Greetings from Eastern Washington! Hope the holidays are treating you and your entire corgi crew well. Just wanted to stop by and say hello and thanks for sharing your wonderful pictures. They are absolutely gorgeous! If you get a chance please drop me a note with the address of your shop so next time we are over on your side of the state we can stop in for a visit! Happy holidays! <3

Caleb is one of the most beautiful cardigans I have seen. He looks like a tiger! I'm partial to Pembroke's but he's got me swaying.

- thought you'd like to know that I, too, can't get enough of Sharon's puppies. After falling in love with both Figg and Newton on her web page, I should have known not to look any more. But, there was Siren (soon to be Biscotti - biscuit for short) and I couldn't resist. I see you have Caleb added to your brood. I should have Biscuit in a few weeks. Congrats again on Caleb's win!

My dogs love their hip cookies :) I walked in the door after buying them and they heard the bag and came running towards the door :)

It was nice to meet Simon and Caleb!

So Caleb came from Notzmo? Our dog Le-Le came from Sharon Nottingham's kennel in OK and we got her at two years old. She has beautiful dogs. George was Le-Le's father. Any relation? Also do you know other dogs from her kennel on mycorgi? Your dogs are very cute!

You can never have too many friends and the fact we're kind of related, well you can't beat that!!!! =)

Jaunty didn't win his class until Sunday when I put a handler on him. My handling is not the best, apparently. But I'll keep working on it. The competition was ridicules! I was happy when he finally won his puppy class. My friend Diana (Fernbriar Cardigans), finished her year old male, Boogie, with the majors on Sat and Sun. I'm glad he is out of the classes, and of course, very happy for Diana. Twinrocs Santa Paws won the breed all three days. He is gorgeous! After emailing Jaunty's breeder and Diana, I left his whiskers, but did use the thinners to minimize a few deep waves and left his chest alone. But after seeing the other Cardis, I know I don't have to worry about his waves after all. The dog that won the points on Fri, has a very wavy coat. His next show will be Rochester Minn. Sept. 12. We have work to do before that though, he's going through a "Only MOM can look at my teeth, and if anyone else tries I'm going to FLIP OUT!" stage. Good luck to your guys, let me know how they do. And have fun in Vegas!

Thanks for the warm welcome! I noticed you too have spots and stripes and a little red thrown in for measure! =)

More thoughts- How do you get rid of waves (on Jauntys back)? Do you take whiskers off? Should I take the thinners to the lump of coat on his chest? He's in between puppy and adult coat, and its driving me crazy! I love Korats! Always wanted an Oriental Shorthair, because they look like the sighthounds of the cat world. I have an 11 year old, blue cream longhair, with diabetes. She still doesn't really like Jaunty, but we love her anyway. Jaunty will be shown in a Herding Group Specialty on Fri. Then two huge all breeds on Sat. and Sun. All with majors. I would love some points now, but the competition is fierce! We have some of the top Cardigan breeders in the country in the area. Keep in touch, I love talking to someone on this site that isn't offended by the word "bitch"!

Thanks, that was a tough win. The GSD puppy actually had a handler on him, OES in full coat, Sheltie standing like a statue, etc. I was shocked to win it. He also won over three Cardi bitch puppies (all older than him and one already pointed). Wish I could blog about it, stupid Blackberry won't let me.

heyas Shep! Thanks for the compliments! *whispers on the side "feeds her ego"*

Time does fly. Can't get over how big she is getting.

Hi Shepdog, love your pictures!

Yes, that's Cloodle the Doodlehead in all her cute smileyness :). Great to see you!

Geeze, two more things. I worked for 15 years for a woman that bred show Shepherds. Beautiful, smart dogs, but I liked the look of the German bred better. And, my brother has been an air traffic controller at SeaTac for 27 years. I love Seattle! The guys are waiting, gotta go!

Thanks for your comments on Matt and Hilliary's blog. I gave up. I'm going to walk my guys down the deer trails and revel in the thought that I WAS RIGHT! And by the way I think their Corgi COULD be mistaken for a Cardi!

Thanks, I think he's really something too. His show career starts on Aug. 8th then the 21st, 22nd and 23rd. (He turns 6 months tomorrow). If you haven't owned a sighthound before, they are a different ballgame! Ibizans are wonderful, beautiful, loving and loyal dogs. But they were not bred to work WITH people and are very independent! If you ask them to do something, they will flip you off, and do what they want! I felt guilty leaving Ibizans and getting a Cardigan and the only reason I did was because my old knees can't RUN around the ring anymore. But I couldn't be more pleased with the breed I decided to go with. Jaunty is sooo willing to please! And I can actually let him off lead when we walk in the woods! Anyway, thanks for your nice comment. And keep me posted on Simon's and Caleb's show careers! I would like to ad you as a friend, but for some reason, my Blackberry won't let me ad friends anymore!?! Love your photos, such beautiful kids!

You have some very adorable babies. I have always thought that all corgis were just the stuff. I would love to hear your prespective of the difference in the cardi and pemi. I know that some take this subject a little serious so feel free to email if you don't want to post. I have always observed the pemis as being slighly more hyper in a non calculated way and the cardis as real playful clowns, typically in a calculated this is going to get me some attention sort of way!! Love to hear your prospective...few people seem to have both breeds...

Thanks for the comments on Captain. He will be 9 months on the 21ST. SO far he has shown on 5 weekends and had gotten 6 points so far. It includes 1 major so fay and then 1 point and 2 point. He got to visit with all three breeders in Oregon and they wanted to keep him and already want to make breeding plans. We love him and hope to finish him soon. Gets to to to the Oakland A's game Friday should be great fun. Again Thanks

Haha.. I have some on my camera. When I stop being so lazy I will upload them. :) It was great to meet you and the dogs! Tell Caleb I say hi as well.