Thanks for the birthday greeting.  Lessee, in dog years, I'd be....

dead.

(:

Hi Jane and Gang!

Just a quick note since I haven't been on much.  Calvin and Rainy are doing great!  We found an off leash dog park where Calvin plays and plays and plays and runs.  Rainy...well...she just sits by me or my mom and gets petted.  I started dialysis about 2 months ago and so far so good...but it takes up a lot of time and I am tired. Hope you guys are all doing well, and getting ready for tricks and treats!!  But more heavy on the treats, please!  Hugs to Sage and everyone else too!!!

jane,...did the video of lance and tucker playing...play back in slow motion?  It did for me, and it just doesnt have the same affect much better when not in slow motion. 

Thank you Jane :)   How do you like the volunteering with Sage?  I'm getting excited!  I'm not sure what to expect when we finish class, I'm hoping it will be an easy process.  I do know that I have to have her certified with both agencies to be able to volunteer at the Children's Hospital, so we will have to take Therapy class at Petsmart as well.  It's an interesting and fun journey :)

Hi Jane, your Livvy is so cute (all of your babies are so cute, but I have to be partial to Olivias)!  My Olivia is sometimes Livy, too :)  What a great name for a tri girl :)

Totally was a bummer!  We were all gathered around to watch in anticipation of seeing the corgis, even Oliver was watching on the couch with us.  Ahh well, maybe next AKC show.  Jane, I just love all of your corgis and other animals,, so absolutely adorable!!!

Thankyou.

aww, great! If you look at July, you should see Sidney in one of the small squares at the bottom!

Oh we got probably 3", just enough to have nice wet dog bellies in the house. I haven't spotted the neighbor lately coming to the yard, so glad about that. Still feels like walking on eggshells though, which is not fun considering we haven't done anything wrong to deserve it.  Glad to have so many other opinions give light to the subject :-)  Her dog has bitten people before, he's a Cairn Terrier, rather big one too haha. Oh well...

Hope the furbabies enjoy the snow, I'll be taking mine out in a little while.

its been really hard these past couple of days but with all of u supporting us it has helped a lot. yesterday i got his ashes back and it felt good to have him back home, you know? i really miss him a ton, i just wish he could be here for Christmas 

Thank you for the birthday greeting!  Busy here, with what I don't know.  My Lucky is out acting like a human boy, watching the construction across the road!!  Darn, we thought we were safe from any houses  across the road and now there is a 2 story home going in.  Not a happy camper here.  I think we are high enough on our hill that it won't affect our view.  How are all your corgi children and grand kids?  I will stop now, should have sent email!  Carol, Sonny and Lucky

I would love to get a third Corgi esp. bec. Lucy's breeder is expecting a litter this month. It's been a drought in litters in S. CA. now. Don't know why. But, we're going to be doing a major renovation on our home so it's just not feasible. But, I'm sorely tempted. His last 2 attempts produced just one puppy. Jack's right tho' bec. I don't know how we'll manage with our 2 + our cat. We may have to rent a place for a year.

Thanks for the gift!  Rainy came over tonight and snored on the couch for a few hours.  We were watching a movie and kept hearing this noise....it was her.  I hope Sage and the gang are doing well.  I was looking at pictures of everyone today!  Calvin's birthday is later this week.  I'll have to try and take some pictures.

Thanks for the comment Jane! I don't know anything about dog daycare, so it's good to hear that just being around other dogs, even if all they are doing is sniffing each others butts is good stimulation and good for socializing. Poppy gets along with other dogs, but she can always use more time!

Yup - made sure to join that group! :)

You're very welcome! There is so much corgi knowledge and experience on this board that it just irked me to see it disregarded. One reason I love this website so much is because everyone can express their opinions and receive advice even if it counters their own ideas without anyone becoming argumentative. Heck, everyone was even pretty down-right nice to the possible troll who posted about the corgi pup in the freezer. There are just so many good people on here, I'd hate to see people get discouraged from commenting after seeing some of the posts made this week.

I agree. The responses to people's legitimate experiences were troubling and out of the norm for this community. Sometimes being a rebel can be a very good and needed thing. ;)

That day was terrible!  Mike was showing Larry how to brew beer, his VERY  Alzheimer's mother came to give his wife a needed break and I had to watch her like a hawk!!  The neighbor man dropped off Mr Biggz (was Jer's dog that came from his girl's step dad) for a couple hours that lasted for 12 hours!!  The boys had been under foot and I feared that Barbara (92 with Alzheimer's) would trip so I put them in jail!  They pouted until I put Barbara in a chair and told her to sit and stay while I ran the boys for a few minutes and put them back in jail - this went on for 2 hours, maybe 3!  Carol and the boys.

Thanks for the welcome!!  I am busy and probably also a little crazy for having three pups at the same time. I do love it though.

Hi Jane! I saw on one of the recent discussion walls that one of your corgis is a therapy dog. I want to get Webley involved in that this year! Where does your dog go and how did you get involved? I have heard that corgis cannot be therapy dogs because they are not hypoallergenic. I think Webley would really excel at being a therapy dog and making someone's day :)

Happy New Year!

Jane,

Thanks for all the helpful information! I will look up the Therapy Dogs Inc and more about the CGC. Is CGC required for all therapy dogs? How often do you guys go?

Thanks a lot! :)

Courtney

*Therapy Dogs in Training not Inc :)

Joined the group :) Thanks for all your info! I am now very intrigued to get Webley going on this. I think it would be a great project/goal for 2012!

Hugs to your corgis!

Hi Jane, Thanks for the comment on Tuckers video.  The planet dogs balls last.  They are rated by strenghth.  I always get the ones rated with a five, those are the strongest and hold up to lance who is a strong chewer.  They like to squish the balls in their mouth.  I have been buying them since Lance is a puppy, in fact I wont buy any other!!  Although we do have a buddy ball from petsmart, but thats it.   I was a bit unsure about the snowball, thought it might be a little too small, but so far so good.  I do pick up the balls when they are done playing or we are done playing fetch with them. 

I love the background pic of your corgis on your page!

Hi Jane! I don't remember that particular incident, but unfortunately, Ottumwa seems to be a hotspot for puppy milling and animal hoarding. We also have at least 5-10 cases a year of animals being removed from breeding mills and animal hoarders. Pretty upsetting. I have tried doing everything I can to make sure my friends know and avoid assisting these people, although as I have stated in some of the discussions, some of my no-longer friends have themselves been guilty of breeding litters because "the puppies would be cute".

Thank you for the birthday wishes!

Rainy had a good birthday on Sunday.  She got a new toy (that Calvin stole) and plenty of treats and goodies.  Her Rat Terrier friend Callie was also there to spend the day.  She had a good time!

Jane...This is the first time I saw the picture with the Jolly Ball. Dino has one and loves it. Picks it up by the handle and runs. I thought that Dino was the only one that had one.

Thank you!  So are your corgis!

Thank you so much! : D

How is Wynn doing?

No party. I was just glad I remembered! Can't believe he's 2 and we made it! Yay Ricky-Rafa, the sweetest boy in the West.

Glad to hear Wynn is feeling better!! :) 

Thank you Jane!! :]