Emma the Town and Country #Corgi of Yorkshire, England!

Emma is a true town and country Cardigan, living with her Mom in the verdant Yorkshire countryside and visiting her “brother” Alistair in bustling London.

This girl about town arrived on the scene Christmas Day 2008. Alistair writes: “She arrived in Yorkshire at eight weeks old, and on her first night cried until she was taken to bed with my mother. There she was content and has stayed ever since!”

“As soon as she could manage a bark — alerting my mother to any sound crossing those sensitive Corgi ears — Emma quickly became a guard dog, assigning herself head of the household.”

“My mother has never known such an intelligent dog. In the past, she’s had a Jack Russell and a Cairn terrier, but with Emma you can see her thinking, she is so clever. She likes to maintain eye contact all the time so she knows what’s going on. Emma is fascinated by everything.”

“Living in the Yorkshire countryside, Emma watches all the wildlife and loves looking up at birds and airplanes in the sky. She runs around the garden barking up at all the trees, in case there is a bird that needs moving on from ‘her patch’.”

“I take Emma and my mother on holiday a couple of times a year, to holiday cottages in Cornwall and Anglesey where Emma watches Prince William in his “search and rescue helicopter”, checking if he has any of the Royal Corgis with him.”

“She loves travelling in the car and insists that she sits on her friend Philip’s knees — she uses him as a cushion; it also means she can look out of the window, and a nudge means she wants the window down to smell the air!”

“On Emma’s holiday in Cornwall this year, she did a day trip to the Scilly Isles in a helicopter. She enjoyed exploring the helicopter but was not so keen when the noisy rotary blades started.”

“She relishes a run on the beach and does a crazy figure-of-eight run in circles, as she enjoys it so much, especially if you chase her.”

“Emma loves her home ground of Yorkshire, running through the fields on the banks of the River Swale in Yorkshire, smelling sheep, cows and her Yorkshire air. Her favourite pastime is walking in the shallow edges of the river. It also keeps her cool. She enjoys puddles on the road and will turn around if she accidentally misses one, to walk through it and continue her walk again.”

“Emma loves all visitors and greets them with a bark, but also barks when they leave, whilst she looks straight into their eyes. She is saying “don’t go” and “can I come with you?” Emma also adores all dogs and wants to be friends with any she meets. They have to be good at playing chase — then she is thrilled.”

“Emma gets so much attention wherever she goes. Patting her very soft fur and coat, talking Cardigan Corgis, she’s a real hit.”

“My mother is very keen to have another Cardi now. They are the best!”

This post first appeared on The Daily Corgi July 6th, 2012.

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Comments

Molly The Wally says

July 6, 2012 at 7:34 am

Nice post and lovely to see Emma and hear all about her. Have a great Friday.
Best wishes Molly
Lois says

July 6, 2012 at 10:27 am

Lovely….Darling pretty Corgi girl, gorgeous British countryside….WONDERFUL, thanks so much for posting !
Dozer and Coop says

July 6, 2012 at 2:22 pm

Oh what a lovely post! Having visited the Scilly Islands I can appreciate Emma's love of it.

Thanks for the wonderful post!

Love, Nancy (Dozer and Cooper's Mum)
Laurie Eno / The Daily Corgi says

July 6, 2012 at 4:33 pm

I too enjoy the British countryside aspect of Emma's post! I've long been a fan of that area of the world, and have visited it so many times via armchair travel (just once in person).

Sure wish I had more UK Corgis on the blog … it's always a treat!
susancorgi says

July 6, 2012 at 9:40 pm

Beautiful blog, lovely Emma. It was indeed like a quick vaca to England. All the usual stuff!
renee' barclift says

July 7, 2012 at 5:20 am

what a lovely life, emma! my real boy [age 27] is named tristan alastair – after the character in james herriots books.
Anonymous says

July 7, 2012 at 5:03 pm

So glad to see a cardi in the UK. Not knocking pems, but I love me some cardis (got one myself).

Maryk, owned by Gracie, the blue CWC.
wetmore2 says

July 7, 2012 at 11:48 pm

Beautiful Emma resembles my Tess in New Jersey, USA. She also does the "crazy figure eights" in our yard.
Miss Pudgy Paws says

July 8, 2012 at 12:09 am

It would seem that Emma, Mother, and yourself have a picture perfect life. Everything is SO GREEN! Living here in Southern California we would doubt such a color exists we're it not for the photos and the occasional native to describe it, and swear it to be true. Thank you for sharing with us.