Chris and Andrew's Posts - MyCorgi.com2024-03-28T16:37:29ZChris and Andrewhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/ChrisandAndrewhttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3137968597?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://mycorgi.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=2mhngyj1cg69q&xn_auth=noMerry Christmas & Happy Birthday !!tag:mycorgi.com,2011-12-25:1150197:BlogPost:14127812011-12-25T19:17:35.000ZChris and Andrewhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/ChrisandAndrew
<p>Hope everybody is having a very Merry Christmas! Jeter and Cappy love Christmas. They ate the doggy biscuits I baked for them, several little pieces of Christmas ham, and other Christmas treats. They were so excited to get new toys. We went to see the Christmas lights at night. And today is Jeter's birthday, too. He is now 4 years old! Happy birthday, my little buddy!! </p>
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<p>Hope everybody is having a very Merry Christmas! Jeter and Cappy love Christmas. They ate the doggy biscuits I baked for them, several little pieces of Christmas ham, and other Christmas treats. They were so excited to get new toys. We went to see the Christmas lights at night. And today is Jeter's birthday, too. He is now 4 years old! Happy birthday, my little buddy!! </p>
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<p><em>"Can we eat now???? Please????"</em></p>
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<p><em>"Are they for me? Then can I chew them??"</em></p>
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<p><em>"Hmmm... which one should I chew first?" </em></p>
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<p><em>"You know what? It's my birthday, too!!"</em></p>My Christmas Corgis :-)tag:mycorgi.com,2011-12-16:1150197:BlogPost:14054112011-12-16T23:00:00.000ZChris and Andrewhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/ChrisandAndrew
<p>My Jeter and Cappy became Christmas corgis today. Cappy wore the Santa outfit and Jeter wore the ‘Christmas tree decorated with boned’ sweater and the antlers.</p>
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<div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_327"><a href="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/2011-christmas-jeter-cappy-01.jpg"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-327" height="437" src="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/2011-christmas-jeter-cappy-01.jpg?w=584&h=437" title="2011 Christmas Jeter & Cappy 01" width="584"></img></a><p class="wp-caption-text">"Merry Christmas!! Please bring us more treats, Santa!!"</p>
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<p>My Jeter and Cappy became Christmas corgis today. Cappy wore the Santa outfit and Jeter wore the ‘Christmas tree decorated with boned’ sweater and the antlers.</p>
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<div id="attachment_327" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/2011-christmas-jeter-cappy-01.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-327" title="2011 Christmas Jeter & Cappy 01" src="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/2011-christmas-jeter-cappy-01.jpg?w=584&h=437" alt="" width="584" height="437"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">"Merry Christmas!! Please bring us more treats, Santa!!"</p>
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<div id="attachment_328" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/2011-christmas-jeter-cappy-02.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-328" title="2011 Christmas Jeter & Cappy 02" src="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/2011-christmas-jeter-cappy-02.jpg?w=584&h=437" alt="" width="584" height="437"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">"Lying down pose would be better?"</p>
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<div id="attachment_329" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/2011-christmas-jeter-cappy-03.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-329" title="2011 Christmas Jeter & Cappy 03" src="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/2011-christmas-jeter-cappy-03.jpg?w=584&h=437" alt="" width="584" height="437"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">"can you see how cute my Christmas sweater is?" "nope, my Santa outfit is better!"</p>
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<div id="attachment_326" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/2011-christmas-jeter.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-326" title="2011 Christmas Jeter" src="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/2011-christmas-jeter.jpg?w=584" alt=""/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">"these antlers are getting heavy..."</p>
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<div id="attachment_325" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/2011-christmas-cappy.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-325" title="2011 Christmas Cappy" src="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/2011-christmas-cappy.jpg?w=584&h=437" alt="" width="584" height="437"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">"I'm your Santa girl Cappy"</p>
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<p>Have a Merry Corgi Christmas, everybody!!</p>
