my tri-boy's "full" name is Bugsy G Stubbs. I wanted him to have a "tough" name. He's always gotta have a piece of the action! & "daddy" is the piano player (& videographer)

I haven't had a corgi in the house in over 30 yrs & he was worth the wait!!

I haven't figured out everything yet, but I do like looking at everyone's corgis. I joined because I am hoping to get some help with the new one I have. Since she's been shaved for years, her coat is awful, very rough, almost spikey. I have bathed her and have had her groomed, but it will just take some time for food and supplements to work. At least she's not licking herself raw now. She's got one hotspot on her left leg that she hasn't necessarily stopped working at. I've taken her to the vet and have some Benedryl spray that seems to help. It's better when I can stay home, but have to work so that's when she gets at it. She's also a hole digger! I haven't had a hole digger since Anny died. I expected a bit more trouble between the three dogs, but so far they are getting along very well.

I had to look up Rafa Nadal! Now I know!

Hello,

We live in West Hollywood but haven't heard of any corgi meetups. We'd like to!

Douglas and Petey

thats funny that you say the name "rockstar corgi" because quixotes sire's full name is "Gilby what a rockstar" lol From poso creek corgis in bakersfield.

Quixote is also quite the character, she loves kids as well because shes very active and always wants to play. But she is also a jumper, so sometimes that scares little ones. That seems to be part of the corgi breed, they like to greet people by jumping up with two paws on you. How do your two dogs get along? Was lucy jealous at first to have a new sibling? We are planning to get corgi pup number two this coming summer or fall

Those are just play buddies, bentley her boyfriend ... hehe they lovvve eachother! and the other one (tan and white) is milo her half brother, from the same sire but a different mother. They met for a playdate not too long ago and hit it off. We will be getting number two this summer though, im really excited! Quixote loves having someone to play with so i think it will be great for her.

http://www.mycorgi.com/profiles/blogs/corgi-demolition-crew-for-hir...

The RickyRafanator has some competition.  Maybe give him a roll of TP and paper towels so he can catch up?

Yes,  RickyRafa  will have to be cured of his hobby.  Sounds like you'll need a professional behaviorist.  And who knows?  Maybe there is an answer to this.  Maybe there's just one thing he needs to learn.

Somehow, Al & Gwynn know what is ours and what it theirs.  Gwynnie methodically shreds her toys, but they have done remarkably little damage.

I'm gonna give them each a roll of TP on April Fools' Day.

Do you ever give them those big beef bones?  Pet stores sell them.  When we give those out, we'll have a couple of very quiet nights with no sound other than the methodical gnawing.  Something very peaceful about a dog working a bone.

This sounds hard, but a dog does have to keep up its end of the social contract.   This is not normal.  For me, it would've ceased being funny after 2 days.   I think you should find not just an animal trainer but a really pro animal behaviorist with experience in dealing with this stuff, 'cause if he can't learn his boundaries, he's gonna have real problems living with people.

We have neighbors who might not be the most dog-savvy people in the world, and they ended up with a problem animal.  The end of a long and messy saga came when that dog escaped one last time... and they said, "Amen".  That could happen to RR if he's literally more trouble than he's worth and more trouble than fun.

Our dogs have a few issues that are totally frustrating, I've no clue at all, but fortunately they're minor things I can live with.  Patricia McConnell's book (Other End of the Leash) recounted some instances wherein she was able to help people who just did not comprehend the dynamic that was going on.  Maybe you can find somebody who can figure this one out.  Good luck!

This must be awful for you.  I can tell he's a real sweetie without a malicious bone in his body.  I'm praying you can find a solution.  He looks like such an adorable dog.

Uh... maybe you could reupholster your entire home in Kevlar...?

Yup, that's him.  Flash (Double Exposure) is Al's great-grandsire on BOTH maternal and paternal lines, so as close as his great-grandsire.  Al and Lucy are distant cousins.  Gwynnie too.

I work in a medical genetics lab.  I'm used to Western human pedigrees.  These dog pedigrees look like a drunken electrician's wiring diagrams! 

Al tells The RafaRickinator to straighten up and fly right.

Al's got Nebriowa Double Exposure, Blossom Dearie and Vangard Centerline.  So Lucy's family, she gets to sleep on the bed when she comes visit.  

