Does Oppy Look...Different?

Oppy's almost 2 years old now and I can't help but think he looks a little different than other Pembrokes. We got him from a breeder and met his mother who is a Pembroke but didn't meet the father (he's AKC certified, so I have no doubts about it). Oppy generally seems a little taller and has bigger ears than most other pb corgis. The tail (which wasn't docked when he was born) might make him seem a little taller than other corgis too. He was the only male in his litter; I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it. Regardless, we love him just the same, I was just curious if others see the differences like we do.

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Comment by Sarah C. on September 17, 2010 at 4:15pm: Personally I thought that my dog Didi was a little lanky until she got to be 2 and she started finishing filling out. My other pb has just turned 1 and is still looking long and gangly. I'm beginning to suspect that as parents we see the subtle differences in our dogs better. Now I'm not really expecting my puppies to be "finished" in my eyes until they're 2.

Comment by Jane Christensen on September 17, 2010 at 9:40am: I think dogs are like people size wise so they may vary and yes there is a standard but I have a longer corgi(Bella) and a compact ball of fire (Livvy). Both are within corgi limits but if you put them next to each other...they look so different.

Oppy is beautiful and I LOVE his tail!

Comment by Tauna and Kota on September 17, 2010 at 3:00am: Oh my goodness. He looks just like Kota. I don't think Kota's ears are quite that big, but he is definitely that tall. I thought Kota was tall for a Corgi too, but have been told he is withing range. I love his tail. Kota has his tail too. I love how much he uses it to show his emotions. You can totally see how excited he is by the tail. LOVE IT!

Comment by Geri & Sidney on September 16, 2010 at 11:22pm: He's goregous! I go to big huge corgi meetups and they run the gamut...taller, shorter, slimmer, chunkier, shorter fur, fluffs...they are all beautiful!

Comment by Rachael & Waffle on September 16, 2010 at 6:42pm: Waffle has HUGE ears and is sort of tall for a Pembroke--and super long, to boot--but he's 100% pure and very carefully bred. ;3 It's just the way our boys are built, I guess. I saw 2 corgis while hiking with Wafflebutt, and they had these tiny cat-like ears and they were so small and short (lengthwise). It's like they were two totally different breeds! It was crazy.

Comment by Misti, Guinness and Finnegan on September 16, 2010 at 6:33pm: I love his tail! He looks so much like a fox.
I have wondered about my Finn too. He's very skinny and awkward, his ears seem too big and haven't popped up all the way, and his legs seem far too long. He's already taller than Guinness, who's 3. I wonder if perhaps he'll look similar to Oppy as he grows a little more. I love Finn no matter what too, but perhaps we just both ended up with slightly different corgis. :)

Comment by Michelle on September 16, 2010 at 3:10pm: Very handsome any way you cut it!!! ^-^

Comment by Joanna Kimball on September 16, 2010 at 2:25pm: Yes, early spay/neuter can cause SOME lengthening of the legs, but it's not dramatic. Usually if it's really obvious it's just the way the dog was always going to be built.

Comment by Rachel on September 16, 2010 at 2:14pm: Couldn't it also depend on when/if they get neutered and whether they are fed puppy food for a longer duration before being moved to adult food? Izzie's half-sister is on MyCorgi too and I've noticed her sister is much skinnier and taller than Izzie. I think I had Izzie spayed a lot later than her sister.

Comment by Joanna Kimball on September 16, 2010 at 1:42pm: The longer legs and bigger ears (and bigger head) is just what happens when they're not bred carefully. Every breed starts to revert to the generic "dog" shape, which means that short legs get longer, heads get bigger and more wolf-like, etc. There's no reason to think he's a Cardi - thankfully, there are very few Cardigan breeders who have lost track of their dogs to the extent that they'd be interbreeding with Pems to any extent.

The "they were once interbred" anecdote is largely a myth; the same breeders were active in rescuing both breeds from extinction and they definitely saw them as two completely different breeds and had no desire to muddy the picture. They were shown under the same name, but so were many other breeds. The whole AKC used to be just "sporting" and "non-sporting" and many breeds were combined and shown together, but were not bred together.