</div>We got our cookies!!tag:mycorgi.com,2011-12-02:1150197:BlogPost:13910942011-12-02T23:00:00.000ZChris and Andrewhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/ChrisandAndrew
<p>Today I got a package. That is from Elko Nevada. In the box, there are yummy looking doggie cookies from “Let Them Eat Cake…Bakery”. It is one of the winning prize from “the daily corgi Halloween costume contest” – Jeter and Cappy were the Honorable Mention winners-. My corgis knew that box was for them and got so excited.</p>
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<p>Today I got a package. That is from Elko Nevada. In the box, there are yummy looking doggie cookies from “Let Them Eat Cake…Bakery”. It is one of the winning prize from “the daily corgi Halloween costume contest” – Jeter and Cappy were the Honorable Mention winners-. My corgis knew that box was for them and got so excited.</p>
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<div id="attachment_185" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/this-should-be-for-me.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-185" title="this should be for me" src="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/this-should-be-for-me.jpg?w=584&h=438" alt="" width="584" height="438"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">"This should be for me"</p>
<p class="wp-caption-text"><a href="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/smells-so-good.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-183" title="smells so good" src="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/smells-so-good.jpg?w=584&h=393" alt="" width="584" height="393"/></a></p>
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<div id="attachment_183" class="wp-caption alignnone"><p class="wp-caption-text">"yummy smell!!"</p>
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<div id="attachment_179" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/when-can-i-have-some-cookies.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-179" title="when can I have some cookies" src="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/when-can-i-have-some-cookies.jpg?w=584&h=408" alt="" width="584" height="408"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">"When can I eat my cookies? I'm getting depressed!"</p>
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<div id="attachment_187" class="wp-caption alignnone"><p class="wp-caption-text">"Can we eat now? Please???"</p>
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<div id="attachment_182" class="wp-caption alignnone"><p class="wp-caption-text">"nom nom nom"</p>
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<div id="attachment_180" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/can-i-have-some-more.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-180" title="can I have some more" src="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/can-i-have-some-more.jpg?w=584&h=438" alt="" width="584" height="438"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">"Can I have some more??"</p>
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<p>They love love these cookies. Thank you, Michael & Trinity!!</p>Alice in wonderlandtag:mycorgi.com,2011-11-19:1150197:BlogPost:13758182011-11-19T16:41:26.000ZChris and Andrewhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/ChrisandAndrew
<p>This is not a corgi story but it has a little bit of corgi part :-)</p>
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<p>This morning I took my corgis out. Usually my husband walks the dogs in the morning but today is his birthday so I gave him some more time to sleep. And I met Alice the pug.</p>
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<p>I saw her on the way to throw out the poop bag. She sat on the grass near our neighbor’s house. She was off leash and there was no sign of the owner. Jeter and Cappy were curious about her but I wasn’t sure what to do.…</p>
<p>This is not a corgi story but it has a little bit of corgi part :-)</p>
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<p>This morning I took my corgis out. Usually my husband walks the dogs in the morning but today is his birthday so I gave him some more time to sleep. And I met Alice the pug.</p>
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<p>I saw her on the way to throw out the poop bag. She sat on the grass near our neighbor’s house. She was off leash and there was no sign of the owner. Jeter and Cappy were curious about her but I wasn’t sure what to do. She looked dirty but I could see that dog was someone’s lost pet not a stray. She seemed to be happy to see us and followed us. I never had this kind of experience, I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t bring my cell phone and it was impossible to check her ID tag with my two corgis. So I went back home and she followed. My plan was to get my corgis in the house, grab the phone and a leash and go out again to find the dog. When I went into the house Alice was sitting outside of my door.. But when I looked out again, she was gone. I felt terrible. What if something bad happened to that dog?</p>
