I noticed Ellie herding for the first time last week. Usually, it’s just me and Ellie alone in my apartment, and she knows better than to try and herd her “alpha” so it’s never been an issue. We stayed with my mom last week, and it’s unbelievable how quickly that herding instinct appeared when there were two people in the house with Ellie.

Every time my mom would move off the couch, Ellie chased after her, lunging and barking and nipping at her heels. My mom said it felt like a lick,…

It's Gilby's first birthday!!! This has truly been the best year of our lives, I can't say enough wonderful things about Gilby!  He's smart, funny, wonderful, amazing, and so sweet!  He is a joy every single day, and gets us out to experience wonderful things every day!  

Here's too many more years of corgi filled bliss!…

Oh my gosh, this was SO much fun ^ ^. Napolean met so many new faces that he actually didn't have to look up to meet, haha. We met other mycorgi people there too, our people! Can't wait to go to the next meet in June; I hope there will be even more than this time (there was probably a good 100 corgis this time around)

HERE'S A VIDEO of our experience!: http://youtu.be/7OH2brqLqzo

Some…

machete had a very busy, very active day yesterday. so, when his bark box arrived, he was basically passed the eff out and we didn't open it right away because this:

to perk him up, i opened the box and we found all sorts of awesome goodies! once the box was opened, all of a sudden this little corg was very "interested."

first up in this month's box were these…

Corgi meetup in Hungtington Dog beach California April 20, 2013 10AM.  Come and join us and meet in person!

On Monday April 15th we said goodbye to Chester. Chester was our lab/dane mix and he was 17 years old. We had adopted him when he was 2 years old from a family who could no longer care for him.

Chester had been having a harder and harder time getting up and making it outside to potty.

Over the weekend, he became unable to stand at all. We knew it was his…

So today was Supposed to be chore day. My doggies had a different idea. Today ended up being "make us more TOYS day!" and so this I did. As a believer in reusing/re-purposing, most of what we use around the house gets used as much as possible. That includes doggie toys. Today I made food toys based on the wonderful model of 'Tug-a-jug'. Being fugal (read…

My tri color corgi puppy's name is Charlie and he is going to be 7 months old here in a week. He is the most stubborn dog in the entire world and I just don't know what to do. When he was really young, about 3 months, we had him sitting when we asked and sometimes laying down. But this was only if he got rewarded with a couple shreds of cheese, he wouldn't do it for anything else. And then he suddenly just stopped listening even when cheese was in front of him. So we sort of dropped sit for…

Breeder has another litter, so we are hoping for a puppy again!  This time it is Am Can CH Kingsbury Tail Ridge Road (Jake) x Am Aus CH Cambrian My Way (Casey).  So they are out of my all time favorite corgi Harry P's grandson x an aussie import.  Just keeping my fingers crossed that one of the boys turns out to be a show prospect for me!  This picture shows the two girls on the left and the two boys on the right, just over two weeks old.…

It is so sad to have another horrible occurence in our country! Hope all our mycorgi family is safe!

Rally went so much better today. I made sure to arrive closer to our class time, and left Becca in the car when I got there. I brought her in about 45 minutes before the we went in the ring. She seemed more at ease today, but still unfocused. We played the name game, every time she looked at me she got a smidge of string cheese. Both strategies worked. We scored a 90 and first place! Even more important, we had fun today.

Two legs down, one to go...I will post some better pics when my…

Hi All,

Our dog, Rusty, a one year old Cardigan, writes a blog offering advice to dogs who want to understand humans.

I hope some of you might find it amusing. The address is: http://intelligent-dog.com/ 

Thanks,

Peter.

Hi All could some one advise me as this is the 1st tooth extraction I have had to deal with!.

My vet advised me that for 1 month Oscar could not have his morning Breakfast  dog biscut or his evening dried food and bones were a no no!. I Have given Oscar his Smacko's soft stips of fish or liver or Beef he gets 2 He looks at me as if to say Dad where's my biscut sam got his!. My inquiry is could I soak his dried food at night in soup or broth till it is soft so he can eat it?. He is on…

I can understand your frustration! Oscar was what my vet classed as Muzzle Shy you would go to kiss him on the snout he would growl but never bite the same if he had a bone or was eating his dinner!. I spoke at length to my vet about this as she is a pet psychologist she explained and showed me & Paul how to decencitise Oscar it took about a month but we got there in the end!. We also Have a 5 year old Australian Red Cattle Cross Kelpie Sam he was a rescue dog we have to be careful with…

Becca and I both survived our first rally trial. We just barely qualified with a 73. She was much more interested in the floor than me.I lost many points for tight leash and luring.

I got there early to let her acclimate and to be sure to get crate space. I think It worked against me. She was pretty fried before it was our turn. There were some reactive barking dogs there and she got stressed whenever one of them started. There was one in the row of crates behind us.

We are…

  It was one year ago today that we had to put down our sweet 13 year old corgi Bailie due to aggressive lymphoma, one of the hardest days ever...She was our first corgi and is the reason we have such a love for the breed.…

Hi to all those people who sent best wishes to Oscar re his tooth extraction today. I have good news Oscar as my vet used the term Wonder Dog!. he came thru with flying colours! My vet said Oscar is trully an amazing dog. he has bounced back really well. we came home with a list of instructions re his recovery soft food for the next month no dog biscuits or bones for the next month pain killers with food twice a day and antibiotics twice a day. A follow up appointment is required next week…

Three years ago, after making the decision to move our family into a "house with a yard", I began the search for a family canine companion.  We narrowed our options and then agreed on a corgi.  It was this sweet 1 week old face that stole our hearts.

Memorial Day weekend 2010, we loaded the kids into the car, headed north to pick up our new baby and planned a…