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Ugh PetFinder.com has a lovely looking male Corgi I would love to adopt, however the shelter also has a female from a litter it had and the female he got it on with. I know it's most likely that someone won't take all 3 but I just can't know I was one of the one that broke up their little family. </absolutelyinsane>
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Aug 11, 2011 04:18
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Just got an email (well, SEVEN emails) from Paul Chen of Afara today... THERE ARE SEVEN PUPPIES! The Rocky x Jolene litter is now 5 weeks old, and there are 6 boys and 1 girl. 3 of the boys are b/w, 3 are blue merle, and the girl is b/w. I will have pics as soon as I know what's happening next! Which leads me to my question: What happens next? I really truly don't have a preference, literally all of them are disgustingly adorable. Should I immediately reply to let him know I'm still on board and have fingers crossed that one of the pups is right for us? Should I call? (I'm leaning toward calling.) I could have a dog in less than a month, after waiting SO LONG oh my god!
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Aug 11, 2011 19:24
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ButWhatIf posted:Just got an email (well, SEVEN emails) from Paul Chen of Afara today... Yeah, I would call. If you can't get in touch with them, email. I would request that the breeder match you with a pup assuming you have no preference. I imagine the breeder has a pretty good idea of what you're looking for, but if not I guess (re)make your list and make sure they understand what you're looking for. Good luck. How exciting!
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Aug 11, 2011 20:44
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ButWhatIf posted:Just got an email (well, SEVEN emails) from Paul Chen of Afara today... yayyyy! congrats! I would call and say YES YES OMG YES PLEASE! We didn't have a preference on what colorings we were looking for either. We heard male cardigans are a little more mellow/ more likely to back down, so we had a slight preference for a male. Orbit was also in a litter of b&w/merle puppies. Here they are at 8 weeks when we went to go pick him up and take him home:  The merle with the ears up was already taken, as was one of the other b&w puppies, and I think Bruce the breeder was holding onto one of the b&w females for showing. Orbit is the one in the back left with the slimmer white stripe on his nose. We liked him because he had a cute white diamond/ heart splotch on his back instead of the bib going all the way around the neck, but MOSTLY we picked him because of his personality. He settled nicely when we held him, he was the only one to give us both licks, and he seemed confident without being pushy. bonus photo of Orbit and his sister at 5 weeks:  ** edit to say that you should talk to the breeder about personality too. Bruce gave us a couple options for puppies that would be good, and then kept emailing us with updates on how "Diamond" was doing with handling and his littermates, which was really nice.
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Aug 11, 2011 20:55
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PICTUUUUUUURES! Black boy #1:   I'm in love with the heart-shaped blaze, and his overall structure looks good to me. Black boy #2:   Pretty white collar and awww what a face. Black boy #3:   Eee the freckle by his nose! Blue boy #1:   Wook at da widdle stubby feetsies! Blue boy #2:   His freckly face reminds me of the sheltie I had as a kid. So sweet! Blue boy #3:   Real nice build, polar bear face! Precious. Black girl:   Her face is so much shorter and stubbier than her brothers'. This is the one my husband will push for. I think my two favorites are black boy #1 and blue boy #3. I sent an email asking if there's a good time for us to come visit. I'd like to talk in person best of all, but a phone call is the next best thing. I'm guessing we'll have a lot to talk about!
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Aug 11, 2011 21:30
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AWW LOOK AT ALL THOSE LITTLE CARDIGANS!!!!!!! I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!!!! It kind of makes me want to get a blue brother or sister for Orbit, they are so prettyyyyyyyy!
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Aug 11, 2011 21:40
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Corgis, gotta love them. Some (many) pictures of our Corgi, Marley:      
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Aug 11, 2011 22:17
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Someone posted in the herding thread about Treibball (basically a new dog sport involving herding big balls into a goal post) and it looks like something Orbit would really be into. He tries to herd our feet and I'd like to give him an outlet for his herding instincts that isn't nippy/ towards us. Have any of you guys tried it? He's just shy of 4 months old so I think a HUGE ball would be too much, but we were thinking of starting with a soccer ball or something. It doesn't seem high impact like other dog sports, so I can't think of a reason for him not to try it out casually at home.. is there anything I'm missing?