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<p>I talked about that dog to my husband and we went out together. I found her again not that far away. We tried to catch her using some treats but she would only take the treat and run, this happened several times!! I was able to get near her, but it took some time to get her leashed. Her collar had 3 tags. One is the rabies tag for this year and other two are name tags with phone numbers. We tried the first number and it was disconnected. Uh-oh. The second number, we got voice mail and left a message. There was one more number and we were finally able to reach the owner. The third time’s the charm <img src="http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif?m=1307747206g" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley"/> My husband told the excited dog owner where we are. And about 10 minutes later, Alice was reunited with her anxious but happy owner <img src="http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif?m=1307747206g" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley"/></p>
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<p>The owner – we forgot to ask his name – was running out of the car calling his dog’s name. He hugged me and thank us so many times. Alice was lost since last night. Alice’s dog walker took her out and somehow she got off leash and ended up here. The owner lives in the near suburb. I don’t know how this little girl came to Chicago. But after a long cold night she smelled bad. I think she took a roll in something stinky! When I check her tags, my fingers got covered with some smelly stuff. She will get a good bath and much needed medicine, too. I was so happy we were able to help this little dog. Her owner wanted to reward us and offered money. But we didn’t want to take. It was the right thing to do as a dog owner. But he insisted on giving us something. After several times we said “no thank you” to him, he said “Then I will donate money to the charity of your choice in your name.” That sounded okay so we said yes. We said “Lakeshore Corgi Rescue”, he surprised us by saying “I’ll donate 1,000 dollars.”</p>
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<p>He hugged me and shook hands with my husband and left. Alice was happy in her owner’s car. I felt great. We actually helped a lost dog!! Hopefully, Lakeshore Corgi Rescue will get a nice donation to help out a few more corgis. Hopefully, Alice will not get lost in “Wonderland” again.</p>
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<div id="attachment_80" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/wpid-part951321714941029.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-80" title="alicethepug" src="http://runningcorgi.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/wpid-part951321714941029.jpg?w=499&h=373" width="499" height="373"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Alice in her owner's car</p>
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<p> </p>My corgis are winners again :-)tag:mycorgi.com,2011-11-07:1150197:BlogPost:13645702011-11-07T16:07:46.000ZChris and Andrewhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/ChrisandAndrew
<p>My lovable 2 corgis, Jeter and Cappy, are the Honorable Mention of the daily corgi's 2011 Howl-O-Ween Costume Contest. I am a little bit surprised because this time I didn't want to bother anyone to vote for them and didn't expect to win anything. Great way to start Monday morning :-)</p>
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<p>This is their photo I submitted for the contest.…</p>
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<p>My lovable 2 corgis, Jeter and Cappy, are the Honorable Mention of the daily corgi's 2011 Howl-O-Ween Costume Contest. I am a little bit surprised because this time I didn't want to bother anyone to vote for them and didn't expect to win anything. Great way to start Monday morning :-)</p>
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<p>This is their photo I submitted for the contest.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3099203375?profile=original"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3099203375?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" class="align-full"/></a></p>Thank you everyone!tag:mycorgi.com,2011-10-31:1150197:BlogPost:13581152011-10-31T15:00:00.000ZChris and Andrewhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/ChrisandAndrew
<p>Jeter and Cappy won!<br></br>Voting ended 10 pm yesterday. Jeter won the small dog division of a Halloween costume photo contest at our doggy daycare center. He got 119 votes. Cappy is the runner up(99 votes).<br></br><br></br>It was an up and down experience but your support got me through this and I am very grateful. I feel so much love and power from mycorgi.com friends. I think this is a bonus I got from being a corgi owner. My husband Andrew says thank you too. Next year we will…</p>
<p>Jeter and Cappy won!<br/>Voting ended 10 pm yesterday. Jeter won the small dog division of a Halloween costume photo contest at our doggy daycare center. He got 119 votes. Cappy is the runner up(99 votes).<br/><br/>It was an up and down experience but your support got me through this and I am very grateful. I feel so much love and power from mycorgi.com friends. I think this is a bonus I got from being a corgi owner. My husband Andrew says thank you too. Next year we will not enter any online voting contest so there will be no more bugging :)</p>
