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Comment by Kaley and Ravioli on April 16, 2012 at 12:16pm

tell him to educate himself on the breed before he jumps to such untrue conclusions. corgis are in the working class of dogs, right next to labs and golden retrievers. they have just as much energy and need just as much exercise as labs and retrievers. tell him the dog doesn't make the man! my sister and her husband just got a papillon (google it, very small "girly" dog). she had wanted a papillon for years and he wasn't going to stop her. her husband is 6'5 and loves that little dog. he'll play around and rough house with him then cuddle up on the couch with the little pup. if he's a true dog lover, he'll love the dog no matter what. 

tell him they are bred to heard cattle. CATTLE! see how he reacts to that. they are truly a big dog in a small package

Comment by Jennifer Schenk on April 16, 2012 at 11:15am

Thank you all so much for the input and support! Things will work out I just know it. :-)

Comment by Jennifer Schenk on April 16, 2012 at 11:06am

What a great story, thank you so much for sharing. I hope to make everything work out. I lost the love of my life my Boston terrier 5 years ago as well, and the wound is definetley still fresh..

Comment by Jennifer Markley on April 16, 2012 at 11:00am

Jennifer,

In 1993 my husband and I took a trip to the Humane Society to pick out a dog for us.  He insisted on a lab puppy. I did not want a puppy, I wanted an older dog--lots of reasons--wasn't thrilled about potty training, older dogs never get homes, etc.  We picked out a puppy, but couldn't take him home until the next week.  I sat down in the middle of the yard, and 80 dogs came running at me all at once for attention.  Out of all these dogs, one pushed his way through, and threw himself down in my lap and rolled over.  It was love.  I stuck to my guns, and we took that dog home that day.  He was 8 months old, and had been abused so bad as a puppy that they had kicked him when his tail was down and separated it from his body.  At the shelter, all the other dogs picked on him and drug him around by his scruff, and wouldn't let him eat.  The lady let him into her house at night (the only dog) because he was so sweet.  This dog became my best friend in life, my soul mate.  I lost Dillon five years ago, and the wound is still as fresh now as it was then.  He was a corgi mix.

I divorced my husband two years later.  The dog stayed.  It was the best two decisions I ever made.

Point?  Get the corgi.  The rest will work out as it's meant to.

Comment by Chris, Kadi & Brodie on April 16, 2012 at 10:46am

Tell him our corgis are every bit as 'big' as our Newfie was. I'm a fan of big dogs too and wanted something in a smaller package that was a 'big' dog. Corgis are PERFECT for that!

Comment by Beca and Mishka on April 16, 2012 at 10:34am

Corgis are not small dogs.  They are big dogs.  With no legs.   They don't run -- they FLY.  They have big personalities and a lot of them have big-dog barks.  Also, my house may have enough fur in it that you would think a big dog lives here, but it does not SMELL like a big dog lives here.

Comment by Priscilla, CARLY, and Frankie on April 16, 2012 at 10:11am

OH MY GOSH please tell him he'll never regret it ...they are not small frankie weighs 40lbs and is so not a small dog.. i can barely pick him up! and hes 15 months old.. Of course you know they are awesome, best dogs ever!

And by the way corgis are way to active for most people!!!  Melissa is right your boyfriend doesnt know the breed.. hahah

Comment by Cindi & Twinkie on April 16, 2012 at 9:07am

First let me say that my husband has always loved labs too.  He has never got one and still carries a Man-card. My husband is a huge, 6'3" fellow and he loves the corgis.  Even though our first, Twinkie, is a little too girlie for him, Logan is ALL boy!  I don't know if Matt would have come to this decision on his own or it was the 20 years of not getting his way when it comes to dogs.  He even takes Logan to obedience classes.  He hasn't ever done that with one of our dogs.  Good luck.

PS-Have you shown him John Wolf's page and all of the super-cool, adventurous things he an his "little" dogs do?  Very impressive!

Comment by Sandy Stickney on April 16, 2012 at 7:56am

My husband always wanted a German shepherd, but he ran into a high school mate of ours that had raise German shepherds and he now has corgis. He talked about the similar traits and what great family dogs corgis are. We had done a little research on corgis, but the endorsement from someone who had raised and loved german shepherds really helped us make a decision. Our cardigans may be small in stature, but they do not act like small dogs. I think if you can educate your boyfriend on this fact, you will have a corgi convert in no time.

Comment by Ellen Andersen on April 16, 2012 at 6:53am

You've got to educate that boyfriend of yours if he thinks corgis are small dogs that aren't active....wooooweeee does he have that wrong.  Melissa and Kymii's suggestions are excellent!!!!!

And frankly, corgis are much better companions than boyfriends!!  Ooops, did I say that outloud?  LOL...well, teasing, but that boyfriend needs some corgi awarness training!

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