Ann B. and Scout Female Boise,ID United States: Share; Twitter; Facebook

Blog Posts
Discussions (14)
Events
Groups (14)
Photos (10)
Photo Albums
Videos

Ann B. and Scout's Apps

Ann B. and Scout's Friends

View All

Ann B. and Scout's Groups

Puppies 2010

6 members
Corgi Book Club

49 members

Corgis Who Camp!

11 members
The Little Flipped Over…

47 members

Garden Corgi's

52 members

View All

Ann B. and Scout's Discussions

Degenerative Myelopathy and genetic testing

Replied Aug. 11, 2009

Ann B. and Scout's Page

Gifts Received

Ann B. and Scout has not received any gifts yet

Give Ann B. and Scout a Gift

Latest Activity

Ann B. and Scout joined Melissa S.'s group

Puppies 2010

A place for us to share all our fun stories about the growth and development pups born in 2010!! (you can also join if you plan on getting a pup in 2010)

February 27

Mendy Miller and Ann B. and Scout are now friends

February 15

Ann B. and Scout commented on Boots and Superstar!'s group 'My cat N' Corgi R' best friends!'

I have always preferred Pems, but your new puppy is about the best argument for Cardis I have ever seen! What a cutie he is! I love the cuddling picture. My cat and corgi are friends, but don't cuddle!

February 11

LaVerne & Shirley left a comment for Ann B. and Scout

February 8

Ann B. and Scout commented on Jonalyn's group 'Corgi Health and Growth'

Christine, I can't answer your question about Heartguard--my Scout is on a different medication for heartworms, called Interceptor, but it may be similar. Until just a few years ago, heartworms were unknown in Idaho, but now they are here, and we mu…

February 5

Ann B. and Scout commented on Drew and Julie's group 'IDAHO CORGIS'

Welcome to MYCORGI, Gen and Tucker! I knew we had some more Boise corgis out there! We need to try for a Boise Corgi get-together when the weather gets better!

December 14, 2009

Bella Doggie left a comment for Ann B. and Scout

November 29, 2009

Profile Information

Hometown:

Boise,ID

About Me:

We love corgis! Scout is our second. Our first, Boo, died in 2000 at the age of 12.

Welsh Corgi Breeder?

About My Corgi(s):

Scout, 6 year old neutered male tri

I have:

Pembroke

Ann B. and Scout's Photos

Loading…

Comment Wall (23 comments)

You need to be a member of MyCorgi.com to add comments!

Join MyCorgi.com

At 2:01pm on February 8, 2010, LaVerne & Shirley said…: Oh my gosh Scout is aDORable! What a doll!
Thank you for the note. I got my Corgis from 2 different breeders but they both have Sosa lines. LaVerne came from Onalaska near Olympia WA and Shirley is from Ellensburg WA not far from here. I do believe they are both expecting litters. Here is the website to the breeder in Ellensburg. www.heartbarx.com. As shown on the website they do genetic testing which is comforting The girl I got LaVerne from doesnt have a website but I can find her number if you are interested. I think they are taking deposits on the pups. I am very happy with both of my girls. Very smart and sweet dispositions.

At 7:54pm on November 29, 2009, Bella Doggie said…: Hi! Scout is such a handsome little guy!! Love the pic of him sitting up.. reminds me of my Bella girl :)

At 4:54pm on June 20, 2009, Melissa S. said…: Thats funny before you responed to me I had found your breeder by mistake, her page is very informative!!!! Thank You! I am glad I know of this DM I will have to pass all this on to my sister as well (she has a female) And i will def. test for it!
Hope all is well in Boise!! I love that area!

At 1:52pm on June 20, 2009, Melissa S. said…: I had to look up Degenerative Myelopathy because I was un familiar with it :( but that sounds intimidating!!!! I will have to be sure to add the to Walkers list of things I need to test for! Most things he was cleared by parentage, but I think(know) If I plan on breeding him, having all other testing done will be very important!!!
I commend your breeder for putting all her efforts into her linage!!!!

At 1:41pm on June 20, 2009, Melissa S. said…: We got walker from Candace Cloud out of West Plains, Missouri! He is very well bred and we love him!!!!! Some day he will be my little stud dog!

It is sad that we are so far away :( I love your pictures by the way!! Scout is very handsome!!!!! I think it is safe to say I have been swept away by Corgi charm!!!

At 4:33pm on February 28, 2009, John Wolff said…: Wow, Scout really does look like Al, right down to the neck splash (Al's is just a bit more to the left).

At 4:32pm on February 28, 2009, John Wolff said…: A few months after we lost our first corgi, on my way to Utah, I tried to check out Kathleen Mallery's place in Parma, but nobody was home when I called. Gwynnie was waiting for me upon my return. Our dogs came from Carrie Hale, Joyce Gilpin and Cheri Helsdon. Carrie is a pretty serious breeder. We are wholly delighted with Al & Gwynnie.

Yes, I'm sure all responsible breeders will be using the DM test. I don't know what the actual gene frequency is in the Pem population, but it was 75% (!) in the unaffected control group in the Coates paper. 66% homozygous at-risk, and only 13% clear, not many to work with. There must be something else going on the explain this low penetrance -- genetic or environmental. I'll bet we'll be hearing more. But even breeding clears to carriers will help a great deal.
I'm wondering if there's a valuable corgi trait that's linked to the DM locus, so the DM allele was inadvertently selected along with it. That would make it harder to get rid of maybe.
The technology behind this DNA stuff is almost literally incredible.

I remember one thing from the Castell website that I thought was over-the-top: she imported this gorgeous Pem from Finland with a lovely tail -- and had to have it surgically removed to show the dog in the U.S.!! There were before-and-after photos. That's a really invasive thing to do to an dult dog. @#$%^&! We would not even be allowed to do something like that to our laboratory mice unless there was some compelling scientific reason.

I wish some breeders would simply thumb their noses at this part of the breed standard and go and show their dogs with tails, in-your-face: "Hey you humans! I've got a gorgeous tail! Get used to it!" Tail Power. I don't like the idea of legislated regulations, but I wonder if people would choose undocked dogs if given the choice. I see Al's nub waving like mad when he greets me, and I wonder.....

Lots of people take their corgis hiking. I ran into a guy last Sept. who recognized Al right away as a relative of his. Small world.

At 1:46pm on February 24, 2009, John Wolff said…: I love to see corgwyn in the mountains. Where'd you get Scout? There's a gorgeous tri in our neighborhood with no white face or collar markings. He came from a breeder in Sand Point.