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Geri & Sidney

58, Female

San Diego, CA

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:: North San Diego County
About Me:: I have three teenage kids and I just love being a Mom to a Corgi also! I live in sunny Southern California with the three kids, three dogs, two cats and a most wonderful husband.
Welsh Corgi Breeder?: No
About My Corgi(s):: Sidney is our first purebred corgi and we are thrilled to have him. He was born 7/11/07. We planned to start him in agility training, but there was a long waiting list. So while waiting for an opening, we took classes for therapy dog training. As it turns out, he's a pretty good therapy dog, so we stuck with that and never got around to agility. Now he is training as a Rally dog. We love it! He's one smart little character! Oh, and he's undocked, so his beautiful tail attracts a lot of attention - good attention.

On August 30th, Sidney suddenly came up lame in his hind left leg. The next day we got xrays for him and found out he has severe hip dysplasia. On Sept 7th he had a Femoral Head Ostectomy to relieve the pain. His right hip is not in great shape either but we're hoping that with glucosamine supplements and exercise we can keep it healthy. *Update* You would never know Sid has surgery now. He moves beautifully. The water therapy and supplements have worked wonders.

Bruce is our corgi/elkhound (?) mix. We rescued him from the brink of euthanasia when he was approximately 10-11 years old (he had a day or two left to go). He's about 16 now and his only sign of his advanced age are bad teeth and slow mornings. I adore Brucie and he worships me. He's my funny short angel with a puffball tail (thanks to the elkhound side). He's about 18 now and going strong.

Chester is our "tall dog". He's a black dane/lab mix that we got from a "free to good home" ad in the local newspaper. He's also old, about 15 years old. We know his age because we've had him 14 years, and he was an adult when we brought him home! He's a very serious dog and not very affectionate compared to the corgis, but he has been a very good dog, just aloof. We can't take Chester as many places as the shorties because he does not travel well. He's almost 17 now and has definitely slowed down. *UPDATE* Chester had a sudden decline and was sent to the bridge on April 15th 2013 at the age of 17.

In February 2013 we added Connie to our family. She's a little tri corgi who was picked up as a stray and put up for adoption at our local Humane Society. She's a real sweet girl and loves to play ball. She's learning a lot from Sidney about life here. We can't believe that her family never came to claim her.She's got good manners and she gets along well with the other dogs and the cats, and everyone she meets is her best friend.

And the pack grows! In November we took in a black-headed tri who we named Copper. He and Connie were both born in 2009 and they are great buddies and a ball-chasing tag team. Copper is sweet and cuddly and eager to please.
I have:: Pembroke

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Elisabeth

Hi nice to meet you :)

In France there are only a few corgis, since there isn't so much breeders. The corgi is a not a common dog here. I always have nice comments about Guizmo when we go for a ride !

Feb 13, 2012
Emma C.

Aww thanks! :)

Feb 13, 2012
Mila & Meatball

Hello! And thank you for the warm welcome! =)

Feb 13, 2012
Hiem Suurd

thankz! her name is Penny. ^_^

Feb 13, 2012
Laura S. Dungjen

Dear Geri and Sidney

Thank you!

Feb 14, 2012
Erin Mansur

Lexxi and I thank you for the nice welcome! :)

Feb 15, 2012
Tina

Thanks for the welcome! I haven't picked it up yet, won't be getting it until next weekend *sigh* As for names, not sure yet, have a few names on the table.

Feb 16, 2012
Beth LaFollett

Jack is the fawn. and Duke is the tri. great wonderful doggys. Jack is 7 and Duke is 3. love them lots!!!

Feb 17, 2012
Juanita

Hi Geri and Sidney, Thank you for the welcome! My corgis name is Moxie. She is 4 and just as full of it as her name implies! :)

Feb 20, 2012
Karen Hickey

Thank you. That would be my husband's work.

Feb 20, 2012
James Hurley

Hello! Thank you for the welcome. My corgi's name is Toby. He's a 7 year old Pembroke. I will be posting pictures of him soon.

Feb 21, 2012
Shou

Thanks for the welcome, Geri! I hope I can be part of the corgi-owning family soon. :]

Feb 22, 2012
John and Lucky

Thanks for the welcome! I've posted a pic of Lucky so you can make a guess as to her breeding. I've searched high and low to make an accurate guess as to what she's mixed with and the closest I can come up with is perhaps a shepherd (I call her little big head for this reason, lol).

Feb 22, 2012
ROSY ORTIZ

Oh, wow! I am pleased to have been accepted and especially delighted to be greeted with a very nice welcome from Geri & Sidney. Thanks! I truly appreciate this.

Feb 22, 2012
Donna Flynn

Thanks for the warm welcome.

Feb 23, 2012
Shelbye

Thanks for the welcome! Glad to be here!

Feb 23, 2012
Seri Sugimoto

Hi!! Thank you for the warm welcome! :]

I am finding some difficulty finding a corgi breeder here. I ask every owner I see where they've got there corgi. I have been in contact with 2 breeders on other islands and fingers-crossed, I hope to have one in the family by the end of the year. I'm so excited!!

