Jake's Mom

[Jane Austen]

Driving through Merrimac Mass. I saw a lady walking a handome red and white Corgi. I introduced myself saying I have a female. I gave her information on the paydate on April 29 in Portsmouth NH, and the gocorgi website.

The corgi's name is Jake. His mom had some questions about his weight so I hope she looks us up. She also has a great suggestion on feeding a gulping corgi on a cookie sheet.

[Michael Romanos]

Jane - your Corgi eyes are locating the breed left, right and centre. Corgis are positively emerging out of the woodworks. It is much like my experiences with Corgis in the Wellington region - there are few more around the place that I have yet to pin down.

[Jane Austen]

There does seem to be a lot of Corgis in this area. I passed one in the Vets office a few days ago. I didn't stop and meet the family because they looked pretty worried although the dog didn't seem sick to me.

Duchess wanted to leave as soon as she could get out of there. Duchess had a limp after a run with some dogs at the park. Her past records show she had this several times in her history. The vet gave her a non steroid pill and we are not running for a few days. She is improving.

Getting back to corgis, they are pretty common around here now.

[Michael Romanos]

I hope Duchess is fully ok in a day or two. Corgis can have these muscular strains in their legs and backs that come and go.
Keep her on maximum allowable calcium.

Why so many Corgis in your region/town. Is it the arrival of breeders of late, or an upsurge in popularity with the Corgis coming in from out of towm/region.

Got a friend with a lovely red and white Border Collie pup who has got a worrisome limp. The friend ( Paul TAYLOR) is anxious because he got the Collie whom he loves, particularly for agility and the dog comes from agility-proven stock. So I must check it out - he had been expecting the results of xrays that had been taken. Paul's pup gets on very well with my Taylor - but what Border Collie doesn't?

[glencorgi]

Originally Posted by Michael Romanos

Why so many Corgis in your region/town. Is it the arrival of breeders of late, or an upsurge in popularity with the Corgis coming in from out of towm/region.

MA has always had a solid concentration of corgi population and I suspect Jane's radar is just a little more focused these days. The Mayflower Pembroke Club is based there. It definitely would have nothing to do with the arrival of new breeders, not really a breeder friendly state.

Got a friend with a lovely red and white Border Collie pup who has got a worrisome limp. The friend ( Paul TAYLOR) is anxious because he got the Collie whom he loves, particularly for agility and the dog comes from agility-proven stock. So I must check it out - he had been expecting the results of xrays that had been taken. Paul's pup gets on very well with my Taylor - but what Border Collie doesn't?

Quite possibly the source may be pano which will hopefully show up on the x-rays.

Debbie

Originally Posted by Jane Austen

Duchess wanted to leave as soon as she could get out of there. Duchess had a limp after a run with some dogs at the park. Her past records show she had this several times in her history. The vet gave her a non steroid pill and we are not running for a few days. She is improving.

Sounds like Duchess had too much fun, bless her heart. A good rest with limited activity and she should be right as rain very soon.

Debbie

[Michael Romanos]

Debbie - thanks for the tip re a 12 month old Border Collue who indeed seems to have pano. That is a huge relief for Paul. The vet didn't know what it was and the xrays didn't show up anything and another vet friend also was mystified. I advised Paul to look up pano ( growing pains) on the internet. Apparantly, Comet (the Collie's name is a little better today. What makes me so certain it is pano is that Paul confirmed that the pain and discomfort and the limping moves around to different parts of Comet's body and legs. His best bet could be to put Comet back on a puppy diet.

Jane - you'll have no trouble starting up a regular Corgi walking group or club judging by Debbie's response that there are a considerable number of Corgis in your region. The nearest Corgi club probably doesn't cater for walking as a club activity, and besides it is a Pembroke-only club. This club might be only too happy to promote and support your group in any case.

[Jane Austen]

Although the Mayflower Corgi group is in Massachusetts, I think it is in the Western part of the state. Nearer to NY. That is too much of a hike for me. There is a corgi group in Maine, which is closer to me, but I am not interested in joining any of these. A small gathering of corgi once a month would do me fine. Jane

[Michael Romanos]

Yes. I guess the way things are evolving suits you just fine. And it is fun to come across a Corgi every so often and be able to offer the owner/handler a kind of activity for them and their Corgi that they never really previously considered.

[glencorgi]

Originally Posted by Michael Romanos

Debbie - thanks for the tip re a 12 month old Border Collue who indeed seems to have pano. That is a huge relief for Paul. The vet didn't know what it was and the xrays didn't show up anything and another vet friend also was mystified. I advised Paul to look up pano ( growing pains) on the internet. Apparantly, Comet (the Collie's name is a little better today. What makes me so certain it is pano is that Paul confirmed that the pain and discomfort and the limping moves around to different parts of Comet's body and legs. His best bet could be to put Comet back on a puppy diet.

Nooooo, puppy diet with high protein promoting fast growth is not what he needs. That will only contribute to the problem. I'd recommend Paul look at comments about pano in the context of large breed puppies.

http://www.jersey.net/~mountaindog/berner1/l pano .htm
http://shilohgtf.com/Panosteitis.htm
http://www.thensome.com/hod.htm
interesting thread on ingredients here:
http://www.rottweiler.net/forums/nut...eed-puppy.html

Some of the above articles and sites illustrate why I when I see calcium being recommended so cavalierly for supplementation. While not common in corgis, pano can and does occur in both breeds.

As I understand it from reliable sources, pano can be somewhat tricky to catch sometimes with x-rays. It should show up as an inflamed area on the x-ray, if picked up.

Debbie

[Michael Romanos]

Thanks Debbie - I see that in at least one of the sites you recommended, puppy food was one of the propositions ro assist in rehab - but no calcium or vitamin supplements.