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Michael Romanos · 03-10-2008, 07:10 PM

Chris - Without being too direct, I have tried to teach this Santa but it goes in one ear and out the other. He is an ex farmer and an ex shop owner. His wife (who I have yet to meet) is not interested in dogs and one of his grown up children is partially mentally handicapped (that may have no relevance).
In a recent email newsletter I sent out I wrote a piece about property-bound Corgis and what they really want in life. The added tragedy of it all is that he does have quality stock. The very last thing I told him the other day was that some breeders do not let strangers get close and handle their pups until they are 5 weeks old for fear of them contracting an infection etc. He said that he was not going to follow that line. So he is not looking at quality management of his pups. His housing of them leaves a little to be desired. On it goes. It is great that there is a breeder of Corgis in our region with quality Pems - we need several more - but not this Santa who by the way, is pushing up the price of Corgi pups.
I have more faith in women as good dog breeders and excellent handlers of Corgis than I do of men.

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Michael Romanos Global Moderator Dog Profile Status: Offline Posts: 4,867 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Silverstream (near Wellington, the capital of NZ)	03-10-2008, 07:10 PM Chris - Without being too direct, I have tried to teach this Santa but it goes in one ear and out the other. He is an ex farmer and an ex shop owner. His wife (who I have yet to meet) is not interested in dogs and one of his grown up children is partially mentally handicapped (that may have no relevance). In a recent email newsletter I sent out I wrote a piece about property-bound Corgis and what they really want in life. The added tragedy of it all is that he does have quality stock. The very last thing I told him the other day was that some breeders do not let strangers get close and handle their pups until they are 5 weeks old for fear of them contracting an infection etc. He said that he was not going to follow that line. So he is not looking at quality management of his pups. His housing of them leaves a little to be desired. On it goes. It is great that there is a breeder of Corgis in our region with quality Pems - we need several more - but not this Santa who by the way, is pushing up the price of Corgi pups. I have more faith in women as good dog breeders and excellent handlers of Corgis than I do of men.