Wally, Dylan, Gordon, Alice and Ramsey

“A few months later, I was approached by a friend who had a friend who decided she could no longer keep up with Alice, her Corgi-Blue Heeler and asked if I would help find her a good home. At an overnight stay with a foster, Alice wasn’t the best house guest and we found her at our house. Again with the intention I would get her adopted. When it came time to take her to a potential adopting family my husband said, “Well, you’re not going to get rid of her are you?” Me: “Well, yes, that was the idea – to find her a home.” Husband: “But we’ve had her a week!” Me: “So?!” Husband: “Well, I’ve kind of gotten attached to her.” Alice – Corgi #3; dog #4, we think she’s three and-a-half years old.”

Alice’s “croppie flop”.

“Alice is the head of the pack — good woman she is! She “owns” the road we live on; our yard, the deck and whatever else she believes she should rule over. She loves to lay on our deck so she can overlook the yard AND see the road. It’s her heaven.”

“The local animal control officer told me about a purebred Corgi listed on craigslist. I’d never even heard of craigslist, let alone know what it was about, but you say “Corgi” and I have to check things out! A young couple had bought Ramsey from a breeder in Western Kansas. After seven months they just couldn’t get Ramsey and their other Corgi, Hemi to see eye-to-eye. Ramsey was having to spend most of his time in a kennel and the family was busy with small children. I contacted the owners to see if I could assist – to help get the dog adopted. They were having a hard time trying to decide about a good home and decided I could help them with that. Again — I was going to find a good home for this dog and already had a foster home lined up. All they had to do was drop the dog off at my house and I would take it to the foster home. Well, after getting Ramsey and learning he wasn’t leash trained or house-broken, that fostering situation fell through. Less than a week later, nine month-old Ramsey came down with a case of pancreatitis. A week at the vet’s office and who could let him go then? Corgi #4, Dog #5 and he’ll be two in May.”

“Ramsey is the smallest but by no means the quietest. He’s the roughest player too! He likes to get a hold of Alice’s collar while she’s on her back and play “Spin the Alice!”

“Each of the Corgis gets to take turns going to work with me spending the day going from office to office looking for treats. I work for a law enforcement agency and we joke with visitors the Corgis are working K-9s!”

“I’ve now decided we can no longer foster in our household. When I co-founded Corgi Connection of Kansas, both Jan E. (my co-founder) and I said we couldn’t foster. Jan had three Corgis already, but has since added to her pack adopting one of our first rescues!”

“My pack also consists of two adopted cats. We live on two acres and I walk the dogs regularly — yes, all five! I’ve been dubbed the Queen of my road, but I still have a few Corgis to go before I catch her!

Editor’s note:  I first learned about Wally, Dylan, Gordon, Alice and Ramsey in early March.

Since then, Jeanette has taken in and cared for other dogs:

“Right now I’m fostering a young male, Joel, who had recovered from heartworm treatment. He is such a character and so interested in learning what’s going on with the other dogs. It’s all so new to him.”

“The latest news is MORE dogs … I was asked by the state of Kansas if I would take seven dogs from a breeder who wanted to give them up, two of which are/were pregnant! I agreed and am now trying to find rescues or adoptions for five of them. One of the females just had three pups and we weren’t expecting them until the end of July.”

“The things I get myself into …”

 
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Welcome to The Daily Corgi Wally, Dylan, Gordon, Alice, Ramsey, Joel, the new Mom, the Mom-to-be, and puppies!

Barrels of biskies all around!