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Our Why 

Our story starts probably pretty similar to yours. But in 2019 we were ready to add an addition to our family and when we started search for a breed that would work for us we came across these cute fluffy booty, big eared, attituded filled dogs and instantly became obsessed. Or at least I did....my husband just came along for the ride! 

We started to seek out meeting our friends corgis both Pembroke & Cardigans and something about their sweet natures just stole my heart. I started to educate myself on the two different types of corgi breeds that AKC recognized and found things I liked in both and also found faults in each breed as well the more I emersed myself into the corgi world.  The first thing I noticed is how overran the market seemed with unethically & irresponsibly bred pups. Mixes and alleged pure bred alike. People were having as many puppies as possible without a care in the world about those puppies future health, temperament and overall well being. Let alone worried about the bitch or sires well being. They saw them as paycheck and that's it. 

I tried to look for a breeder near me that could give me a well rounded dog, free of genetic diseases, and that offered the best qualities of both corgi breeds. I had the hardest time finding anything other than boarder line puppy mill type breeders, and then I found a fantastic breeder in Montana. Which is where I got our amazing boy Sanit. I waited a long time for Sanit, Seeyah and Fern. I have very specific qualities and standards for our breeding dogs and with that usually comes having to wait a long time to find them. Just because they are a mix doesn't mean that they should be bred unethically and irresponsibly. We want folks to have access to American Corgis that are coming from a breeder who truly exceeds all expectations of a quality pure bred breeder. 

We work with other good American Corgi breeders who are also trying to pioneer the American Corgi's and create a standard that potential families should expect when looking into this mix. Every time we have a breeding it is to better the quality of this breed (mix). 

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This has truly been my dream and my husband has been so extremally supportive. I did two almost three years of dedicated research on breeding before even attempting to breed. Personally, I think there are enough back yard and unethical breeders in the world so I wanted to make sure I educated myself to ensure I was doing everything I possibly could to create a responsible, respectable and ethical program with the sole goal of bettering the breed (mix) and also to create well round pups for amazing families who want the best of both the corgi breeds.

Pillars of Our Program

We breed with the intentions of creating a corgi with an overall stronger bone structure. Pembroke's are notorious for having dainty bones and it is not uncommon for them to break their shoulder and legs often when jumping down off the couch etc. Cardigans offer a strong & thick bone structure but are typically a lot larger in body then the Pembroke. We aim to still offer the small body but with better bone structure overall. We aim to keep the classic out going bubbly personality that the Pembroke's have but with the ability to also have a relaxed temperament like the Cardigan. Cosmetically the only thing we breed for is a larger ear set like that of the Cardigan.  The primary concerns for breeding for us is health, temperament and conformation. While Sanit is merle our main goals are not for color, it just simply doesn't take precedence over our goals of conformation, health and temperament.  Often when you look at mixed breeds their pups are all over the place with temperament, quality and structure. But every single litter we have had has been exactly what we have wanted and consistent in health, temperament and structure. This is achieved by doing in depth looks at genetics before breeding, temperament testing and full panel health testing. 

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We just have our ONE male, our two adult females and our upcoming pup Layla. That is it for our program. We do have two working dogs that live with us as well. But I hate how so many breeders have a million dogs and the only thing they are used for is....to breed. Typically, those breeders are the ones who are just breeding for money. Ours are truly our family members. We do not 'trade' dogs or flip them which is also very common in backyard breeders. While we may retire dogs into a new home, it would only be if it was for the perfect family. It is really common to see backyard breeders go through tons of dogs in just a few months and it is very unfortunate. It especially common in corgis for people to just throw together whatever they can to make puppies but it is the opposite here. I waited a very long time for each of my corgis because I am very specific on what I want to create genetic, conformation and temperament wise. All my dogs are either full panel health tested and are DM carriers - not affected or triple clear by parentage.
Pups will either be triple clear or carriers not affected. We are also aiming to have OFA certifications done before our next litters. Ours dogs are health tested like I said but ALSO all their parents and grandparents were also health tested. We are really proud of that, as creating the healthiest pups is so important to us. This past litters have been nothing short of that and our reproduction vet was over the moon with our litter compared to others in our area. Our programs due diligence does start before conception but it really blooms once the babies are here. All our puppy’s complete biosensor training before they are 16 days old. They are actually whelped and raised IN our home (not in a garage or separate room) Because that's where Seeyah/ Fern are most comfortable and used to spending their time. They get a huge head start with potty training. We start them at 4 weeks and stay completely committed and consistent with them all the way until they go home to their families. Past litters have had 90% of their potties outside and the other 10% was on their artificial grass or pads.

They also are all started on basic commands at 6 weeks and are handled every day since birth, but at 6 weeks we spend 15 minutes twice a day with them individually to work on basic commands. This is amazing especially with the corgi breed because they can be stubborn and we like to give our families the most help we can by starting them early!

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