John,

We are finally getting a pup!  Kathleen Mallery's DM clear male sired a litter born 10/28.  They are all carriers, as the Mom is at risk.  Of course, we will have ours spayed/neutered.  I don't know yet if we will get a male or female, but most are black-headed tris.  My question:  I am trying to think of Welsh names for our pup, and I wondered if Al and Gwynnie are their full names, or if there is more to the names.  Lots of Welsh names have the "Gwynn" prefix.  Welsh is such a strange language!  I did come across a great boy name:  Cadwgan, it is pronounced ca DOO gan!

Good ideas, John!  I used to be an astronomy buff, when I owned a telescope, in my youth.  Star names are great.  In fact, Al could be Aldeberan!  As for Welsh, BBC has a website (Google under "Welsh Pronunciation" and I think you will find it), where you can listen to Welsh being spoken.  It does sound like something from another planet!  We are going to see the pups again tomorrow, and hopefully, pick one out (or maybe one will pick US, like Scout did)!  I hope Scout will deal with this ok--when we took him out there, he loved playing with the Dad, but the pups scared him!!!

The first week he had his wheels, he tried to go down our driveway, greater than 6%, he got going too fast and had to go off into the dirt on the side like a runaway truck ramp!

Actually, Bobbie sent a pattern for skis for carts, unfortunately, Lucky's cart has wheels that slant in and so the skis won't work.  Too bad, I think it would be fun to take him out cross country!  Don't know what we would do with Sonny - maybe hook up something with our son's snowboard!  HAHAHA or...we could put both dogs on the snowboard, I know Jeremy would not mind

Thanks for the birthday wishes!  Stanley enjoyed turning 3 months old and I enjoyed turning...many more than 3 months old :)

I hope the holidays are treating you, Al, Gwynn and all of your family well!

Al is Gwynnie's nephew (so it's Aunt Gwynnie ?).   Didn't Al come from Carrie Hale?   I think Carrie Hale's kennel is Haleys out of Bellevue, Wash.   Ch. Timberside Vine Maple "Vinnie" (not sure where he is now) if I have it right sired pups for Carrie Hale.   Vinnie is brother to Folly (Riley's mother)  and Birdie (Maggie's Mother).  Vinnie is/was Co-owned by Carrie Hale/Hoedwig.   Vinnie, Folly and Birdie are out of Ch. Aberlee Bransby x Timberside Cracklin Rosie.  

Haley's Juris Allegro "Al"...(Carrie Hale's PWC Kennel is Haleys).   Do you have anymore info on Gwynnie?   Did you receive a ancestrial chart with your pups?   I'm wondering if Al and Gwynnie could have come out of Ch. Vine Maple "Vinnie" .   Who was there Mother ?

Sometime when you have an extra minute Google Timberside Pembroke Welsh Corgis.   Kelly Knuteson (owner) has several champions.  "Clooney" is a champion who lives in China.

I find this stuff very interesting...love to see pictures of pups and their sibs, etc.

I'm pretty sure I saw Haley's Allegro "Al"  on Carrie's FaceBook page in her photos with Al's picture.

My head spins after I have read some of this stuff...I have to go through and kinda disect the information.  It is still confusing, it gives my old brain a real work out.  You are so right about the pedigrees of our dogs is different than human pedigrees.

Yes, Vinnie is uncle to Riley and Maggie.  I have seen the name Haley's Dante...I'll go back and look again.

I will check on the names Joyce Gilpin and Cheri Helsdon.   That'll keep me busy for a while :)

Have you joined FaceBook yet?   It's free...I'm very careful what info I put out there when I'm using my FB account!   I have family (daughter-in-law and granddaughters on FB), we keep in touch through FB.   Lots of Corgi lovers as FB friends, it's fun to see all the photos.

Hahhahaa, we stuffed the ballot box too. Bah, what is Slime Mold in the face of audacious Corgi! ;) Gosh, yeah, I don't have a use for it, I do have a bag -- actually I got it for Christmas, and now I just got a D300 this week to go with it. World's heaviest camera. If I get trapped in the wilds I'll be able to huck it at a cougar or something. You know, it's too bad that they don't have a raffle for rescue at the local Corgi get togethers... we had one at our Cardigan show not too long ago, kinda neat! :D I know they do one for Corgi Aid too - an online raffle, I think? Sam might know!

