Why Corgi

[ace_88]

What is your reason for owning a corgi?
be it cardigan, pembroke or both why did you choose a corgi?

[MyPemCharlie]

My rottweiler passed away in June. I quickly got very lonely without the responsibility of owning a dog. I did not want another 100 lb dog (as I am a 103 lb middle-aged woman ) even though I like large dog personalities. I'm not a huge fan of very small dogs.

The search was on for a 20-40lb working breed with an easy-to-care for coat. Intelligence, trainability, and great temperament in a companion dog were other criteria.

Given my requirements, what else would I get but a Corgi! Charlie's exactly the dog I need, and more. What a joy!

[Louwants]

My next door neighbors had a female Pembroke when I was around 15. I never had heard of the breed, much less seen one. But I adored that dog. And when she had a litter of puppies....You couldn't keep me out of their house. I was trying to save my babysitting money to buy one, and at 50 to 75 cents an hour (yes, it was a LONG time ago..LOL); it didn't look like I would be able to afford to buy one before they were all gone. I had my heart set on the runt, and was so heartbroken when someone bought him.
Anyway, I went camping with my boyfriends family and came home to see if I could spend a couple of days more. My dad said I could, IF, I would clean up the mess I left under the couch. I didn't know what he was talking about, but would have cleaned up anything to spend some more time camping. Well, imagine my surprise, when the mess I had to clean up was one of the corgi puppies. My neighbors gave it to me as a birthday present. I had her for about 10 years until she got cancer. It has taken me 23 years to get another one, and that was the only dog I had my heart set on.

[Michael Romanos]

The latest poll in Go Corgi gives some indication why people would want to own a Corgi. I went to the New Zealand national dog show many years ago as a teenager, not knowing a thing about dogs and never before having 'dealt' with a dog. I spied these uniquely funniest and cutest of dogs and fell for them. Within a few months I owned my very first Pem.

[behinderhereyes]

Well, I first saw the breed when I was about 16. I was in a shop in Ottertail called Wilson Company and out walk this cute dog who was yawning. I screamed and instantly reconized what the breed was, being that I have been looking a dog pictures and memorizing breeds at the age of 7. Then two years later my morther told me if I could prove I was responsible I could have any dog I wanted. It had to be small. I wanted a small dog with a big dog attitude. It had to be extremely trainable. It had to be absolutely adorable and it had to have a great personality. So thats where Sophie came from. I had it pinned down to three choices Corgi(Pem or Cardi), Papillon, or a American Eskimo Dog.

[pmavrich]

I think Molsen chose us. I have always been aware of the different dog breeds since my family raised German Short Hair Pointers most of my life. We would go to shows and field trials. I was living in an apartment and would only be allowed to have small dog.

So, we were at the MI State Fair .... And Molsen ran up to us with his little butt wiggling and jumped on my husbands leg. Jon picked him up and he started giving kisses. He was ours!

[HemiBee]

Being someone who was heavily involved in the horse show world.. naturally there were JRT's and Corgi's everywhere. I had Siberians when I was younger and was always someone who loved big dogs.. but I fell in love with the Corgi's that belonged to clients of the barn. So I decided that one day I'd get one.. I ended up with Hemi last fall and he has been a learning experience. I never thought there'd be a breed of dog that'd be more stubborn and more difficult to train than my Siberians. Anyone who's familiar with the northern breeds know they're rather difficult to train.

But Hemi is a great dog and finally we've had a few break throughs.

Recently I bought Cooper, my first Cardi and I'm absolutely in love with him. I'm more of a person who gets along better with a more laid back and reserved dog.. but yet it has to be active as I'm very active.. and I think Coop is a great match so far!

[MattC]

My wife and I live in a two bedroom apartment and we wanted to find a breed that would be appropriate for such living accomodations. We did a lot of research and we found that a corgi would be a good breed for us. Plus they are the cutest and wierdest looking dog in the world!

[missfancypants25]

I chose a Pembroke Corgi for several reasons.
1. They are small enough for apartment living
2. Although they are small, they act more like a big dog
3. That adorable, mischievous, fox-like face. How can anyone resist?

[Peanut]

Over 5 years ago I visited my friend and met his corgi, Tommy. Tommy was still a puppy and I couldn’t keep my eyes off him. Ever since, I’ve had corgis on my mind!

[Bailey's driver]

My daughter is into horses. There are lots of Corgis around the barns and she got to know them, and they got along fine with lots of people, horses and other dogs all around. She had too much other responsibilities like college and a job, so I got the dog by default. He ended up spending more time at my house. So I finally kept him. He is the easiest to train dog I have ever seen.

[v3rs3]

We got into them b/c my wife had wanted one since she was a child. She was always into 4H and we have horses. So a few years back I had just sold my car that morning so I had a ton of cash on me and we ended up going to Quarter-Horse Congress (bad idea with a ton of cash on you) and we found a tent that had a ton of dogs for sale and she begged and begged and I finally gave in. We bought Shelby our first Corgi as she was the best looking dog out of the entire tent, the lady was kind of reluctant to sell her b/c she thought about keeping her.

We have since added two more and have a litter of 8 right now from Shelby.

[Bailey's driver]

What is the connection between Corgis and horse owners? Also JR terriers?

At first I thought it was just a coincidence.

But, I have read that the shoter height helps avoid being kicked by cattle, and Corgis lie down to avoid being kicked by cattle. This would help avoid being kicked by a horse. And of course they are not afraid of big animals.
Do they help herd the horses back to the barn?

Is this also true of Jack Russels?

[glencorgi]

Originally Posted by Bailey's driver

What is the connection between Corgis and horse owners? Also JR terriers?

At first I thought it was just a coincidence.

But, I have read that the shoter height helps avoid being kicked by cattle, and Corgis lie down to avoid being kicked by cattle. This would help avoid being kicked by a horse. And of course they are not afraid of big animals.
Do they help herd the horses back to the barn?

Is this also true of Jack Russels?

Has nothing to do with dodging cattle hooves or anything to do with the original purpose of the breeds. They make great "barn accessories." While some do foolishly allow their corgis to help bring in the horses; a number of corgis have been killed in and around barns by being stomped and/or kicked by the horses.

One of the original purposes of corgis, as well as JRT's was to dispatch vermin so that might be an excuse used to say the breeds have a "utilitarian" purpose around the barn. More realistically perhaps is the one I heard very early on in my corgi days, they're small enough to sneak into hotel rooms. They're barn accessories and puppies provide easy pocket money at the horse shows. Most everything said by horse people just builds more evidence to support that assessment. The example of the one bought at puppy alley at the Quarter Horse Congress just more evidence. Lots of horror stories about that place, but we won't go there.

Debbie

[v3rs3]

Originally Posted by glencorgi

Most everything said by horse people just builds more evidence to support that assessment. The example of the one bought at puppy alley at the Quarter Horse Congress just more evidence. Lots of horror stories about that place, but we won't go there.

You look so good on your high horse. I have never heard you say one nice or supportive thing on this forum. Everything you say is either snotty or just plain rude.

How did you get into Corgi's your highness? Did god create you at the same time he created Corgi's to look over them and badmouth anyone who likes them?