This is making me want to go to a corgi show sometime.  Someday I'm gonna do a parody dog-show pic of Al or Gwynn on a mountaintop, all stacked, with a ribbon made of survey tape and a knotted bootlace for a show-leash.

Great, I sure hope RickiRafa can be deterred from a life of crime.  He reminds me from some kids I knew in my mercifully short career as a middle/Jr. high school teacher, one of whom -- perhaps the one kid I most never wanted to see ever again -- I encountered a year or so later while subbing at the high school, and he had somehow, miraculously, grown up!!

I wish you success, else you may have to send him off to Wolffie's Wilderness Boot Camp for Wayward Corgis.

7th-9th graders are the worst (that's when I was getting into trouble).  They should just wipe them all out, except that makes the future of the species problematic.  Maybe humanity would be better off without teenagers.  Al went through a phase where he'd figured out that he did not, in fact, have to come when I called him inside, and that I could not catch him, and he DELIGHTED in this game;  I was utterly humiliated, helpless.  He ran circles around me, making personal remarks.  And then eventually it all just stopped... but not before I'd gotten out my imaginary shotgun.

I must add that some of my best, as well as my worst experiences were in classrooms.

Wendy...talking about growling...our last pup that we still have was growling and barking at the coyotes the other night...good thing he was in the fence as he might have tried running out of the yard after them...he has no idea and we never know exactly how close /far they are:(

Maybe little Ricky wants a Doberman to play with!

Is that Doug Klassen of Gromit 7 Doug who turned you on to the Rafanator? 

Where did this lovable little monster come from?  Same place as Experiment 626 (if you've not seen Lilo & Stitch, please do so, charming, only Disney movie I've ever liked)?

RR truly is a gorgeous dog.

Go to the Kodak website; they have a really good tutorial on photography.  I taught photography in Jr. High School; their "10 Top Tips" was the core of the curriculum.  #1 is simply, "Get Close!" (easy to do when you can crop pics so easily on computer).  Photoeditors all have an auto-correction button for exposure/contrast (still best to do it right the first time).  Rule of Thirds.  You can become a better-than-95% photographer with about an hour's study.  You already know one trick with the dogs:  get your subject engaged in something.

Helps to have supercute dogs, too.

Hi Lucy,

Just saw a few comments.   Sorry I haven't responded but I'm not quite sure how his "My Corgi.com" works . . . apparently.  I don't even remember making the "Thalidimide" comment but sounds like me.

Ziggy is doing great, I'm appreciating her more and more as she gets a bit older.  She had very big paws to fill from my last Corgi.  Glad to see the publicity they're getting from the Governor's house AND the new movie with Colin Firth and Jeffrey Rush.

Take care.  Rafa is a good looking Pembroke, that's for sure.

RR is a gorgeous corgi.  I suspect his misbehavin' results from nurture, not Nature.

Many of the finest-looking, best-behaved dogs I see in the neighborhood are from the pound.  What's been learned can sometimes be unlearned, deleted, overwritten.

He's under 2?  

Nike Jr. 7" childrens' basketball.  Or a volleyball.  And a large fenced enclosure.

Rookie sure looks like a big cuddly fellow.

Thanks, Wendy.  Now Gwynnie & Al are demanding a pool.

It looks like the new puppy passed muster with Rookie & Maggie.

Now Gwynnie & Al want a baby, too.  I told them they're 22 years late.

Looking at the photo but forgetting their names, I was speculating that Dylan and Emily might be monozygotic twins (presumably this occurs on canines).  We were not allowed to pick Al.  Carrie Hale picked him for us.  She believe she can make some judgement about a pup's personality fit with prospective owners.  We asked for a male and not one of the fluffies, but we didn't know who we'd be getting until she came to our home with Al.  I sometimes wonder if she didn't consider how cool Gwynnie & Al would look together.

I admire the careful breeders' dedication to the breed, but I have to say that some of the best dogs I see in the neighborhood are mutts from the pound.  Geneticists talk about "hybrid vigor", and it is a real phenomenon.

Here's a mix that's close to my "fantasy dog", border collie x Cardigan:

http://www.mycorgi.com/photo/trixie-airborne?context=user

More fun than snow?  check this out:

http://www.mycorgi.com/video/mountain-snow-frap