Tag: Cardigan Welsh Corgi

This week’s edition is a special one, as it’s been a rather intense week for our featured canine (and for us as well). In last week’s installment of Saturday’s Canine Companion you met Darwin, the first of our Cardigan Welsh Corgis. If you think this week’s handsome boy has a lot of Darwin’s looks, you are right. It almost caused us not to choose him, but we’re lucky enough that he chose us to be his human companions.

Here’s a look at this handsome boy…

When Stuff hangs with me in my office area, he loves to sit on the couch, so he can keep an eye on what I am doing. He always is on the lookout for a potential treat that might come his way.

Stuff has had a rough week, as on Wednesday he lost control of his hind legs and was in a lot of pain. We took him to the Veterinary ER that evening and got him at least a bit more comfortable until we could see a specialist on Thursday morning. An MRI revealed a bulging disk in his spine, which was repaired surgically on Thursday afternoon. As Stuff had all the feeling in his legs, he has a good prognosis to recover and get full control of his legs again after sufficient time for healing and careful recovery. He is still with the specialist at the moment, but we were told that we can bring him home tomorrow, which is great news!

During this entire ordeal, Stuff has been nothing but the loving dog that he always is; regardless of the pain, he seems to understand that all of us are trying to take care of him and make him feel all better again.

Over the years I have photographed a lot of dogs competing in agility and also in relaxed settings, such as an occasional portrait. This has led to a collection of well over 300,000 photos, among which there have been some memorable ones. Over the next year or so, I’ll do some more work on creating a greatest hits list from this collection, which I’ll feature on Saturdays.

Here’s the inaugural contribution with a photo from 2009…

Darwin was our first Cardigan Welsh Corgi, aptly named Llanbryn’s Theory of Evolution. We first met Darwin when he was about 6 months old, when he ran to me for protection from the pack of aunts who liked to chase him around. After an eleven hour ride home (with stops) with us, Darwin was introduced to our mutt, Tonka, who loved him right away.Darwin wasn’t so sure, about Tonka, as she was more than twice his size. They became best friends!

Darwin gained his confidence through my wife training him in agility and herding. He was our perfect introduction to the Cardigan Welsh Corgi breed, as he was forgiving of our mistakes and had an inner toughness combined with being a truly lovely companion.