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.

baby

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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  • John E. Priegnitz & Alex

    Thank you for the warm welcome Geri & Sidney!  :)

    Feb 6, 2013

  • Jamie Bashford

    Thank You very much!

    Feb 6, 2013

  • amanda brenner

    Thank you for the nice welcome. My Corgis name is Ein. He is on doing so so with his recovery. He is only on crate rest day 4 of 44....

    Feb 7, 2013

  • Karen Andersen

    Thank you for the welcome Geri and Sidney! My guy is Chesse and he's 9.5 years old now. We are looking for local groups to walk out with, so I'm joining the SF bay area groups, too.

    Feb 10, 2013

  • shelley

    His name is Buddy. My first corgi after 40 years of german shephards....i am in love!  trying to find a corgi meetup in houston.  thanks for your welcome.

    Feb 10, 2013

  • Laurie

    Hi Geri and Sidney!  I have a long list of names for my pup but am waiting to see what his personality is like.  My daughter likes the name "Sherlock", my grandson likes "Yogi", my significant other likes "Gus" and I like "Riley" or "Jack".  I will include a picture when I figure out the website.

    When we got our Pembroke, "Rascal", my daughter (age 6 at the time) named him "Sweetie".  By the time we got home after the 3 hour drive, his name was Rascal. 
    The name fit him so well!

    Thanks for the comment!

    Feb 10, 2013

  • Crystal Clark

    Thanks so much!

    Feb 10, 2013

  • heather jones

    Thanks!

    Feb 10, 2013

  • Laci Sierra Griffis

    Thank you! We are in anticipation mode waiting for our new baby to get here! I may have some questions for you when we get her. 

    Feb 10, 2013

  • Karen Andersen

    HI Geri and Sidney, My big guy is named Chesse. We'd thought we'd get a female and name her Duchess, but we bonded with a little fellow, and couldn't name him Duke, lol!

    Feb 11, 2013

  • Spunkmire

    thank you!

    Feb 16, 2013

  • Kat Lampkins

    Thanks for the welcome... we get our Corgi a week from today.. it's going to be a loooong week!! Her name is going to be Gwenhwyfar(Gwen)

    Feb 16, 2013

  • Rhonda Pfenning

    We Thank You ever so much for your warm welcome!!:)

    I will attach a pic....she's gorgeous or at least I think she is and of course she is the most gorgeous one out there...LOL   20130216_133044.jpg

    Feb 16, 2013

  • Hashtag

    Hi,

    Thank you for your welcome message.

    There are not so many dog of our kind in Paris, but we still growing and one day we will rule the world toghether ^^

    From Paris with love <3

    Ps : Join me on Facebook => https://www.facebook.com/Hashtag.corgi

    Feb 20, 2013

  • Krista J Curtiss

    Thank you for your welcome. Our loss of Domino was hard because she did become our pseudo child. We still miss her greatly, but we are very happy to have another Corgi with whom to share our love. They are the best dogs. :)

    Feb 20, 2013

  • Barbara

    Thanks for the welcome!  Love reading this forum.  Our new little guy's name is Rocket...(Danger is his middle name according to my teenage boys)  ;)

    Feb 20, 2013

  • bobbie joh

    hi. sorry i didn't reply sooner (it's not like i don't want to talk about my corgi's!) i'm just having trouble navigating the website (high learning curve)

    anyway, my corgi's are marco and his littermate belle. we bought marco, then, after her forever home didn't work out for her, we rescued belle. she was 1 year old at that time, and no one wanted her because she is deaf. she is magical - she is almost completely white. with her brother acting as her service dog, we have very minimal trouble with her deafness. she has other issues however, including the fact that she was just operated on for a mast cell tumor. we are now feeding raw food diet and hoping for the best!

    you can see pictures of them on OCD (i haven't figured out how to upload photos on here yet..) thanks for asking!

    Feb 21, 2013

  • Sarah Anderson

    Glad to hear your new baby is settling in!

    Feb 22, 2013

  • Carol & Koa

    Thank you!!!

    Feb 22, 2013

  • Carol & Emma Phillips

    Thank you! I am so glad I found this Corgi Community. As a new Corgi owner I need all the help I can get.

    Feb 23, 2013

  • joshua

    Geri and Sydney, I'm already part of the corgi group and I've been to the mission bay and fezziwig meet up. My corgi had a curly tail haha.

    Mar 1, 2013

  • joshua

    No my dog won't be at any meet any time soon. He's sick and he won't be better for about 3 more weeks.

