Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Book Look: Welsh Corgis Pembroke and Cardigan

While at home in Hawaii for the holidays, I picked this book up for a little bit of beachside education:


I found it thoroughly enjoyable and informative. I enjoyed the history of the breeds much more than I had anticipated (strange seeing as I hold a degree in history). It also has good sections on breed standards for both the Pembroke and Cardigan. I learned a great deal about the differences and similarities between to two. I found the question about which breed being the "true" breed a bit like the question of which came first: the chicken or the egg?

For a first timer like me (I mean I've had dogs all my life but most of the grunt work was done by my grandparents, sorry!), the information about what to expect from your Corgi, the subtle differences between males and females, and tips on how to get your life and your house ready for owning a dog were extremely helpful and encouraging.

I'm glad that I picked this up and would recommend it to anyone wanting an introduction to the breed and deciding if a Corgi is right for you.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Good news!

The breeder sent me an email this weekend with the good word: She will be having a litter at the end of February! Well, not her exactly, but her corgi of course. That is such exciting news. It still means that after they're born it'll be a wait to take him/her home,  by my calculations that's about the end of April or early May. I think that's the perfect timing. Enough time to have some more winter fun and time to get my place looking more like someone actually lives there. Yeah, been in the place for a couple months now, but I've just been procrastinating. I have all these grand plans and then I come home from work and just lay on the couch. Now with this news it's time to start moving and getting off the couch!