Hi!
I only found this place a day or so ago despite having owned corgis since I rescued a stray back in the early 90's. What a wonderful place - I wish I'd come across it sooner.
I live up in the middle of a state forest in northern NJ, and my Pembroke "Casey" goes out of his little corgi mind chasing the black bears, foxes, turkeys, deer, chipmunks, squirrels, insects, and MORE black bears that roam our yard. Almost always right behind him, hot on his heels in pursuit, is our cat "Gloria" who refuses to let Casey out of her sight day or night.
Does anyone, anywhere, know how to keep a corgi from trying to herd bears?? Amazingly, he's only been charged twice, and swatted once (it sent him spinning like a helicopter 20 feet down the trail, but the steak knife claws missed him). Stupid overwhelming instincts! And don't even get me started on the vacuum cleaner nuttiness. I'm sure you've been there yourself.
I don't mean to self promote (
ok, I do), but I sometimes write stories in my blog about Casey and/or Gloria. This one
won some big internet writing contest, as did
this one. And
this entry tells of the time Casey CAUGHT THE FED EX TRUCK, with pictures of the aftermath. Sheesh. (WARNING: my blog contains Adult Language and Situations. It's not porn by any stretch, but it's not shy either. Just thought I'd mention that....)
So anyway, it's great meeting you all! I'm looking forward to reading about all the other harried and frantic owners' adventures here. I'm sure there's some doozies.
Tom