Find Berlin Niebuhr a Dog (Part Six)!

After the thought of cleaning poop off of a puppy's butt scared berlin niebuhr and Mrs. N away from the bichon frise, we thought we could go ahead and move on to the next dog...we were a week behind, anyway...

Tonight's dog is the corgi. As always, we'll look to Wikipedia for some background information. There are two main types of Welsh Corgis: the Pembroke and the Cardigan. From what I can tell, it looks like the main differences between the two types are the size of the ears and the position of the tails. Nothing major.

Good

* They're great companion dogs!

* As a whole, Corgis live pretty long lives, averaging between about 11-14 years.

* They're a herding dog, and like most herding dogs, they're very smart.

* They get overweight easily...which means you don't have to spend a lot of money on treats!

* From k9web: "Outlook bold, but kindly. Expression intelligent and interested. Never shy or vicious." Sounds good to me.

* Like most short, stumpy dogs, they can get some joint problems or arthritis. This is also good because Mr. and Mrs. N should be very well acquainted with arthritis by that time in their own lives...they'll know just what to do!

* They're fast runners despite being short and stumpy...and let's face it...what's funnier than watching a short, stumpy dog run really fast (other than watching Mr. or Mrs. N chasing a short, stumpy dog, that is)?

Bad

* They need a minimum of an hour's exercise daily. That seems like a lot.

* Like other smart dogs, they're not necessarily subserviant. In other words, if they find something more interesting than you, they'll probably pay attention to that instead.

* They do indeed get overweight easily, and apparently they have quite an appetite. Not a good combination.

* Like other herding dogs, they will herd people if you let them.

* From reading the forum at corgis.com (yes, there's a corgis.com), it seems like they can get overly excited sometimes while playing and can be quite stubborn (and at least one dog on the forum rolls in his own poo...it doesn't sound like that's a normal thing, though). And let's face it--Mr. and Mrs. N raised an only child, so they probably know what stubborn is like.




I think we have a winner.