Hmm, I know about about the local rescues, and that's what I'd think too! CPWCC is pretty darn good at getting in there and getting involved when they're needed. :) I have someone on my side here that's pretty heavily involved with the CPWCC, would you like me to ask her? The other option is maybe selling it on Craigslist and donating the proceeds? I don't know if that might work better?

I carry a point and shoot to the barn all the time! :) Those things take a pounding and still keep shooting. I have a little Canon Power shot I love.

 My Nikon doesn't... I've done some bad things to both of my cameras. This last one really has issues on some settings because my mare picked up the strap in her teeth and twirled it around with me going "NO, NO Blondie, drop it!!!!" like some sort of moron. Plus, they're so heavy, ugh. I've taken to backpacking my camera everywhere lately, which is great... but you lose a lot of shots when you can't just grab and click and stuff it back into your pocket. :(  

Thanks, John. I don't think that there's a bone we don't have, including big beef bones, knuckles...some that are even too big for them to tackle. It doesn't help. He has no boundaries. Both Lucy and R/R destroy their toys, that's what the toys are there for. But Lucy, like all my other corgis, learned to distinguish their toys. When R/R is awake, we have to watch him every minute. He moves from chewing his bone under the chair, to chewing the chair, making the same sounds. We can't even relax when he's quiet. This week he ate a huge hole in my sofa, 2 telephone cables, and the wallpaper. Outside it's no better. He digs up the potted plants and flowers, and destroys all the irrigation drip lines. He also eats the wood, and our house is redwood. I could go on and on, but it'd be a laundry list. Jack has had it with him. We've been married and have had corgis for 37 yrs. I also had corgis as a kid. I devoted the first few months to training and it's always paid off with dogs I could take anywhere. I have never run into a corgi like R/R. It's like he has a screw loose or faulty wiring. We have fallen in love with him, but, we have no peace. Earlier today I asked Jack if our furniture was more important than our love for an animal. Jack said that if we were talking about me, he'd keep me even if I ate the furniture.

Hi John...Thanks for the nice things you have said about Riley and Maggie.  They are quite the pair, love them (very entertaining).

Kelly commented to us that Maggie is a red-headed tri with a black skull.  I'm not sure what that means, I can see the red hair starting to come through the black.  As for Riley, he will be 2 yrs in July, I think the coat keeps changing for years.   Time will tell the tale (or is that tail) .  Al and Gwynnie have beautiful coats, do you think their coloring will change much more?

Maggie is like shooting a moving target...it's very difficult to get a good picture of her.  I will keep trying.   She isn't as laid back as Riley (he would actually pose for me, more or less).

Chris

I think I subscribed to the CPWCC newsletter, I should get the next issue.

Aw... thank you guys. <3 I needed that today. :) I had to go pick up her ashes from the vet this morning, and I was doing okay until I got home. It's been very quiet over here, and you think it wouldn't be with three dogs.

We're awfully sad over here too. But I always love seeing Al and Gwynn, thank you guys so much for the kind words.

Same daughter, Lindsay, just a few weeks ago, haha, with Rookie, one of my beloved males. He was regal.

OMG. Rookie was the love of my life. When friends asked what I'd do if Rookie didn't like the baby, I always said that I'd give away the baby. So you saw Lindsay's first day with Lucy, now I'm going to torture you with Lindsay's first day with Rookie and Maggie, 29 years ago. If you look closely you'll see 2 corgi heads.

Of course these were the days before digital cameras, these photos are scanned. I created the Corgis Remembered group as a tribute to all of our corgis past, yet it breaks my heart every time I look at members' photos and read their stories. I'm going to include another photo of Rookie, our swimming fool.Before kids our pool wasn't fenced, so anytime the temp. went above 70º Rookie was diving in. I'll have to find some of those photos. For a short guy, he made astounding dives. He was a big male but I'm wondering now if R/R won't be bigger. You should see Rookie with his ears up ...stunning ...and what heart...so devoted...so much FUN.