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Aug 11, 2011 22:24
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aliceamadee posted:Someone posted in the herding thread about Treibball (basically a new dog sport involving herding big balls into a goal post) and it looks like something Orbit would really be into. He tries to herd our feet and I'd like to give him an outlet for his herding instincts that isn't nippy/ towards us. Have any of you guys tried it? He's just shy of 4 months old so I think a HUGE ball would be too much, but we were thinking of starting with a soccer ball or something. It doesn't seem high impact like other dog sports, so I can't think of a reason for him not to try it out casually at home.. is there anything I'm missing? It's amazing how instinctual dogs are. Marley had never seen a cow before, but we took him to friend's farm and let him loose just to see what he'd do. He joined the Australian cattle dog and they worked together in herding the cattle. Amazing.
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Aug 11, 2011 23:42
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OneWhoKnows posted:It's amazing how instinctual dogs are. Marley had never seen a cow before, but we took him to friend's farm and let him loose just to see what he'd do. He joined the Australian cattle dog and they worked together in herding the cattle. Amazing. ahh that is awesome! When Orbit has some kind of recall I'd like to take him to a herding instinct test and see how he does.
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Aug 11, 2011 23:53
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OneWhoKnows posted:It's amazing how instinctual dogs are. Marley had never seen a cow before, but we took him to friend's farm and let him loose just to see what he'd do. He joined the Australian cattle dog and they worked together in herding the cattle. Amazing. It's interesting: we have a farm in the heart of the city. They have cows, sheep and other things. My Australian Shepherd can pass by the cows without batting an eyelash, but she goes into super excited stalk/herd mode for the sheep. Someone should tell her she was born to herd both.
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Aug 12, 2011 01:17
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OneWhoKnows posted:Corgis, gotta love them. Some (many) pictures of our Corgi, Marley: That is one blissed-out corgi 
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Aug 12, 2011 04:55
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Oh my god all these puppy pictures. I wish I won the lottery I would get all the corgis. Big house full of puppies. Puppppppiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssss
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Aug 12, 2011 17:01
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Tristesse posted:Oh my god all these puppy pictures. This is literally the worst idea ever spawned by a brain, but I keep wanting to call and be like "CAN I HAVE ALL SEVEN PLZ??" Literally the worst. High-energy puppy^7. I would never sleep again.
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Aug 12, 2011 17:06
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Never, and I can only image how insanely badly behaved they would be, but I still want it for some reason. Mainly because of those faces. Oh god corgi puppy faces.
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Aug 12, 2011 17:13
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I KNOW! I already want another puppy after looking at those photos and Orbit is only 4 months! He seems SO BIG now though, compared to when he was just a baby corginugget with a round round head and floopsy ears in the FAR DISTANT PAST OF TWO MONTHS AGO.
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Aug 12, 2011 17:20
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I imagine with 7 Corgis they just constantly chase each other in a perfect circle and you never have to worry about their exercise or play time.
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Aug 12, 2011 17:21
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The Dave posted:I imagine with 7 Corgis they just constantly chase each other in a perfect circle and you never have to worry about their exercise or play time. If someone drew this, it would be my avatar forever.
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Aug 12, 2011 17:38
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Tristesse posted:Oh my god all these puppy pictures. My fiancee wants farm land so she can plant vegetables have a few milk/meat cows, horses... and a corgi farm. She says it'd be for therapy because who the gently caress could be sad walking up to a place that has 50 corgis running up to greet you?
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Aug 12, 2011 17:41
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OneWhoKnows posted:My fiancee wants farm land so she can plant vegetables have a few milk/meat cows, horses... and a corgi farm. aliceamadee probably won't admit it here but that's what she wants too. except for the cow part, because she's vegan. substitute with donkeys.
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Aug 12, 2011 18:04
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The Dave posted:I imagine with 7 Corgis they just constantly chase each other in a perfect circle and you never have to worry about their exercise or play time. There is a house near us where I once saw at least five corgis in the yard. There was much adorable romping going on
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Aug 13, 2011 03:13
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My husband is fond of saying that all corgis practice mind control to convince you to get more corgis. We know Josie is trying her best to mind control us, but we're holding out for now. We fully intend to get another dog eventually, but for now we want to be respectful of our old cat who has CRF. He doesn't like dogs much, and barely tolerates Josie, so we don't want to foist another dog on him in his last years. Josie says MORE CORGIS... YOU WANT MORE CORGIS 
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Aug 13, 2011 03:52
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anachrodragon posted:My husband is fond of saying that all corgis practice mind control to convince you to get more corgis.
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Aug 13, 2011 21:22
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I love Josie!!!!! <3 <3 <3 I found out that there's a Cardigan Club in our area that may have an event in October. I really hope they do because I would LOVE to see so many corgis all in one spot!!!