<p>Jeter and Cappy send you many wet corgi kisses. <br/>Corgis are cool. Corgis rule! Happy and safe Halloween!! <br/><br/>p.s. Jeter and Cappy made the 101 Halloween corgis list too.<br/><a href="http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2011/10/101-halloween-corgis">http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2011/10/101-halloween-corgis</a></p>Bitter in the mouth :-(tag:mycorgi.com,2011-10-29:1150197:BlogPost:13576402011-10-29T23:00:00.000ZChris and Andrewhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/ChrisandAndrew
<p>It has been a quite stressful week for me.</p>
<p>As some of you know, I made 2 costumes for my corgis - Jeter and Cappy- for a Halloween costume photo contest at our doggy daycare center. I never made anything like this for my corgis before and am not good at sewing, so it took about 2 weeks. Even though it wasn't an easy project for me, I had so much fun making them and dreaming of reactions from other people.</p>
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<p>But once the contest voting started, everything changed - not…</p>
<p>It has been a quite stressful week for me.</p>
<p>As some of you know, I made 2 costumes for my corgis - Jeter and Cappy- for a Halloween costume photo contest at our doggy daycare center. I never made anything like this for my corgis before and am not good at sewing, so it took about 2 weeks. Even though it wasn't an easy project for me, I had so much fun making them and dreaming of reactions from other people.</p>
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<p>But once the contest voting started, everything changed - not much fun, and a lot more stress. Since the voting is by using the "LIKE' button on the doggy daycare center's facebook contest page pictures, someone like me who just started to use facebook with virtually no facebook friends is at a serious disadvantage.</p>
<p>I didn't expect to lead the vote at all. I just wanted people to know I put some effort and love into making their costumes. But day by day, I got more obsessed and upset.</p>
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<p>There is a dog who also entered the contest. A cute little dog wearing a costume which is the same one another dog is wearing. The owner seems to have so many friends who have facebook accounts. There's nothing wrong about it, but I wish that owner put as much energy and effort into his/her dog's costume or took an interesting picture.</p>
<p>I was so naive, I really thought if I made two good costumes, my corgis would be the winners. </p>
<p>Voting will end tomorrow. I don't know if Jeter can maintain the lead - maybe he is now trailing. Cappy is now the 3rd but to me, she deserves to be the 2nd or higher. Am I wrong to think this way?</p>
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<p>However, I have to say the whole exprience was not all bad and stressful. I got so much love and support from my fellow corgi owners from all over the world. The power of the corgi is just so unbelievable.</p>
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<p>One last time, I'm asking your help. These are the links to vote. If you have a facebook account and think Jeter and Cappy look good enough, <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;"><strong>please use the "like" button on the pictures.</strong></span></p>
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<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.268675029838669.69494.151313524908154&type=3#!/photo.php?fbid=268675416505297&set=a.268675029838669.69494.151313524908154&type=3&theater">For Jeter</a></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=268675416505297&set=a.268675029838669.69494.151313524908154&type=3&theater#!/photo.php?fbid=268675369838635&set=a.268675029838669.69494.151313524908154&type=3&permPage=1">For Cappy</a></p>
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<p>Thank you so much for your support. Have a great Halloween weekend.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #808080;">Update : Thanks to your help, Jeter won the contest. Cappy is the runner up. Thank you everyone. You guys are great.</span><span style="color: #808080;">Next year we will not enter any online voting contest so there will be no more bugging :) </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080;">Corgis are cool, corgis rule!!</span></p>Halloween Project - "My corgis go to Hogwarts "tag:mycorgi.com,2011-10-24:1150197:BlogPost:13521562011-10-24T05:33:02.000ZChris and Andrewhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/ChrisandAndrew
<p>This is <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Harry Potter</span> Jeter Pawtter.</p>
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<p>And this is <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Luna Lovegood </span> Cappy Lovegood</p>
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<p>Their robes, ties, hat, pumkin…</p>
<p>This is <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Harry Potter</span> Jeter Pawtter.</p>
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<p>And this is <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Luna Lovegood </span> Cappy Lovegood</p>
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<p>Their robes, ties, hat, pumkin purse, and glasses are all hand sewn and handmade.</p>
<p>It took more than a week - I made a total of 5 robes because the first 3 robes didn't fit well :-(</p>
