Bonnie,
I applaud your compassion and proactive approach in the welfare of a dog unknown to you. That you are willing to go out of your way and provide educational materials is commendable. All you need to do is go over to Greene County and watch the number of Cardigans and Cardigan mixes - yes Cardigans that are showing up in their animal control. (Greene County is fairly close to where Bonnie lives. Their shelter is strictly animal control - no trying to find homes or adoptions; just keep the strays off the streets and euthanize. They do have a few select rescue groups they work with and which are able to get some animals out. The county does not have the resources to be anything other than they are - animal control as a public health and safety issue.) In the past year there have been four Cardigans found in the area, 3 definitely littermates, #4 - most likely related. Two more have just been pulled out this past week from Greene Co. and are now safe from being euthanised - all because breeding pairs have ended up in the wrong hands and the lack of responsibility on the part of both breeders and owners. Here, we can see all too easily the consequences of popularity on a breed. Health, temperament, quality are all the price of those capitalizing on the popularity. Owner retention becomes a huge problem, as pets are as disposable as yesterday's newspaper among too much of our citizenry. A year old little fellow I have been working with the past month was left at his local shelter by his family who was moving. They can just get another one when they get to their new location is what they told the staff.
Instead of the push of a corgi in every home, education is the approach used here in the US, and it is across all breeds. Give individuals substantive, factual information, the pros and the cons and the tools to make informed decisions for themselves. That is what makes GoCorgi what it says on the homepage - Corgi Community. Thanks for your contribution to the "community" Bonnie.
Debbie