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My girl friend saw Yoda growing up and get a "Corgi itch" needs to be scratched. She found a Corgi puppy at the local shelter. He is the sweetest little dog! We promptly named him Chewie. He was abandoned because he had 2 different color eyes. It is a Chinese superstition thing. We have been busy fattening him up and get all of the shots ready. Beside the different color eyes, Chewie also has a skin pigment issue, so his left eyelid is a little pink. Now, Yoda has a brother (younger by 1 month)… Continue

I was talking to friend, a vet., yesterday, he claimed that there was an additional historical use for a Corgi!

He told me that Corgis were used to herd rats back onto ships bound for the Continent during an outbreak of Bubonic Plague in seventeenth century London.

Has anyone heard of this before, was there any historical reference for this claim? Or my pal is just joking with me?

Yoda is an unbelievable fast puppy, not to mention quick with his mouth. What is the most surprising part is his predatory instinct.

Couple weeks ago, when I took him for a walk. We passed an open ditch. Yoda made a really fast move. Before I knew what is going, he had swallowed a cockroach. Yes, a cockroach. He was crunching it and he had a big grin on his face.

Last weekend, I was walking him through the park we always go. He caught a geko (a small white lizard commonly seen in Taiwan). He t… Continue

I was sitting at my couch surfing the web today. Yoda was just sleeping next me. I was absorbed by what I was doing for a while, then I look at him and snapped this photo:

I could not even see his face!

Couple days ago, I came home from the grocery store, as I came thru the door, I found Yoda on top of the coffee table. He was whining for me to get him down. I get him off the table, but I was wondering how it happened. When I leave the house, he is put in a fenced up area in the living room. The fence is not fixed to the floor so it can be pushed around. Apparently, he pushed the fence next to the table and climb out of the area and onto the table! He had a good old time and pushed everything o… Continue