Feb 24, 2012
ADA

I hope Sidney will fly the "flag" and encourage more people to get the "good" breeders to stop docking. By good breeders I mean those that do the necessary health tests on their breed, also breed for good temperament and breed for healthy conformation. As you know the Welsh Cardigan Corgi is not docked in his country of origin.

Feb 24, 2012
Christina

Thank you for the warm welcome. :)

Feb 24, 2012
Tammy Smith

Thanks we are happy to be here

Feb 24, 2012
Karma Swanson

Thank you for the welcome!! I was a little late getting back on here!

Feb 26, 2012
Chris, Kadi & Brodie

I was pretty amazed when we were out doing chores and looked over saw a corgi standing there. I had to do a double take and look back to make sure it wasn't Kadi! Maybe it was seeing her that made him brave enough to show himself to us instead of running away. I got the feeling he'd been run off a few times already from other places.

Feb 27, 2012
Kandice, Dave and Lola

Thank you!! Her name is Lola, she looks just like Sidney.

Feb 27, 2012
Hope Pehler

Yes! It's our favorite production. She is our baby!

Feb 28, 2012
Hope Pehler

Yes! It's our favorite production. She is our baby!

Feb 28, 2012
Katie

Thank you!!

Mar 2, 2012
Gareth Rees

Hi, Thanks for your kind welcome, I've uploaded some pictures of Jack and Max

Mar 3, 2012
Heidi

Thank you Geri and Sidney!

Mar 3, 2012
John L

Thanks for the welcome:)The forum has already proved to be a great resource. Elly had her first reverse-sneezing incident last night; apparently its not that uncommon. If not for some informative posts on here, I would have probably rushed her to an ER!!

Mar 3, 2012
Paul, Carrie and Orion

Thanks for the info on the SD meetup! I saw that recently and you can bet as soon as he's got the go ahead from the vet we'll be out there so he can start making friends!

Mar 3, 2012
Nancy Bennett-Morgenstern

Good Morning from Bethany CT. I see we are at opposite sides of the country. Cool. My husband Stu and I have the two black and whites Monty and Doc. They are uncle and nephew( Montys sister Llyn is Docs om-she is a beautiful Grey Merle).
I had wanted a Corgi my whole adult life. They are just the smartest, most entertaining and totally portable dogs for our lifestyle! Our only issue is their over protectiveness, as we do not believe in electric fences and neither does our vet or our breeder. They tend to bolt out of the yard and bark wildly at anyone coming by.

Mar 4, 2012
carey l vrankovich

Ty!

Mar 4, 2012
Lemmy Winks

Thank you :3!

Mar 4, 2012
Sarah

Thanks! We're so excited to have found a corgi community!! Ok, it's mostly me. Jonah is busy right now. I hope to post some pics of his adorable mug soon!

Mar 6, 2012
Jessica Lukacovic

Thank you Geri and Sidney! I am so happy i found this site :)

Mar 6, 2012
Christina Beasley

Thanks for the welcome wagon, everuone is so friendly here :)

Mar 8, 2012
Christina Beasley

*everyone... Phone mistakes lol

Mar 8, 2012
Lisa Myers

Thanks! I'm not sure how to work this page, but if I take the time, I will learn it......Just love these Corgis!!

Mar 9, 2012
Aina & Benny-boo

Oh thanks you haha! yeah he is a great dog small but full of it!

Mar 9, 2012
Tomi and Story

Thank you for the welcome :)

Mar 10, 2012
Walter

Thank you!

Mar 10, 2012
Maddie, Sam, and Ruby

Thank you! And awwwwwwww he`s got a little foxy tail! I was really lucky, I love tailed pemmies but have only seen a handful. They`re so cute with their short legs and long tails, you know?

Mar 11, 2012
Kandice, Dave and Lola

Hello new friend, I love Sidney's happy face! Lola is always smiling, too. Never fails to cheer up my day.

Mar 11, 2012
cindy davis

Thank you for your warm welcome. I did sign up with the corgi meet-up group, hope to meet you in person soon.

Mar 11, 2012
Stephanie Dangerfield

Thank you!

Mar 13, 2012
Tomijean Ronzone

thanks for the welcome. you have a beautiful corgi! He looks like my Polpee

Mar 13, 2012
Niko & Kato

Thanks! So much anime/sci-fi to list lol. I'll name some all time favorites:

Alien, Dune, Event Horizon, Firefly, Riddick, Star Wars, Star Trek (everything until Voyager), Blade Runner, Tron (both)...

Most Miyazaki's, Record of Lodoss War, Vampire Hunter D, Berserk, Ghost in the Shell (all of them), Deathnote, Samurai7, Darker than Black, Basilisk. I got hooked on Naruto when it was first released in Japan years ago, but never finished it. Now that I have Netflix, I'm catching up (on season 3 now).

I'll stop there lol. Thanks again for the welcome :)

Mar 13, 2012
Meghan ODonnell

Thanks so much for the welcome!

Mar 13, 2012
Karma's Parents

thanks for the welcome!

Mar 13, 2012
Crystal Williams

Hello! My corgi's name is Maya! Thank you for asking. Your corgi is a cutie!

Mar 13, 2012

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