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<p>Jeter seemed to enjoy being a <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">model </span> wizard :-)</p>
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<p><em>"Mommy, it is so much fun!!!"</em></p>
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<p>For Cappy, I originally wanted to make her a hula dancing girl so I bought some raffia from the craft store and made her skirt - boy, it took 2 days and my fingers were killing me. I got some Hawaiian leis and painted little shells pink for her little bikini top.</p>
<p>But sadly... this didn't look that good for her long body and she tried to eat her skirt :-( So I changed the plan. Cappy will be at corgi Hogwarts with Jeter. (I choose Luna because of her spectraspecs and the robe which has different colors from Harry's. )</p>
<p>The costumes were made for a Halloween costume contest at our doggy day care center - they are the only corgis there. If you have a facebook account you can vote(like) for your fellow corgis. These are the links.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=268675416505297&set=a.268675029838669.69494.151313524908154&type=3&theater">For Jeter</a></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=268675369838635&set=a.268675029838669.69494.151313524908154&type=3&theater">For Cappy</a></p>
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<p>I couldn't take any good pictures of my corgis together so this is the best I could get.</p>
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<p><strong><em>"Vote for us please!!! Thank you!!"</em></strong></p>
<p></p>Happy shopping daytag:mycorgi.com,2010-06-26:1150197:BlogPost:6921282010-06-26T22:13:17.000ZChris and Andrewhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/ChrisandAndrew
Recently we got a postcard from a pet boutique store about their new store's 'Grand Opening Weekend'. <br></br>- We don't know how they got our address and name for the promotion postcard.<br></br>This weekend it offered free nail trimming, free giveaways and discounts. <br></br>So we took Jeter there today. (Cappy is still too young to go to the pet store.) <br></br>The store is nice , clean and the sales associates are very friendly. <br></br>There were many dogs in the store but Jeter was the one who got all…
Recently we got a postcard from a pet boutique store about their new store's 'Grand Opening Weekend'. <br/>- We don't know how they got our address and name for the promotion postcard.<br/>This weekend it offered free nail trimming, free giveaways and discounts. <br/>So we took Jeter there today. (Cappy is still too young to go to the pet store.) <br/>The store is nice , clean and the sales associates are very friendly. <br/>There were many dogs in the store but Jeter was the one who got all the love and attention not to mention many treats :-)<br/>Thanks to the Grand Opening Weekend event, we got a free Perri's leather collar for Jeter, lots of free samples, 4 toys for $5, and Jeter got his nails trimmed for free. <br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149024930?profile=original"/></p>
<p style="text-align: left; font-style: italic;"><font size="2">The leather collar we got for free. Kind of cool :-) <br/></font></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; font-style: italic;"><font size="2">freebies.. yum yum</font><br/></p>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">4 dog toys for $5</span> <br/><br/><br/>We also bought a bag of dog treat and a small orbee-tuff bone for Cappy. <br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149025464?profile=original" alt=""/></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: italic;">A discount is always welcomed :-)</span></font><br/></p>
<br/>They gave us 10 % off on our purchases and a free bag of Evo turkey and chicken dog treats. <br/>It was a good shopping day for our corgis and we are glad we got that postcard :-) <br/><br/>Jeter's new baby sister 'Cappy'tag:mycorgi.com,2010-06-24:1150197:BlogPost:6909902010-06-24T18:30:00.000ZChris and Andrewhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/ChrisandAndrew
Last Friday(June 18th) we brought a beautiful red-and-white corgi girl into our life. <br></br>This 12 weeks old corgi puppy is our second corgi and Jeter's new baby sister. <br></br>Her name is 'Cappy' from captain :-)<br></br><br></br><p style="text-align: left;"><img alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149024865?profile=original"></img></p>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"Hi everyone!! I am Cappy</span>"<br></br><br></br>It has been a wonderful year since we adopted Jeter from Lakeshore Pembroke Welsh Corgi Rescue.…
