Well.  Apparently the best way to find a corgi pup is to blog about it!  Here I am, about 1 week from my first-ever blog post, and I'm getting ready to pick out a corgi puppy.  Words cannot possibly express how excited I am!  I'm simply waiting on the breeder's recommendation for me and then I can confirm her choice and put down my deposit! 

How did I manage to find a pup?  Persistence and pure chance!  I've been running daily searches through the breed websites (PWCCA and the regional clubs) as well as good 'ol Google.  After spending months speaking with good breeders, I felt confident in my ability to spot a good breeder amongst the sea of search results that Google spits out.  After all, not all breeders belong to the clubs. 

Around 40 pages into the results, I struck gold!  Female pups:  check.  Red/white coloring:  check.  Temperament I'm looking for:  2 of the 3 pups, check.  Health guarantee and well socialized:  check and check!  The pups even have a blaze up the nose, which I had secretly been hoping for.

My mind has gone into overdrive thinking of all the things I need to get for our new little addition.  Luckily my house is already baby-proofed, so there's very little that needs to be done to puppy-proof it as well.  This pup may very well be the last addition to our family, so there will be much doting and spoiling going on.  ;)

I still haven't settled on a name, but I'm rather fond of Ellie so far.  I had originally wanted Bailey, but then I saw that there are a lot of Baileys out there.  Perhaps not as many as there are named Bella, but it's close!  Does anyone here have suggestions?  I'm rather fond of traditional, girly names.  Heck, as a little girl I named my three favorite dolls Abigail, Emily, and Sarah.

Lots of updates (and pictures!) will probably be following this post over the next month (the pups are only about 3 weeks old right now), but I'll leave you all with the exclamation of joy that my husband heard once I learned I would be getting a puppy.

"EEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

- Jen, future Corgi Mom!