I get up, they spring up and follow me. I had downloaded some pictures, and had my camera beside me when Elliott had this outburst. : )

Sorry that went on there twice, I thought it wasn't adding the picture.

I love the name lucy it's so cute!

All of mine have such weird sleeping habits...as you can see the babies do too!

Ollie is a sweetie... I don't think we can walk 5 feet without someone wanting to pet him or ask about him and his green-gray eyes :) He will be small as well (his mom is 17-18 lbs and his dad is about 24... so we think he'll end up around 20) and he has nose freckles like Lucy, too... soo precious! I just love them :)

We're just west of the Culver exit off of the 405 but WH is not far at all! We would love Corgi playdates anytime and will be checking out the Corgi meet up at Redondo Beach next weekend!! Thanks for your kind words about Ollie :)

Thank you for your kind thoughts and friendship flowers. Hope you had a good Fourth!!! Melissa, Edward and Gem

BTW Edward is actually named for Edward Cullen in the Twilight saga(my daughters a huge fan) I didn't realize there was a movie that had a corgi named Edward in it. LOL He is really such an Ed or Eddie that he seldom gets called Edward unless he is being naughty.....

aww lol thank you:) he sure is a good little guy. he loves the cats so much, they even take naps together lol and lucy sure is adorable! such a pretty girl:)

Have you received a response about Butters? I tried to contact them and have not gotten anywhere!

Congrats on Rafa!