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Aug 14, 2011 13:20
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aliceamadee posted:I love Josie!!!!! <3 <3 <3 We took Pepper and Loki to the Middleburg, VA christmas parade, where the fan favorite portion is the army of corgis (the corgi corps) that walk the streets. They said it was something like 60 corgis there, but it seemed like that was a gross underestimation. Most of them were Pembrokes, but there were a few Cardigans there Here is a video of some of the walk. Note: these aren't my videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbGO3zTum1w The best part was waiting for the parade to start and all the dogs were in the staging area. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm8SF0lTsbE&feature=related At around 0:03 you can see Pepper sprint forwards (for no reason at all). The lard-rear end in the brown hoodie, Yankees hat, and the silly low-budget white sign is my walking Loki, who was just under a year old. What is odd, is that Loki was much better behaved than Pepper, which is quite the opposite than the norm. You can also catch them in two other videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-wNj2DKVvc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qto-II1OGAE Edit: Christmas parade starring Loki (and why retractable leashes are a terrible idea) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw_jjBfJbk8 abaddonis fucked around with this message at 02:47 on Aug 16, 2011 |
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Aug 16, 2011 02:43
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They should make retractable leaches with those fighting kite strings, so the dogs on them  the poo poo out of their owners.
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Aug 16, 2011 06:04
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omg omg omg omg corgi corps! that made my day, thank you!!!!! soooo many corgis!!!
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Aug 16, 2011 15:47
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Corgi Corps is amazing, however in that second video why is that woman making that poor fellow walk with a limp? Also, I'm purchasing this for the mud room in our new house which will be Taziki's room when we're at work: http://www.etsy.com/listing/77416280/cardigan-corgi-print-life-is-short-8x10
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Aug 16, 2011 15:51
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WHY HAVE I NOT DONE AN ETSY SEARCH FOR CORGI YET? WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME????? 
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Aug 16, 2011 15:54
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EDIT: There's actually a lot of awesome stuff and also check zazzle.com for a ton of awesome Corgi cards.
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Aug 16, 2011 15:56
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aliceamadee posted:WHY HAVE I NOT DONE AN ETSY SEARCH FOR CORGI YET? WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME????? gently caress. I shouldn't have done this (Seriously, I don't want to be one of those people who has a ton of weird corgi stuff all over the house.) shady anachronism fucked around with this message at 16:41 on Aug 16, 2011 |
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Aug 16, 2011 16:36
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My rule of thumb is "How weird will this be when the dog dies?" if you plan on having Corgis your whole life then go nuts.
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Aug 16, 2011 16:53
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Here's a video of Orbit getting the zoomies on our walk yesterday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF9mrifCciU The retractable leash is his reward for walking nicely to the park/ river walk. He gets to zoom around and be silly on that part of the walk and then we go back to the normal leash on the walk back. He's slooooowly learning that walks are fun, but it's an uphill battle!
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Aug 16, 2011 17:20
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The Dave posted:Corgi Corps is amazing, however in that second video why is that woman making that poor fellow walk with a limp? I couldn't tell if the leash was under his leg, the costume was bothering him, or if he actually had a limp. However, interestingly enough, Pepper had a partial tear in her knee we didn't know about at this event and she continued to zoom around like nothing was wrong. Her TPLO surgery was a total success, and I would estimate she is at least 95% of what she was before the tear. She is still zooming around like noone's business. I still get nervous when they nip at each others hind legs when they play though
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Aug 16, 2011 17:34
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The Dave posted:Corgi Corps is amazing, however in that second video why is that woman making that poor fellow walk with a limp? Yeah my wife and I noticed that last night too. You can see him limping in both of the first 2 videos for sure and he was limping pretty good. Shouldn't be making that poor pup walk on a limp like that. 
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Aug 17, 2011 02:34
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ApexAftermath posted:Yeah my wife and I noticed that last night too. You can see him limping in both of the first 2 videos for sure and he was limping pretty good. Shouldn't be making that poor pup walk on a limp like that. Yeah, i looked at it a bit closer and the leash clearly wasn't under the leg. Sadly, not everyone is a responsible dog owner
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Aug 17, 2011 22:20
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Update: corgis still cool 
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Aug 18, 2011 16:05
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Lola just turned five months old and started puppy school yesterday! Shes laying down in our big cat Tobys favorite spot and she sees him coming to reclaim it.
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Corwin's first birthday is coming up and I want to make him a dog cake. How can I do this thing for him? He gets more awesome every day, but drat does he talk a lot. He also can run really fast and jump like a maniac off two legs for his ball. His quads are freaking ripped. He is also HUGENORMOUS. I weighed him today: 31 lbs and ain't no fat on him. More pics forthcoming!
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