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Snickmom
Female
Laguna Hills, CA
United States
Profile Information:
- Hometown:
- Laguna Hills, CA
- About Me:
- Mom of grown and almost grown Eagle scouts, work full time for the state of CA, hubby is a teacher. I like to read fantasy/ sci-fi. See more pictures at our tumblr blog. http://www.tumblr.com/blog/snickmom
- Welsh Corgi Breeder?
- No
- About My Corgi(s):
- http://www.tumblr.com/blog/snickmom Follow Snickers and friends!
Snickers is a red head tri pemmie, 23 lbs, Dolly is a recently adopted corgi/peke/ewok mix same size and age as Snickers (about 4 yrs old). We also have an English Springer Spaniel who loves to play with the little ones.
We decided to get a corgi because we knew other people who had them and they were neat dogs. Jack Spaniels was 5 years old, when we decided to get a corgi pup for him to play with because our older dog did not have the energy anymore. I did not find a puppy in my area that was in my budget, but my older son was visiting my mom in Missouri so I started searching the web in that area. I found a promising breeder with some cute tri pemmies for sale. I sent an email to my mom asking if they could go look. The next thing I know, I get a call from my son, he said they were in the car, on the way, and were they just supposed to look? Snickers wrapped him around her little paw and he brought her back to my mom's for a week before she flew home in a little carrier under the airline seat. My younger son had to leave for Boy Scout summer camp the morning before his brother and new puppy flew in. Poor kid had to wait a week to hug his new pup. It helped to have envious friends around when they got off the bus! Snickers was raised with children and LOVED them. If we took her to the park and she saw a child she would go nuts! We knew nothing about corgis or training dogs like a corgi and so we made a few mistakes that we are now trying to correct. She has always been a barrel of laughs but never cuddly or comfortable around strangers. She is starting to be a much nicer dog now. More about her accomplishments later.
In the mean time, my mom had taken in Dolly from a rescue organization. Dolly has been living on a ranch where she had acres of land to run around on. Except for teaching her not to leave the property, to bark (I don’t like) when she wanted a biscuit and to sleep on the furniture (I don’t like), she has had no training at all. My mom developed health problems this summer and decided she couldn’t keep Dolly (after a baby duck mysteriously died and the hurricane, etc). Fortunately, my older son was visiting and was able to drive Dolly home (this is getting to be a habit). His girlfriend loves Dolly to pieces and Dolly will be theirs when they can move to a place that allows dogs. Dolly has been getting trained and now knows simple commands like sit, down, fist bump and belly rubs (lay on your back), she stays off the furniture and doesn’t dart out the door, and now we can ever let her come in the front yard with us to get the mail without her running off! She is the most laid back dog you can imagine. She acts like a rag doll and will let you put her in any position. She made friends with Snickers and Jack right away, although it took a while before Snickers figured out how to play with her, now they are best buds. Dolly does not know how to play with people or toys, but when I get time I work with her and she will chase a small toy a few feet and bring it to her bed for a treat. Dolly has her dew claws and an extra toe on her back feet. - I have:
- Pembroke
Lucy & Ricky (Wendy/Jack )
Hey Snickmom, I tried to email you but it didn't go through. Do you have a new email address? I wanted to tell you that Ricky Rafa tore his other ACL. :(
How's Snickers, Dolly and Jack? Hope all of you are well. xoxo
Oct 7, 2014
Lucy & Ricky (Wendy/Jack )
Has it been a year since we last "spoke." I can't even remember. I'm trying to remember when Snickers and Ricky had their last ACL repair. Thank goodness they can only tear each once!
Oct 25, 2015
Lucy & Ricky (Wendy/Jack )
Sorry to hear about your foot (feet?) What is the problem? We're all ok on this end. We moved into a Fullerton rental while our house is practically being leveled. Way more demo than we expected, but lots of unanticipated problems were found. We have a fenced yard here, but there isn't the same room for L & R to frap, which is probably a good thing. Lucy is turning 10 (yikes!). To me she still looks like a puppy and Ricky helps keep her young. But, even tho Ricky did great after both ACLs, occasionally L or R would turn up a bit gimpy after too much Corgi frap. Never anything serious, but enough to make me feel that I should stop the frapping (but it made them so happy, I sometimes didn't stop it when I should have). My 2-legged people are fine. Thanks for asking. My baby got married last month. One down, two to go... LOL. How are your kids? Weddings? Keep me posted. I still look at our photos from your vist. How many years ago was that?
Oct 31, 2015