Thanks! my site is http://pages.teamintraining.org/tn/nikesf08/kat0052
We have our kick off meeting on thur and I cant wait!

Thank you so much for the nice compliment :-) Your corgi is very beautiful, I love her regal white ruff around her neck.

Thank you for your kind comments. Well as for the scenery its, well green. Very Green at the moment. It hasnt rained in 3 days. Must be a record. My memories of Texas weather is a lot different. Hot and hotter. August 1995. Only feels like yesterday. Still have the Boots and Hat. Is your Girl a Tri. Cant really make out from the shot.

hey! I became a member of team in training and I signed up to do the Nike Women's Marathon in October! I'm really excited to get started!

Roxy is absurdly cuddly for a corgi... she would totally let you smush your face into her.

Thanks so much for your advice...I think we might be crazy to be thinking of getting another one so soon, but we will definitely start applying to rescues. Also, Skittles is a MUCH better name than Stella. Thanks again!

Hi Melissa, thank you for your kind words, I'm quite a humble guy and won't call myself an "expert" yet :) I've only had Mocha and Vienna for 6 years, so I still consider myself a "newbie" :)

When my wife and I began our quest for corgis in 2001, we spent our weekends at Barnes & Noble reading all the corgi books and magazine, but we thought they were too "vanilla" (generic),
so we focused on gathering info from real people, meeting them, attending meetings and get the sources straight from people with real experience.

So in September 07, we launched this site, I specifically invited experts from all over the country to join us, vets, vet tech, rescuer, trainers...etc. I wanted to provide a place where experts can pass on their knowledge to the next generation of corgi owners.

The Chinese respect their elders very much because they are like "walking encyclopedia", the more time you spent with them, the more knowledge you'll be able to soak up.

Here are a few members that I respect and seek counsel from:
Sam Bates have years of experience under her belt, she is very active in rescue, obedience, agility and herding.

Linda Moore have 30 years of experience under her belt, she does rescue and have a great knowledge of nutrition and vaccines. a majority of our member in the in the STL area got their corgis through her.

Cindi is a dog trainer for PetSmart, her partner Corgimom is a vet assistant. they have a lot of experience in pet therapy in hospice and nursing homes.

Deb Shindle has 20 years of experience, she's a breeder and hold various position for corgis clubs in the state.

As far as training goes, I like Cesar Millan and the NILF principal.

Thank you. You have some great looking dogs yourself.

Skittles is adorable! I'd love to hear how you heard about adopting a retired show dog, my husband and I were thinking about getting another one for Kiwi to have a playmate. Thanks for the comment!

I bet skittles would have a blast with a soccer sized ball. Emmy likes to rip actual soccer balls... but yes, I bet she will herd the ball around better than we could. :-)

Thanks for the comment, Melissa! When we first adopted Griff, we actually thought he WAS a Corgi/Sheltie mix...but that was before I realized that there were undocked and Fluffy Corgis in the world!

After getting to know my little stinker for these past 1.5 years, I have come to discover that he is 100% Corgi! I'm a total sucker for this breed :)

Hi Melissa and Skittles! Wow, I see that we have the common thread that we both adopted our corgis as retired show dogs! And they seem to both share the skiddish thing (Bryson was afraid of EVERYTHING when we first got him, but he's fairly desensitized now). Might be that they don't get to go out and play and socialize too much when they were "professionals". :P

And if you're referring to his very short front middle nails, he actually grinds them that way himself when he walks! We were actually very worried at first, thinking that he may have some problem with his gait. But the vet said he doesn't have a medical problem, just the way he slightly drags his paw when he walks. :)

Thanks for stopping by our blog!

Yes, he does have big EARS!! Thanks!

awesome! I looked into doing team in training a while ago, but since I was concentrating on school I didn't have time. I used to run cc/track in high school. We are getting used to Nashville, it's quite a change from the big city of Dallas.

that's cool! when were you at unt? what was your major? what marathon did you run up here?

A corgi as a bee...interesting!

Welcome Melissa and Skittles! He's a beautiful girl.

Target has some great halloween costumes.

Hi Melissa! I totally know what you mean about running up to other peoples dogs and petting them! The other day I saw a corgi at Home Depot and before I knew it i yelled "Corgi!" The girl just laughed and I got to meet her awesome pup. My first dog was also a cocker spaniel too.