Maddie, Sam, and Ruby

Female

Valdosta, GA

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:
Valdosta
About Me:
Hi! I`m Maddie. I`m 22 years old and from South Georgia. I`ve loved corgis for over a decade and after a very very long wait have finally acquired my first. I run an etsy shop where I sell tote bags decorated with, among other things, all kinds of corgis.
Welsh Corgi Breeder?
No
Website:
http://sammythelowrider.tumblr.com
About My Corgi(s):
Sam Wesson is a Pembroke Welsh corgi with lovely floppy ears and a long waggy tail. He`s a very laid back purebred that was found running as a stray and was recently adopted by me from Lake City Humane Society in Lake City Florida.

Ruby Roux is a Welsh Corgi/Jack Russell mix with loads of energy and personality to spare. She was found running at large in Lowndes Co. GA, then was transferred to ACT of Valdosta, where she was later adopted by me.

Sam and Ruby are the best of friends and enjoy palling around the house, and dragging me down the street on walks. Even though they`re short, they obviously think they`re sled dogs.
I have:
Pembroke

Comment Wall:

  • Jane Christensen

    Sam is sooooo cute:) Welcome!

    Mar 9, 2012

  • WhiteDove

    Mar 9, 2012

  • John Wolff

    What a cool dog.  I love to see Pems with tails.  I'd bet on a lab x Pem mix though, because of the ears.   Are the legs a bit longer than Pems'?

    Mixes are supposedly healthier than purebreds, averaging 1 year longer lifespan when you control for size and stuff like that.

    Sam reminds me of Lady, a Golden x Pem mix, the dog who first got my wife interested in corgies.

    Mar 9, 2012

  • Geri & Sidney

    Welcome Maddie and Sam! I love your drawings. Sidney has his tail too, so I love seeing the tailed corgis in your drawings.

    Mar 11, 2012

  • Sidney and Angie

    your drawings are amazing!

    Thats cool that sam has his tail.you don't see that to often

    Mar 11, 2012

  • John Wolff

    Ears are usually up by 2 months.  Sometimes you see a corgi with one floppy ear -- very endearing -- if you ever get videos of the ears going up and down, do post them!

    I agree, he looks a lot like a purebred pem except for the rounded, floppy ears, but let's see how he is at 1 y.o.  If he ends up with legs just a bit longer than standard, that's my fantasy dog physique -- like an Australian kelpie -- there's a dog on here somewhere, a "border cardi" -- border collie x cardigan.  

    He's a real find, you got lucky.  We always wanted a pem with a tail.

    Mar 11, 2012

  • John Wolff

    I don't really know much (just good at faking it... I should run for office or start a hedge fund...?).

    Search this site for "ears" or "taping" -- some breeders tape-up the ears if they're slow to stiffen.  The window of opportunity may be past.  I don't know.  Ask Joanna Kimball?  some of the other breeders here?  I know I've seen this discussed here.

    Google "Belyaev experiment" "fox".  Floppy ears is a juvenile (neotenic) trait that does not occur in nature, but it's among the juvenile traits that appear with domestication.  I believe some of Belyaev's foxes showed floppy ears, and all they were selecting for was tameness.  This whole suite of juvenile characteristics appears when you select wild animals just for tameness.

    Sam looks killer with the floppies, but might hear better with prick ears, and they way they aim them is very expressive.

    Mar 12, 2012

  • John Wolff

    then you'll be interested to learn that the expressed Fibroblast Growth Factor 4 retrogene responsible for breed-defining chondrodysplasia in domestic dogs contains a silent point mutation absent from the source gene in domestic dogs, but present in wolves from eastern Europe and the Middle east (see "What happened to your dog's legs" in Corgi Jokes).

    Mar 12, 2012