your pictures are beautiful.. I love the black and white ones as well as the color ones. your dogs are beautiful and so are the horses. I have two horses. a NON-SPOTTED appaloosa and a Morgan. We used to team-pen alot - but now mostly trail ride for fun and relaxation. Gizmo - my tri boy loves to "help" me get the horses up for dinner. LOL Looks like you have a beautiful life - I thinks California is one of the prettiest places on earth.

yea she does sleep outside, but always has...at least for the last 4 months or so. she's more of an outside dog, but is let in for a few hours a day to be with us, and then we'll walk her, or throw the ball around with her out back. the excessive barking really just recently started, so i'm not too sure whats out there upsetting her. she really is all over the back yard, barking away. one thing i was thinking...we stayed the night at my inlaws a couple of weekends in a row, and took her with us. over there though, they have a couple of small dogs inside, so always insist she sleep indoors. maybe that could have something to do with it...what do you think?

Well I hope you have luck with training your puppy not to bark. I've heard of a bark collar that's more humane than the shock collars that sprays a citronella solution if he barks. Apparently the harmless spray works just like using a spray bottle except the dog won't attribute it to his owner. I don't know if the smell hurts the dog's nose though.. Anyway, is using a spray bottle even humane? I see that a lot of people on here use that technique.

I love growl talking dogs though, lol. I wouldn't want them to stop doing that. It's good to know that you can train them not to bark but they will still "talk."

Yeah, I always hear that from other corgi owners. They're the best dogs ever.

Is there any way to tell whether a dog will be a barker or not when they're still a puppy of about 8-12 weeks? Not that it would bother me, but I really don't want to get complaints from neighbors. I've heard of people (humanely) training their corgis not to bark and they say it's successful, so I can always resort to that I guess, right?

thanks for the welcome

Don't know Laurie. We do herding in Northern Cal and I'm always interested in hearing about others experiences. Glad to hear it's going well!

Raeylyn, just read your comment in Professional Corgis -- wow! I really admire you and your willingness, desire, and go-for-it attitude in givining up the grind and stress of a "professional" career to be a mom to all your furr kids -- actually, I'm somewhat jealous (but in a good way, LOL!) Can't wait for the day I can retire to a life similar to yours!

Raylyn,
Thanks so very much,I really appreciate the comment....I love your pictures...it looks like you have a very wonderful bunch of criters...

We found Max in the San Diego paper. A family in Oceanside was selling him. Not sure where he was bred.

Hi! We bought Fitz from a breeder in Hesperia, CA. Royal Hearts, I think... it's written down somewhere! He is just a doll, very funny personality.

Welcome to MyCorgi.com!

Ohhhh, your guys are so adorable! Thanks for your wishes, and a very happy set of holidays to you and the Corgis!

I just can't get over how handsome Jones is. I thought I had the best looking sable on here. Dang! Does he produce sables in his litters? Any of his kids look just like him? I'd LOVE to have a clone.

Yeah... I figured he wanted to look like his "brother" lol

Your corgis are beautiful!!

They are very much like a box of chocolates to a hormonal woman. LOL

Raylyn,
I'd be very interested in meeting with you & your male. Please call me
650-296-6465. Thanks Carolyn

Its fun to know so many having a dedicated love for the same breed as you.

What a wonderful way to live your life, dogs and horses and being able to spend all day with them, lucky lucky you !!!!!