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John Wolff
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Gwynnie & Al. Pems with tales.
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When you have a really good shot with redeye, you can photoshop it out. Paste a black dot over the glowing pupil. Then paste a tiny white dot on each fake pupil to simulate a reflection.
Remember that sometimes you don't want to use flash with pet...
That's a great action shot. I sometimes set "corgi traps" for shots like that -- focus on a spot on the trail, and call the dog -- but looks like I need to use aperture priority with a wider aperture or something to fuzz-out the background.
That's a really good double portrait. Submit that to the calendar next year.
Your rejoinder is: "Oh yes, these are Her Majesty's corgis. Liz often lets one or two of them stay with us, between visits. They like it here because our house is so much dirtier than Buckingham, and we're not so fussy about protocol."
Sigh.
I must continually remind everybody who complains about my housekeeping, "Just 'cause we got a coupla corgwyn doesn't mean this is Buckingham Palace."
I believe the joke about they royal family and the corgis goes something like this:
"...inbred, over-fed, spoiled, ill-mannered... and the dogs aren't much better." :-)
Somewhere there's a collection of British tabloid gossip about the royal dogs...
I think I remember reading (Pinkwater, "Superpuppy") that exclusion is kinda like the nuclear option for dog training, used only for way-beyond-the-pale behavior, and I think they wrote 4 min. max.; after that, the pup's forgotten what it's all ab...
Al is a total weenie about claw clipping. I need my wife Lori to assist me. She holds his head, keeps his forefeet crossed, distracts and reassures him. The distraction is significant, a trick I learned from my dentist, who simply pinches and wigg...
The Belyaev silver fox experiments amazed me in showing how quickly a nearly wild canid can be domesticated.
Belyaev
It should come as little surprise that a domestic dog breed can change rapidly and dramatically when the selection criteria change.
Gosh this does sound really strange. I recognize some of this. Gwynnie has phobias about loud reports, soap bubbles, and umbrellas. Thunder or gunshots will make her quiver and shiver (luckily, we have little of this). She bolted twice at distant ...
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- Hometown:
- Duluth, MN
- About Me:
- I take the dogs on long hikes and backpacking trips in the Cascade mountains (the westernmost district of Pembrokeshire), but mostly we maraud about the neighborhood, striking terror into the hearts of evildoers and slowly removing the skin from their soccer ball.
They are especially important to the family now that we're almost empty-nesters. A dog was my wife's idea, took her 2 years to talk me into it, and now I just adore these two.
Check out our song! See below.
May I become the person my dogs think I am.
- Welsh Corgi Breeder?
- No
- About My Corgi(s):
- Pembrokes with tales, not tails; about 3.5 years apart. Al is Gwynnie's nephew. Bred by Carrie Hale, Joyce Gilpin and Cheri Helsdon in the Seattle area.
Gwynnie is a bit dignified and reserved, not aloof, smarter than she lets on. She is independent, has her own mind, very different from Al, who is always watching you to see if he's doing OK. Al might be a good obedience dog; Gwynnie would flunk 'cause she'll outsmart you. Al is an unabashed love-sponge extrovert who'll fall asleep in your arms.
They greet me at the door like I'm some kind of god. It's bad for my ego problem.
Al is an incorrigible ball-hog who tries to retrieve both his own and Gwynnie's tennis ball simultaneously, one with his mouth and one with his feet. He can't decide which ball to carry in his mouth, dropping one and picking up the other and repeating this comedy routine, making himself look like the dumbest dog in the world.
They have turned sweeping and vacuuming into a contact sport, akin to hockey but more violent.
They LOVE herding their soccer ball on the paved playfield, animatedly losing all restraint and sense of decorum in anticipation. Good soccer players, Al kicks the ball hard with the tip of his snout (with his teeth?), has poked the ball airborne 6 times in succession without letting it touch the ground, and can aim the ball unerringly back to me. Gwynnie often intercepts and spoils his aim; their ball-control is done by the committee method, so they seldom score. They never tire of this. Al herds his soccer ball with the ferocity of a border collie on methamphetamine.
Young dogs, they can hike all day, 20+ miles with much elevation gain, and the only terrain they can't handle is coarse boulder fields and deep snow. The only time I have to wait for them is above timberline in hot sun, when they get overheated; when they start seeking shade, I find some snow and make a corgicicle. Their sureness-of-foot is amazing and they can handle steep, rugged and brushy terrain; I no longer worry about them falling on rock. I DO worry about dog-induced rockfall. They don't bother wildlife, and are so quiet they scare me -- hiking in my blind spot, I occasionally look about and call for my missing dog in growing panic, only to find it at my heels.
