Comments on: The Corgi Dog Story https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/09/under-the-present-circumstance/ Wed, 02 May 2018 19:03:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: The Dogteacher https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/09/under-the-present-circumstance/#comment-535629 Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:08:05 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/09/under-the-present-circumstance/#comment-535629 well, each dog owner for sure has his own story of his pet.And it’s nice to read them on blogs.

]]> By: Corgi owner https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/09/under-the-present-circumstance/#comment-535628 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:05:49 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/09/under-the-present-circumstance/#comment-535628 Corgis are great dogs! Fun, sturdy and great w kids. Most of them anyway. Great dogs if uhave a small yard like mine.
And fun to watch running like the wind on those stubby legs.

]]> By: Argon https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/09/under-the-present-circumstance/#comment-535627 Sun, 10 May 2009 23:01:37 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/09/under-the-present-circumstance/#comment-535627 Pembrokes are more nippy than Cardigans, at least with people’s hands. Both breeds can produce good varmint hunters.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/09/under-the-present-circumstance/#comment-535626 Sun, 10 May 2009 11:55:06 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/09/under-the-present-circumstance/#comment-535626 The Royal Family must have ROFLOL’ed!!!!

]]> By: Pierce R. Butler https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/09/under-the-present-circumstance/#comment-535625 Sun, 10 May 2009 11:04:41 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/09/under-the-present-circumstance/#comment-535625 from Philip Norman’s Awful Moments:

Queen Mary was terrified of dogs, and lived in fear of the ferocious little Welsh corgis favoured by her granddaughter, the future Elizabeth II. At a Buckingham Palace garden party, Princess Elizabeth handed her a dog biscuit to give to the most ill-tempered of the corgis. Queen Mary in panic handed it on to her nearest neighbour, the Archbishop of Canterbury who, mistaking it for a teatime titbit, gratefully popped it into his mouth.

]]> By: Larry Ayers https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/09/under-the-present-circumstance/#comment-535624 Sun, 10 May 2009 07:29:48 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/09/under-the-present-circumstance/#comment-535624 I’m a connoisseur of personal anecdotes, and this is a good one, Greg!

]]> By: Monado https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/09/under-the-present-circumstance/#comment-535623 Sat, 09 May 2009 23:59:29 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/09/under-the-present-circumstance/#comment-535623 That’s funny.

I’ve been told that corgis are cattle-herding dogs. They herd by nipping at the cows’ heels. So they have been selectively bred for short legs so that when the cows kick at them, their hooves go harmlessly over the dogs’ heads.

They do have a tendency to nip. I’ve read that the Queen’s dogs have a tendency to bite people’s legs at dinner, but if you kick at them they set up a fuss and she doesn’t like that.

All hearsay, of course.

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