Last Friday(June 18th) we brought a beautiful red-and-white corgi girl into our life. <br/>This 12 weeks old corgi puppy is our second corgi and Jeter's new baby sister. <br/>Her name is 'Cappy' from captain :-)<br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149024865?profile=original" alt=""/></p>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"Hi everyone!! I am Cappy</span>"<br/><br/>It has been a wonderful year since we adopted Jeter from Lakeshore Pembroke Welsh Corgi Rescue. <br/>Recently we were talking about getting a second corgi and were checking petfinder everyday. <br/>Finding a corgi younger than Jeter from a rescue was not easy so we just kept searching. <br/>One day we sent a Jeter-update email to his foster mom Yvette and found out 2 of her own corgis just had puppies. <br/>Cappy is one of Yvette's 14 puppies from 2 litters. She is a daughter of Vanilla(red and white). <br/>We visited the puppies when they were about 7 weeks old and on June 18th, we went there again to take a puppy to her forever home. <br/>Yvette suggested 2 puppies (one from each litter) for us. <br/>One is a red and white girl and one is a tri girl. <br/>It was quite hard to pick just one because they are both so cute. <br/>But we chose Cappy because she was the one who followed Jeter around happily and we liked her mother's composure. <br/>Vanilla is such a calm and confident corgi. <br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149025537?profile=original" alt=""/></p>
<span style="font-style: italic;">two finalist puppies</span><br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149025936?profile=original" alt=""/></p>
<span style="font-style: italic;">Cappy's mom Vanilla and Jammies tri girl puppy</span><br/><br/>Yvette told us about Cappy's parents and pedigree. <br/>Her AKC name will be 'Baker Street Vanilla Ice Cream' :-)<br/>After saying goodbye to everyone we left Yvette's house. <br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149027866?profile=original" alt=""/></p>
<span style="font-style: italic;">"Bye bye my birth home~~" (Cappy with Jeter's foster mom/Vanilla's owner)</span><br style="font-style: italic;"/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149028234?profile=original" alt=""/></p>
<span style="font-style: italic;">Let's go home!!</span><br/><br/>Cappy's new home in Chicago is 10 hour drive round trip from her birth home in Wisconsin.<br/>It was sunny and bright when we headed home but later we were caught in a very bad storm. <br/>It felt like driving under the ocean. <br/>Heavy rain kept coming down and it was so hard to see what was in front of us, not to mention lots of thunder and lightning. <br/>But our 2 brave corgis didn't make any sound and stayed calm in the back seat. <br/><br/>Last few days we have been very busy with these 2 corgis. <br/>Cappy is already doing pretty good at house training. <br/>She already won many people's heart with her cuteness.<br/>Jeter is leaning to live with this little girl :-) <br/>They chase each other and play with their toys. <br/>Hopefully Jeter and Cappy will have so much fun together more and more each day. <br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149030662?profile=original" alt=""/></p>
<span style="font-style: italic;">First night at home, Jeter and Cappy are enjoying their bully sticks</span><br/><br/><br/>Please welcome Jeter's new corgi sister Cappy.<br/>We love our corgis and enjoy our double corginess :-) <br/><br/>Happy 1st anniversary :-)tag:mycorgi.com,2010-06-14:1150197:BlogPost:6829622010-06-14T16:00:00.000ZChris and Andrewhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/ChrisandAndrew
<font size="2">Last year June 13th was the day Jeter came into our life. <br></br>It's been a wonderful year with him so yesterday we celebrated his first anniversary. <br></br>His day started early with his usual weekend-5 mile-morning-run with us on the forest trail. <br></br>After coming back home happy and a little bit tired, he had a short sweet nap while we went out for brunch. <br></br>When we came back he watched the Yankees game with us. <br></br>Then we took him to a pet shop ("doggy style") and got some…</font>
<font size="2">Last year June 13th was the day Jeter came into our life. <br/>It's been a wonderful year with him so yesterday we celebrated his first anniversary. <br/>His day started early with his usual weekend-5 mile-morning-run with us on the forest trail. <br/>After coming back home happy and a little bit tired, he had a short sweet nap while we went out for brunch. <br/>When we came back he watched the Yankees game with us. <br/>Then we took him to a pet shop ("doggy style") and got some special anniversary teats for him. <br/>We wanted to buy a cup cake for him but they did't have any right now. <br/>So we got a froggy biscuit, a turkey disc, and a bbq beef bone shape treat. <br/><br/></font><p style="text-align: left;"><font size="2"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3098497556?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></font></p>
<font size="2"><br/>We gave him the froggy and he loves it :-) <br/></font><p style="text-align: left;"><font size="2"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3098497690?profile=original" alt=""/></font></p>
<font size="2"><span style="font-style: italic;">" Can I eat this now, please????? "</span><br/><br/><br/>And he got some new toys, too. <br/></font><p style="text-align: left;"><font size="2"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3098497526?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></font></p>
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<font size="2"><span style="font-style: italic;">" I love my new bunny friend!!"</span> <br/><br/></font><p style="text-align: left;"><font size="2"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149027566?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></font></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: italic;">"I always wanted to have this flying squirrel!!"</span> <br/></font></p>
