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Comment by Hayley Roda on February 4, 2015 at 5:31am

You are not alone. My pups mom was wormed, my pup was wormed before bringing her home, and then wormed at my vet too. But she vomited up a worm the second week she was home. We suspect on the long journey home or shortly after we got her home, when we had to walk her she may have eaten someones poo and gotten a little (GIANT) worm. So it does happen. My vet said its fairly normal to get worms in pups its hard to predict. She got a second dose of worming treatment right away, and in a few days she will have another one. (: She has been acting totally fine within 24 hours of being sick that one time. Good luck!

Also, love the poop face, Gwen makes the same one haha.

Comment by Vicky Hay on January 28, 2015 at 11:34pm

No, I don't think you were ripped off. I paid a thousand dollah for Ruby -- two hundred dollars less than my son paid for Charley the Golden Retriever, and the same amount I paid for the German shepherd a good 15 years ago. These are pretty typical breeder prices in our area.

It should be fairly simple to fix the hernia. Just keep an eye on it and take him in if you spot any bulging. Good idea to have it fixed when he's...uhm...fixed. A literal and a metaphorical "fix"! :-D

At a year, Ruby has developed the sweetest personality...you're going to have fun with this little dog!

Comment by Kristen Nicole on January 28, 2015 at 8:11pm

Denis, we live in Yuma, Arizona aka the middle of the desert! Our grass is my husbands pride and joy...oh boy...the poor guy. Thats about to change real soon! xD!!! Yep he's unsure of if he wants it up or down! I wouldnt mind if it stayed down, i like the character :) But both ears up definitely shouts CORGI!!!

Vicky, as you stated, Lindsay did indeed worm nugget, but acquired a 6month old pup a few weeks ago I believe. He is a poop eater sooo..I wouldn't doubt it. Also, I love the eyes!!! So expressive. Lindsay knocked off 50 dollars to cover the hernia fix, but my vet charges more. Can't wait for that one. I fully understood that I was getting a pup with a hernia but I wanted him anyways. I got a few opinions from my vet friends and they say they see it all the time...But that doesn't stop me from worrying of course. Nug is my everything now!

This was also her one and only litter from Ready, (C-Berry Lady in Red) and now she has been sold to someone in California. Lindsay did plan on keeping a female pup to replace her but the sister didn't make it. I also bought out someone else's spot so in total I paid 1150 for him. Some may say I got ripped off as a corgi newbie but I wouldn't trade him for anything. I've been struggling with some depression lately and he was the perfect medicine. 

Comment by Denis J. on January 28, 2015 at 3:21pm

God I'm jealous for seeing green grass.   I would kill to feel the soften and scent of a fresh cut field about now...    :)
Both ears are up.   Good Boy!.    :)

Comment by Vicky Hay on January 28, 2015 at 12:40pm

@ Jane: I had the same thought...it's is strange that the pup wasn't wormed. Maybe he was and he's still excreting the things? 

This breeder, whose dogs produced Ruby the Corgi Pup, most certainly did worm Ruby. As usual, I took the pup  straight to the vet the day after she came home. Vet noticed the worming drug and even said it was overkill, because some of the bugs it covered don't live in Arizona. He said she didn't need any further worm treatment after what Lindsay had given her.

Comment by Jane Christensen on January 28, 2015 at 10:17am

What a cutie. He should have been wormed enough before you got him to not have worms...did they give you his records? As for the hernia, my Livvy had one when we got her and the vet said it could have been from straining when pooping, we never fixed it but just watched it.

I would highly recommend not using puppy pads unless absolutely necessary as you want him to learn to go outside.  Enjoy you pup!

Comment by Vicky Hay on January 28, 2015 at 9:59am

Don't panic. All mammals can have roundworms. Dogs get them from their mothers. That's why you give puppies a dose of worming meds when they're old enough to tolerate it, even if there are no obvious symptoms.

Hope the house-training adventure continues to go well. LOL! Ruby the Corgi Pup was the single most stubborn dog I've ever had, in that department! :-D Tile floors: love'em. It took a little over six months for her to get the picture -- but it was complicated by a urinary tract infection and by the fact that Cassie the Corgi is given to backsliding.

Nugget has a great family resemblance to Ruby, especially around the eyes.

Hmm... hernia, eh? This appears to be a congenital thing (http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=2+2090&aid=442), and some say dogs that produce puppies with hernias shouldn't be bred. For that reason, it's possible that Lindsay may cover part or all of the bill to repair it. Her contract should be to deliver a healthy puppy to you.

My son's golden retriever had undescended testicles. The breeder, while my back was turned and I wasn't listening, assured him incorrectly that the dog's testicles would move into place by the age of six months. I hesitate to say this was a deliberate untruth, but it certainly was, shall we say, a large misapprehension. She ended up covering some expensive surgery and in return I refrained from posting the entire fiasco (with her operation's name) on the largest golden retriever breeder's forum.

Breeding dams and sires are big investments and so, understandably but infuriatingly, some undercapitalized breeders will continue to produce puppies from dogs that have shown, by producing pups with hereditary conditions, they shouldn't be bred at all. It's cheaper to pay a customer's vet bill than it is to shut down one's breeding business.

I've had dog breeds that were prone to bloating -- and never had a problem. The trick is not to let them race around immediately after eating (heh...good luck with that...). Also for a taller dog you can put their food on a little stand so they don't have to bend down to reach it, which some people think helps to prevent bloat. Hardly applicable to dwarves, though.

Comment by Judith Andre on January 27, 2015 at 11:32pm

He'll be fine.  What a cutie.  Sounds like he's going to be easy to potty train.  Just need to not let him out of your sight when he's not in his pen.  I've never had a Corgi that was hard to train but some people do have trouble.  Maybe males are easier?  That's what I've always had.  Murray had a small umbilical hernia which I was aware of when I bought him.  He never had any trouble and I had it fixed when he was neutered at about a year old.  Kind of makes me want a puppy again...then I remember how much work they are  :-)

Comment by Natalie, Lance &Tucker on January 27, 2015 at 10:42pm

awww, look at his sweet face.... hope the meds do their job!  i will never forget when we brought our cardi home 8 1/2 years ago..he was throwing up worms :O :O :O!!!!! talk about gross, thank goodness the meds worked!!