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Originally Posted by Artos
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No, that isn't the correct way to measure a dog to see how it conforms to the standard, get an accurate height or length for the purposes of the "experiment" going on here. That would be how one would measure their dog to order a coat online for their dog for example.
Height is taken at the withers. The withers is "The region defined by the dorsal portions of the spinous processes of the first two thoracic vertebrae and flanked by the dorsal (uppermost) portions of the scapula. Clear as mud right?
Reread Michael's explanation for a clearer one.
Okay, take your corgi and run a hand up the front leg following through into the scapula/shoulder blade. Think of the shoulder blades like butterfly wings that are closed up. The highest point where the shoulder blades "meet" is your withers. In the drawing, if you draw a line from the center of the front paw upwards, then you are in the withers region, much further forward than where they have drawn the line for height. Length is from the withers to the base of the tail (or where it would be with some Pembrokes).
To really get an accurate measurement of height though, one needs to use a wicket. Just don't get too caught up in all the numbers and measuring. Weight should be in proportion to overall balance and size and you should be able to feel the ribs on your corgi. The amount of bone, age, sex, structure are all influencing factors in how one's corgi looks.
Debbie