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<font size="2">We got him from the corgi rescue. They said he was abused, beaten and grabbed by the collar. <br/>
So the first month after we got him, when we tried to pet his head, he always backed away or turned upside down to prevent being handled.<br/>
He always kept about 3 feet from us.<br/>
But now, he loves to be petted, cuddles with us, and is a great kisser.<br />
He walks nicely without pulling, graduated obedience class and the basic agility class with flying colors.<br />
He never chews anything except his toys which we allowed him to chew.<br />
We feel so lucky to have him because he is our corgi jackpot.<br />
He makes us laugh more and we are so much happier with him.<br />
We love you Jeter. We will have many more wonderful days with you.<br />
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Next week, one of these puppies will be Jeter's new baby sister(or brother).<br />
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Our corgi Jeter was a shedder. <br></br>When we hugged or just petted him before a lot of fur comes off and we were literally covered with his fur. <br></br>Nothing was safe from his hairballs in our house and we used the lint rollers like crazy. <br></br>But those days are gone. Jeter does not shed any more :-)<br></br>Along with "no shedding", his poop is not stinky. His coat looks really good. <br></br>We
are not sure what exactly makes our little shedding machine to stop shedding but just assume that new food…
Our corgi Jeter was a shedder. <br/>When we hugged or just petted him before a lot of fur comes off and we were literally covered with his fur. <br/>Nothing was safe from his hairballs in our house and we used the lint rollers like crazy. <br/>But those days are gone. Jeter does not shed any more :-)<br/>Along with "no shedding", his poop is not stinky. His coat looks really good. <br/>We
are not sure what exactly makes our little shedding machine to stop shedding but just assume that new food and increased exercise would be the reason. <br/><br/>About a month ago, we started mix new 'customized'
dog food(High Protein Lamb & Potato Fusion) to Jeter's old food(Wellness) and increased the amount of new food everyday. <br/>It
is grain, gluten, soy, rice, wheat and corn free. Also we picked two free supplements, one of them is 'High gloss skin & coat makeover'.<br/>
His new food is not cheap (price is quite stiff) but after a month of trial we decided to order it again. <br/><br/>One more thing is he exercises more. <br/>In addition to his everyday walk(3
times a day), when the winter weather is over we added more exercise for him. <br/>Now I take him out to the forest trail at least 3-4 times a week. Each time Jeter walk/jog 3-5 miles. <br/>Just like human runner's training, I am going to increase mileage and speed gradually. <br/>Even though I don't register any marathon this year but still Jeter can be my running partner :-) <br/><br/>But I just wonder... maybe it is not the shedding season? Maybe it is just coincidental? <br/>No matter what is the reason for "no shedding", we will keep doing what we are doing. <br/>Wish us luck :-)<br/>'customized' food trialtag:mycorgi.com,2010-03-31:1150197:BlogPost:6410932010-03-31T04:00:00.000ZChris and Andrewhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/ChrisandAndrew
Today I started to mix new 'customized' food to Jeter's old food(Wellness). <br></br>The new one is a trial package(2.5 lb) of RedMoon dog food. <br></br>We went to the Pet Expo on March 21st and when we stopped at this company's booth, they had a free trial promotion. <br></br>We didn't know many things about this food but after speaking with the representative, the product sounded good enough to try. And it was for free :-)<br></br><br></br>There are not that many reviews on the internet about this food but the…
Today I started to mix new 'customized' food to Jeter's old food(Wellness). <br/>The new one is a trial package(2.5 lb) of RedMoon dog food. <br/>We went to the Pet Expo on March 21st and when we stopped at this company's booth, they had a free trial promotion. <br/>We didn't know many things about this food but after speaking with the representative, the product sounded good enough to try. And it was for free :-)<br/><br/>There are not that many reviews on the internet about this food but the ones I found said "the food quality is really good but the price is high."<br/>Yes, the price is almost double of what we pay for Jeter's current food. <br/>It is grain, gluten, soy, rice, wheat and corn free and you can create your own dog food. <br/>We picked High Protein Lamb & Potato Fusion for normal activity. We also picked two free supplements - High gloss skin & coat makeover and Digest-aid. <br/><br/>Normally, Jeter is not that excited about dry food but he is crazy about the new food. <br/>To be honest, I don't know what to expect from this food. <br/>I think this would be good for my corgi but I am not sure I want to pay that much money for the dog food - regular 7lb bag is $28.79. <br/>Anyway, we will see when Jeter finishes this trial package. <br/><br/>Is there anyone who try this one?? <br/><br/>Happy Corgi Holiday to you all !!tag:mycorgi.com,2009-12-24:1150197:BlogPost:5821072009-12-24T19:59:36.000ZChris and Andrewhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/ChrisandAndrew