PS  Now I've shamelessly added yet another scanned photo: Dylan and Emily when they were 7 or 8 mo. old. They were litter mates from an upstate NY breeder that wouldn't separate them––and rightfully so! She flew them to us & I still remember nervously waiting for their arrival at LAX. sob! These dogs steal our hearts...and I hope when all is said & done, that RR will be up there with the great corgis of my life. He better be!@#$%! Dylan & Emily's breeders were judging a Corgi Specialty in S. CA and they made a home visit just to check on their babies. RIP Blandie and Maitland Ijams (Roughhouse Corgis).

Rookie was from a great line of fabulous males starting with Schauferhaus Yul B and Cappykorn Bach. OMG, in googling to get the correct spelling of Yul B's breeder, I learned so much about my corgis' heritages that I wouldn't have known if not for sending you all this stuff. Sorry!

Another time I'll send you photos of my other Corgis, Annie and Gorki. I'll give you a break.

See, all you have to write a nice sentence about Rookie or Lucy & I repay you with all this chatter and scanned photos (and probably not not even 35 mm at that--110!). No good deed goes unpunished! I'm like Aerosmith's Steven Tyler who said "I can live for 2 months on a good compliment." He also said "the best way to get into a lady's pants is to borrow her jeans."

Hey John,  Sahuarita is a bit above 3500 I believe.  We are not as hot as Phoenix they stay above 110- 115 in the summer we just stay above 100 most of the summer which last from may -  oct :)  Right now it is in the 80s but at night it still cools down it was really chilly this morning 36 when we woke up. But it will warm quickly. Quin is just over a year old so not real sure how she will take the heat but we do have to walk early in the morning.  I have started to notice she is seeking out shade when we walk and laying down for a bit and it isn't even hot. We stay inside most of the summer ( air conditioning is a wonderful invention) kinda like winter for the rest of the country:)  

 As far as the desert she has learned to stay away from the cholla cactus they are the worst I carry pliers with me just in case. I also check her for stuff caught in her fur and try to brush her after every walk just to keep an eye on that stuff.   I am concerned about rattle snakes, thinking about avoidance training but she is not out side on her own.  I live on dirt roads on 4 acres so we mostly walk on the road we have done some hiking and she did better then me ha ha.  But I did notice she walked slower when we came to shade and faster in the sun:)    

I thought about leaving a comment to the newest post about shaving your corgi but there were so many already so...  And then I might just say something nasty like "you think it is hot where you live in Oklahoma, please you don't know what hot is until you have lived through 120 degrees (which it was in Phoenix one year when I lived there)  let me tell you I don't care if it is dry it is like an oven.  Or why own a double coated dog if you can't stand the shedding (cause if you ask me that is the real reason that they shave their dogs) sorry:)     

John, i just look throught all your photos AGAIN!

Al and Gwynnie make my day so happy!

I just LOVE it!

Thanks John!!  We have been going back and forth for the last year about getting a brindle or blue merle cardi puppy.  We talked ourselves out of getting a pup or a second dog for that matter!  My husband saw the link of Tucker at the shelter and it was love at first sight!!!  We then went and saw Tucker and he just stole my heart right off the bat with those corgi kisses!!  So much for not adding a second dog, haha.  I am enjoying having 1 of each corgi.  It just was meant to be, is how I look at it. 

Thought you would be interested: http://qdcmemma.tumblr.com/ <- she's also sired by Haley's Autumn Rain! Looks like a sable? It has a widow's peak!! Came from the Hoedwig kennel. The cuteness, oh the cuteness! 

Keepsake is in Grand Rapids about 2.5 hours away. I'm going to visit either next week or at the end of the month. I will visit as often as she will let me! I just want to be covered in puppies. Molly has been nothing but wonderfulness. She keeps surprising me with really thoughtful things that I never even thought of. For example - each pup goes home with its own puppy blanket that's been with them and smells like home/mom. How sweet is that? She also sent me this incredibly informative 20 page corgi puppy "users manual." I'm smitten with this kennel! I feel like I'm not just buying a pup -- but a whole corgi experience! 

I don't expect to pick out the pup myself and don't want to. Because if I had a choice, the whole litter would come home with me, haha. I told her that I really wanted a boy (luckily 7:1 that's in my favor) and have a soft spot for fluffies. As for a fluffy, many sources actually confirm that they shed LESS. But yeah, it will take strength AND effort to maintain the coat. The fluffy undercarriage + rain/mud = a lot of baths. Fluffy corgi puppies are so cute, they should be illegal.