About Jojo...

Why Corgis? My daughter Kelly and her family got this guy for Christmas four years ago. (He's about three months old in this picture.) Since everybody in their house went to school or work every day, I started taking Jojo with me after I'd helped my grandkids off to school. He'd spend the day with me hanging out, running errands, going for walks where he was admired by one and all, and so on. I'm convinced he's the smartest dog in the entire world (though Elky is giving him a run for his money) and he'll always be my first love when it comes to Corgis. Jojo is a Pembroke Welsh Corgi, cousin to the Cardigan, and thus was born without a tail. I took Jojo to basic and intermediate obedience lessons and we now work very well together...but he was a handful in the beginning.

How it all began...

We adopted Tassel (red & white) and Elky (brindle & white), these beautiful eight year old Cardigan Welsh Corgis, on Easter weekend 2007. It was hard for their owners to let the dogs go, but they found themselves increasingly away on travel and the dogs were being shuffled from one temporary situation to another. So with great reluctance they asked Denise Waiting, Regional Coordinator of the Cardigan Welsh Corgi National Rescue Trust for help in finding a permanent home for the girls. Two years later, as I was looking for a breeder who might have a Corgi pup for sale, I came across Denise's flyer seeking homes for the dogs. We met Elky and Tassel and their owners and quickly realized that they were the dogs for us. Since the dogs have been together for almost their entire lives, I couldn't imagine taking only one of them...and besides, I figured that two Corgis would be at least twice the fun (subsequently proven to be the case). Voila!