Peace is a corgi snoring softly in your ear at night. Uh, Gwynnie...SOFTLY, please...
- I have:
- Pembroke
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We wrote a song: The Little Dog Blues.
Little Dog Blues
a.k.a. Welsh Corgi Blues, Animal Shelter Blues. To the tune of, and plagiarized from, Jimmy Rogers’ “Texas Blues” (which may be from an earlier Blues song?) Helps if you can yodel, or howl and yodel simultaneously, and get your dog to howl on cue. Only the last 2 lines of the chorus are from the "Texas Blues" melody; make up your own. Note the 3 different choruses. That’s too awkward for sing-alongs, in which case the 2nd shown here is best.… Continue
a.k.a. Welsh Corgi Blues, Animal Shelter Blues. To the tune of, and plagiarized from, Jimmy Rogers’ “Texas Blues” (which may be from an earlier Blues song?) Helps if you can yodel, or howl and yodel simultaneously, and get your dog to howl on cue. Only the last 2 lines of the chorus are from the "Texas Blues" melody; make up your own. Note the 3 different choruses. That’s too awkward for sing-alongs, in which case the 2nd shown here is best.… Continue
Posted on October 7, 2009 at 1:30pm — 9 Comments
OMD; we're writing *another* song, and we need help! Please contribute!
You ain't nuthin' but a hound dog, frappin' all the time.
You ain't nuthin' but a hound dog, eatin' and a-frappin' all the time.
You ain't never caught a rabbit. You're a mighty good friend o' mine.
You said you were high-class; that ain't nuthin' but a line.
You said you were high-class; that ain't nuthin' but a line.
You're just a farm dog, and a mighty good friend o' mine.
You ain't nuthin' but a farm dog, frappin' all the time.
You ain't nuthin' but a farm dog, eatin' and a-frappin' all th… Continue
You ain't nuthin' but a hound dog, eatin' and a-frappin' all the time.
You ain't never caught a rabbit. You're a mighty good friend o' mine.
You said you were high-class; that ain't nuthin' but a line.
You said you were high-class; that ain't nuthin' but a line.
You're just a farm dog, and a mighty good friend o' mine.
You ain't nuthin' but a farm dog, frappin' all the time.
You ain't nuthin' but a farm dog, eatin' and a-frappin' all th… Continue
Posted on August 1, 2009 at 10:30pm — 6 Comments
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- At 8:34am on November 14, 2009,
Beth said… - You're right, Al and Maddie have a very similar facial structure and markings. I think Maddie's muzzle is a bit finer than Al's. It's noticeably smaller than Jack's and you can really tell when they are side-by-side.
Al looks very proud of his fresh coyote scat, and you're right: mine deeply regret that most often they have to settle for rolling in dead worms. Jack went to roll on a dead snake once, but I caught him just in time. I thought rolling on snakes (dead or alive) was a bad precedent.
- At 9:58pm on November 13, 2009,
Potus said… - Yeah- Ballarat (where I live) is outgrowing its water supply too- yet they keep enticing people to move here. We've been on strict water restrictions for awhile and they've eased them as summer is approaching- something I cannot begin to understand as the water levels are going to drop dangerously low due to the extreme hot weather.
- At 6:05pm on November 13, 2009,
Beth said…
- You asked about the vests. I got them at fetchdog.com.
https://www.fetchdog.com/pet-supplies/clothesfordogs/dogcoats/rufflective-vest/A30041
Maddie wears a medium and yours probably would too. She's about 27-28 pounds, about 13 inches at the shoulder (a bit large for a female). Jack looked silly in the medium; he looked like he was wearing a bib or something. So we got him a large and it's a tiny bit too big, but wearable. We need to take in the belly strap as he can lose it the way it is now.
- At 7:31pm on November 8, 2009,
Adrienne said… - John, you have opened my eyes. I had no idea Corgis could do such hiking. Im so excited that I can take my Dash with me on my hikes. He is recovering from Valley Fever.... something you only get from the Southwest. But when he is fully recovered I will start building his endurance. I was under the impression Corgis could do very flat hikes. What kind of elevation gain can they do? I would assume 1000 feet a mile is a bit steep, unless they are in peak condition.
- At 1:54pm on November 5, 2009,
Joe and Quila the Corgi said… - Gosh John!
I LOVE ~ LOVE your pictures!
Al and Gwynnie are 2 of the most gorgeous Corgi's I've seen!
And the scenery in your pictures are breathtaking! Absolutely amazing! The Great Outdoors at its fullest!
...and I love the Corgi outfits!!! ^__^
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