    Mar 1, 2013

  • Mark Harder

    Thanks for the warm welcome.  Her name's Teagyn!

    Mar 1, 2013

  • Orville V

    Hi! Thank you for the warm welcome =)

    Mar 2, 2013

  • Victoria & Bjørn

    Thank you for the welcome :) I'll be sure to get some photos up soon. Looks like a fun website.

    Mar 5, 2013

  • Staci Formaggia

    Thank You so much for the welcome Geri & Sidney!

    Mar 5, 2013

  • Lisa Jue

    Thank you for the welcome!

    Mar 10, 2013

  • Alaine U.

    Thanks!

    Mar 11, 2013

  • Bekah, Toby & Haddie

    Thank you!

    Mar 11, 2013

  • Leah ~* Tucker* ~

    I am late in seeing this- still learning the site, but thank you :) :)

     

    Mar 14, 2013

  • Tara Gist

    Thank you Geri! My Rudy looks like your Sydney, minus a tail. Ha ha. I also have a black lab Great Dane mix that at his prime weighed 138. He is 12 now and has lost a few pounds. He is so sweet and has a hard time with getting up and down in his rear end and hips. We have him on adequan shots and I think it works for him. Good days and bad. We also have two border collies from the same litter. They are 3 years old and full of energy. My Rudy runs the house and very attached to me as I stay home. I loved reading your page!

    Mar 15, 2013

  • georgie lin schneider

    hi and thanks for the welcome. Glad I was told about this site and found my way here. Love your pics....sorry to hear about the hip displaysia....bummer.  My Phil started tohave problems like that. i switched him to the raw diet and all his problems disappeared eating real food.  It is also cheaper and easier to feed and has tons of other benefits too.  I was amazed how it helped his joints and hips so fast and his weight problem.  Anyway just a thought for you and poor Sydney.

    Mar 15, 2013

  • georgie lin schneider

    Forgot - look into adequan shots for dogs also. Great stuff...we have used it with our racehorses for yrs and it makes miracles. It would really help him.

    Mar 15, 2013

  • Mike Gilbert

    Thanks!

    Mar 15, 2013

  • Tex I.

    Hi there!

    I do, actually! I had my eye on the Coronado beach day, however she's still a pup and isn't old enough for her rabies shot yet, so I'm hesitant about any meet-ups for the next month or so. Slash paranoid. First-time corgi-mom syndrome I guess.

    Mar 18, 2013

  • Tex I.

    I don't even know how she'd take to water...save a bath or two. I want to get her out and about to play soon though. Her only other companion is too old to play :(

    Mar 18, 2013

  • Amy Brighthaupt

    Thank you so much!!! <3

    Mar 18, 2013

  • Ann

    Thanks for the welcome!  Sidney is quite handsome!  How cool that he has a tail... all dogs in europe now have them.  Judy has hers.  We would be missing out on so much without that happy wagging tail!  :)

    Mar 23, 2013

  • Jeff

    Thank you for the welcome! We are excited to be here. Especially Pepper!

    Mar 26, 2013

  • Dayna Springfield

    Thank you for the welcome :)

    Mar 27, 2013

  • Carla Fernandez

    Thank you, thank you! :)

    Mar 28, 2013

  • Winry + Holly

    Thank you for welcoming us! Yes it is Winry, from FMA. My girlfriend loves that series!

    Mar 29, 2013

  • Melyssa

    Hello and thank you! Actually my profile is probably a bit misleading - I will be getting my boy in about 6 days, so I am still thinking of names! I have a list of about 20 potentials right now...oi. Can't wait to get him. :)

    Mar 29, 2013

  • Melyssa

    By the way, my hometown is San Diego :)

    Mar 29, 2013

  • Jose Manuel Franco

    Thank you! We are happy to be part of this great community!

    Apr 1, 2013

  • Tammi & Bugsy

    Thanks so much!!  We are excited to have joined this group!! 

    Apr 2, 2013

  • Taylor Greve

    Thank you! <3

    Apr 3, 2013

  • Rich Zinkus

    Abby and Winston.  Just starting Rally.  Plus working on CD (just haven't really gone to the shows yet, we are hoping for good scores when we do!!).  They both have novice agility (jumpers and weaves).

    Apr 7, 2013

  • Brittnay F

    Thanks for the welcome! Happy to be a part of this websites community.

    Apr 7, 2013

  • Kaitlyn L.

    Thanks! Jeff and I are happy to be here :)  We are learning so much!

    Apr 8, 2013