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About Me:: I'm a mostly-retired web site designer in Castro Valley and an OLD computer guy -- I used mastodon tusks to punch IBM cards. My lovely wife (since 1981) is an IT manager.

About My Corgi(s):: We have 5 Cardigans: Starbuck and Windy, plus 3 of Windy's pups (Biggie, Burgundy, and Purple), who were born Xmas day 2004.

Starbuck was born in 1997. His kennel name was "Star", but we thought that wasn't macho enough, so we changed it. His new name is like the coffee people, but only in that both were named for the character in Moby Dick, the big-time coffee-drinking first mate on the Pequod, "Mister Starbuck".

Starbuck is a really beautiful fluffy blue merle cardigan. So much so that the Coedwig site, which features pictures of his daddy dog (Carbon Blue) and Carbon's offspring, has a picture of Starbuck under the title "What is a 'Fluffy'?" at the bottom of the page http://www.coedwig.com/puppies.html

His wife Windy is 4 years younger. Because Starbuck is a fluffy, his brother Tarzan is the sire of Windy's litter. You can see LOTS of pictures of the pups, listen to the sound of fetal puppy heartbeats, and read the pups' pedigree at www.rhetorich.com/dogs/. I'll add a few more pix of everybody here later.

We kept three of the puppies. We decided NOT to show the pups and sold the guys we didn't keep as pets (requiring the new owners fix them). Surprisingly the ears came up by themselves on the three we didn't keep, but stayed down on the ones we kept (probably so the other kids wouldn't bite 'em). We didn't want to tape their ears, so their ears are still floppy. We like how they look :)

At 5:05am on July 22, 2009, Cindi & Twinkie said…: Wholly cow these are cute dogs!

At 2:29pm on March 12, 2009, Liam's Mommy said…: his birthday pawty is this weekend! nope we drive a honda element, boxy and low to the ground!

At 1:29am on February 18, 2009, Liam's Mommy said…: Hello!! Liam is a Coedwig doggie!! He grew up with Carbon!

At 12:26pm on February 15, 2009, Karen & Bailey said…: Bailey: Hi Starbuck!!! How I love you and your family!!! It was great seeing u guys yesterday, and I must admit I think you're more handsome than me... haha =)

At 4:30pm on February 2, 2009, Jay said…: OMG, you have beautiful corgis. We are going to get a blue merle soon, and we just love the color.

At 11:22pm on January 28, 2009, Alice said…: That's ok, I figured you were busy. I sent you a friend request as well then I realized that you don't have anyone listed as your friends and wondered if you even noticed the requests people sent you. When I first joined, I didn't see it at first then all of a sudden I had 5 or 6 requests. Well, in case you didn't see that field, it's at the top right of your page under your inbox... Anyway, in my previous message I meant to say "now" I can see the difference in Starbuck's coloring, not "noe" (oops). His colors seem to have lightened quite a bit with age but I think it gives him a more wise, mysterious look. He looks like he's a great dog. :)

At 12:45pm on January 27, 2009, Alice said…: hey there! There's a new group called Blue Crew just for all those beautiful blue Cardis. You should come join. :)

At 4:17pm on January 19, 2009, JENNY & COBY said…: They are BEAUTIFUL!!! Cardies! ^^

At 1:12pm on January 19, 2009, Alice said…: Aww, how cute. Noe I can see the difference in his coloring. I love the one ear up pictures. Did you have to tape his ears or did they go up own their own?