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Comment by Wilson Waddlepants and Joyce on September 19, 2012 at 9:09pm

Lois, Thank you so much for your message.  It was so helpful.  I love the way you explained your experience looking for a new Corgi.  : ) Your description of Sandy being "one of the petite, little precious, adorable Miss Corgis" shows that you understand exactly what my feelings are with regards to finding "another" Winston.  I'm accepting that Winston is gone and we're never going to replace him, but we do want another male.  I'm sure when my husband and I look at the available puppies we might likely become interested in a pup that's very different from what we imagined and (he) might end up looking nothing like Winston at all which is OK.  We're definitely going to be open to any available puppy !  Like you said, you were drawn to a puppy that was the polar opposite of Sandy, and Randy turned out to be just what you needed.  The way my husband and I see the situation is, we're going to be bringing a puppy into our home, who will grow up with our other pets, and will be influenced by our home life and our personalities, so he'll turn out to be a combination of his innate characteristics and the way he's raised and he'll be absolutely wonderful no matter what "color" he is.   It's the way Corgi's act and look in general that we absolutely love.  In your experience do males and females both follow you around or was that unique to Winston ?  He almost always followed me everywhere I went, even if I walked from one room to another.  My husband worked from home so Winston would sit in the office with him and would sometimes stay right there if he knew exactly what I was doing, i.e. going from the kitchen to the living room and back.  On other words, he wouldn't bother following me if he knew where I was and what I was doing.  It will be wonderful to have another Corgi to love and of course he'll remind me of Winston, but that's a good thing !

Comment by Lois B. Allen on September 18, 2012 at 10:32am

Oh Joyce, I just wrote you a long note and it disappeared.  My new laptop drives me nuts.  I think it would be better not to look for another dog like Winston as you might be setting your self up for disappointment.  My Sandy was one of the petite, little precious, adorable "Miss Corgis".  I wanted another girl and there was a sweet little red that I could have had but my attention kept turning to a darker looking little boy with very intense eyes.  Against, my own best intentions, I took him.  He has been wild and wooly, almost always up to something and house trained within a month.  He was so different, yet so similar so there were many common corgi behaviors.  He was adorable in a different and loved to cuddle as the Sandy had been.  I still felt the grief from loosing Sandy and Wendy so closely together but he had so many needs that that helped occupy my mind and activities. I still think about them and look at pics and videos but he is the one who is offering the love now and I can't refuse it.  Reduced hormones are hell and are making it worse for you.  I suggest an estradiol patch so you have a little and I think they are safer.  Keep hanging on.  Lois

Comment by Wilson Waddlepants and Joyce on September 18, 2012 at 1:31am

Tonight I spent half an hour looking at photos and videos of Winston.   If I don't look at pictures I feel sad.  If I look at pictures I feel sad. When does this go away ?  Why can't I just remember Winston and be happy ?  I long for the day when I say, "Remember when Winnie used to do this or that" and be happy when I think about it.  I'm having a hard time getting past the point of still thinking that I just want him back.  It still doesn't seem normal to me that when I walk from one room to another he's not right there behind me.   It's so hard to accept that we will never, ever, ever see him again.  I'm to the point where I'm even wondering if we get a new Corgi, will that make everything OK.  If I can get one that looks like Winston and call him Winston Jr, and go back to hearing myself say, "Winston, come here honey" "Let's go outside" "Winston time for dinner" "Winston, do you want to go for a walk?", I might be OK.  I feel so pathetic.  Actually, I'm fine most of the time.  : ) But when I start thinking about him and allow my menopausal hormones to take over, I start sobbing.   Thanks for listening.  I feel bad for going on and on about it, when you just lost your Annie and feel the same way.  Tell me, does it help having a new Corgi to fill the space ?  It seems to me it would be hard to look at a new Corgi and feel anything less than pure delight at having a new one to gloat over all the time. 

Comment by Linda Masters on September 17, 2012 at 10:55pm

He is so cute Joyce!

Comment by Wilson Waddlepants and Joyce on September 17, 2012 at 1:09pm

Winston was the most accommodating, docile dog we've ever had.   He would do anything you wanted him to do, and he was so much fun. 

Comment by Lois B. Allen on September 17, 2012 at 12:35pm

Randy won't do things on his head!!

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