This is Jeter's first Christmas with us. He has been a good boy so I bet Santa will bring him something good :-)<br />
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Jeter says "Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays to all of you. Woof Woof"<br />
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This is Jeter's first Christmas with us. He has been a good boy so I bet Santa will bring him something good :-)<br />
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Jeter says "Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays to all of you. Woof Woof"<br />
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3098189706?profile=original" alt=""/></p>O Captain my captaintag:mycorgi.com,2009-09-21:1150197:BlogPost:5232042009-09-21T00:30:00.000ZChris and Andrewhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/ChrisandAndrew
Hello, everyone.<br />
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This is our first day as a member of mycorgi.com :-)<br />
So let us tell you about our little captain.<br />
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Everything started when someone offered us a female corgi in May.<br />
We were exited because the corgi is one of my (Chris') favorite dog breeds along with the German Shepherd.<br />
So we were kind of prepared to get that corgi but they decided to keep her.<br />
Disappointed but determined to get a corgi, we started an online search and found 'Lakeshore Pembroke welsh corgi rescue'…
Hello, everyone.<br />
<br />
This is our first day as a member of mycorgi.com :-)<br />
So let us tell you about our little captain.<br />
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Everything started when someone offered us a female corgi in May.<br />
We were exited because the corgi is one of my (Chris') favorite dog breeds along with the German Shepherd.<br />
So we were kind of prepared to get that corgi but they decided to keep her.<br />
Disappointed but determined to get a corgi, we started an online search and found 'Lakeshore Pembroke welsh corgi rescue' website.<br />
There were about 10 corgis available and one of them, a 1 year and a half old male corgi caught my eye.<br />
After we sent in an application, the foster mom suggested another dog for us.<br />
On June 13th we drove to Wausau Wisconsin from Chicago to meet that corgi, and we ended up with taking the one I initially wanted.<br />
He is a good looking red-headed tri color corgi.<br />
Despite his young age and cuteness, he wasn't adopted and had to stay at foster home about 6 months.<br />
Because (maybe) he does not look like a typical (?) corgi and has too much energy.<br />
He didn't even know any basic commands like 'sit' and needed a lot of exercise and training.<br />
(The foster mom said he can be an excellent candidate for agility competition.)<br />
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He is smaller than other corgis.<br />
According to the foster mom, his early life was not that great.<br />
He was from a puppy mill and abused.<br />
He was beaten and grabbed by the collar.<br />
So when we tried to pet his head, he always backed away or turned upside down to prevent being handled.<br />
It was sad to see this cute little boy acted like that.<br />
He wanted to trust people but he didn't know how.<br />
But there was something special about him. I just couldn't take my eye off of him even though he had a wild side.<br />
My husband (Andrew) felt the same. From the very first moment there was some kind of strong bond with him.<br />
That afternoon, we decided to take him home not the one we went to see. (That corgi, a beautiful red and white 2 year-old male was adopted just few days later)<br />
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We named our corgi Jeter.<br />
Yes, that Jeter. Yankees captain Derek Jeter.<br />
I am a die-hard Yankee fan and Derek Jeter is my favorite player.<br />
He plays hard and plays right. He is athletic and classy yet goofy and mischievous sometimes.<br />
That's the same feeling I got from this little corgi.<br />
Even though he has shorter legs than the human Jeter, our Jeter definitely has cutter butt :-)<br />
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It's been a wonderful 3 months. We can't imagine our life without Jeter.<br />
He makes us laugh more. He makes us happier. He is a bundle of joy.<br />
He is a quick learner and learned many things so fast.<br />
He does not back away or turn upside down like before any more.<br />
Instead he wants us to pet him more.<br />
He amazes lots of dog owners at the dog park by his blazing speed and jumping ability.<br />
We can't count the number of times strangers have come up to us and said "Your dog is gorgeous".<br />
Many people didn't know he is a corgi so sometimes they asked us "Is your dog a German Shepherd puppy?" :-)<br />
Anyway he is the cutest dog in our neighborhood.<br />
And he is a very happy corgi for sure.<br />
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We are glad to share Jeter's story with you.<br />
We hope to tell you many more happy stories and adventures of our little captain.<br />
Thanks for reading this long post and have a good night.<br />
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