Welcome Gemini, our two new corgis.
Two new corgis in our home! or... one new corgi? We are rescuing/fostering two corgi pups, conjoined along the dorsal spine at birth. We're calling them, of course, Gemini (collectively) or Castor and Pollux (individually).
This is extremely rare, and a very difficult birth that ended in an emergency C-section. They did not share a placenta, so I guess that makes them regular fraternal littermates who happened to get jammed up together, not identical twins. A veterinary postdoc is publishing a report about them.
Although they share some blood circulation, the spines and nervous systems are almost entirely separate, so our vet thinks she can surgically separate them. She thought they were too small to do this earlier. They're about 6 months old now.
As very young pups, one could walk with the other riding upside down on the other's back -- they would take turns -- but now they're too heavy for this. They can sort of flop together and scramble around on their inside legs, but it's getting cumbersome and they need to be separated soon.
Luckily, they don't fight over food and they play together well, but when they try to sniff each other's butts... well... it's as comical as a corgi chasing its tail. Potty training was easier than you'd expect -- they quickly figured out that if they both go at the same time, it saves a lot of trips in-and-out. They usually coordinate somehow when they're walking about, but sometimes they just lose it -- like when they're attacking the vacuum or retrieving a tennis ball -- and it's utter confusion. Leash training has been a disaster -- we've tried one leash attached to both collars, and two separate leashes -- but when one dog makes a mistake, it's hard to correct the one without inadvertently correcting the innocent partner, or even tell which was at fault. At least, now that they're so big it's getting difficult for them to move at all, they've finally learned "stay". But they've never mastered "Sit" because it's physically impossible for both to obey at the same time.
Once they're physically separated, they'll be either emotionally inseparable or so sick of each other's company that they'll have to go to separate homes. We'll keep you posted.
Oh, and by the way, the surgery will be very, very expensive, so if you want to help these poor, adorable dogs with a tax-deductible contribution, just send us your credit card # and PIN, your Social Security #, and your checking account # (we even accept cash) to our P.O. box in the Cayman Islands. You can help poor little Castor and Pollux... or you can turn the page... <'sniff>
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Permalink Reply by Lucy & Ricky (Wendy/Jack ) on
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I say Corgi Pic of the Week! I long for the day that Lucy lets Ricky lie next to her, and so does he.
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Permalink Reply by Carol Rea on
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HAHAHA! Great picture, I really need to get back to this site! Anyone want to tell my spouse that I need to spend more time on MyCorgi?
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@Carol - haha. have your husband speak to mine. mine still blames this site for my finding Ricky/Rafa! But, after a rocky start, Jack and RR are best buds. They're inseparable.
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@ John and myself - Did I say that Jack and Ricky/Rafa are inseparable? Does that mean that they're Gemini, too?
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Permalink Reply by Wendt Worth Corgi's on
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ROFLMAO!!!!
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Permalink Reply by Chris West on
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Oh you sneaker! I was totally falling for that until the end! You are so devious!! LMAO!!!
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Permalink Reply by Rebecca on
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Bless your heart John for taken them in. so happy their with people that care. Hope everything goes ok, keep us posted. Do you have something set up for contributions. Is the vet gonna give you a break of some sort.
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so much for reading some of the posts prior to posting a comment. Well you got me, funny funny and not funny. Need them corgis to pull one over on you.
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Permalink Reply by Priscilla, CARLY, and Frankie on
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i was gonna say Rebbecca , are you serious? hahahaha!!!
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@ Priscilla, C & F - Y'know, if you didn't see the photo OR the mere fact that it was posted by John, you can imagine being taking in by a corgi tragedy. Yeah, right, Wendy!
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So true Lucy he is a mess!! This one take the cake! His poor corgis have to live with him, hahahahaha
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