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"SHORTY" my family's first Pembroke Welsh Corgi in 1978
My love affair with dogs began when I was born. My Mom told me stories of me playing with Ginger (Collie Mix) in her dog house when I was 3 years old and sharing her dog food with her - something that today sounds so gross! but I guess I didn't mind it back then. From there we had a Chi/TerrierX named Bobo that gave me the scar on my lip. Over the years we had various dogs, and always more than one at a time, and as they would get old and we would always add a mix of some sort or another. When I was 18 in 1978 we got our fist Pembroke Welsh Corgi named "Shorty" (pictured above) that was a free to good home ad on the local radio station. My Mom brought him over to the McDonald's where I was working to show him to me on my break. We all loved that little dog to pieces! And it was the start of a love affair with the breed that continues to this day. We lost Shorty in 1983 when he fell off of my Mom & Dad's bed and was injured and paralyzed and had to be put down. At that time I had met my husband Bob and the following spring we were married. Of course we had to have a dog so we went to the Macomb County Animal Control and adopted a Golden Retriever we named Max. In the mean time my parents had found another Corgi - a puppy Cardigan that we drove to Wyandotte MI to purchase. She was named Lacy and was shortly after joined by another Pembroke named Cindee.
Bob and I in the mean time had sold our house and bought some property where we built a commercial dog boarding kennel. It was a great experience but we ended up selling it as Bob couldn't sleep at night as the train track ran across the front and woke him up every 2 hours. During that period we lost Max and bought Tiffany (Timberland's Tiffany Rose 8/1/1988 - 4/24/2003) who we started obedience lessons with. We learned a lot about about good vs bad trainers during that period and Tiffany never saw the ring.
To be continued ........
Club Memberships
LAKESHORE PEMBROKE WELSH CORGI CLUB
GAITWAY
Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club
Of Greater St. Louis
http://gaitwaycorgis.com
http://www.stclairkc.org/index.html
