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03-11-2006, 12:13 AM
Can't agree with Debbie.
Popularity brings in every kind of situation but that's the way the cookie crumbles. You either promote or demote. Pems have gone through a boom period in New Zealand - with Pems piercing heavily into the top twenty breeds - and at that time there were four strong clubs in NZ and more in the offing. Pems popularity waned and one club sank and the other three- well one of them had a ribbon parade (non-championship Corgi conformation show)a few weeks ago and I believe that there were only a turnout of four Corgis.
I am not the least worried about unprofessional breeders - ones who delve in it a little - but just the breeders with little or no integrity or honesty or interest in the common good of the breed.
I estimate there are 7000 Corgis or Corgi-crosses in NZ at present. The problem in NZ is that most Corgi owners are elderly and therefore at the wrong end of the age spectrum for conformation showing of their Crogis let alone getting them involved in dog sports such as agility. Then the Corgi breed clubs here do not promote anything else other than conformation showing and breeding. They are not only behind the times but their members are missing out on alternative activities. Corgi owners are mainly elderly because of the perception that Corgis, being a small dog (almost toy-like) are unsuitable for cool dudes and gals. On the back of my Pembroke Corgi tshirt is the phrase " Corgis are Cool."
If Corgis were not popular, then GoCorgis would not exist
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