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The Corgi Cryer
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The Corgi Cryer is the award-winning quarterly magazine of the Mayflower Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club. It can help you learn about all aspects of life with Corgis. We cover not only Mayflower events and activities, but also broader topics in conformation, breeding, agility, herding, obedience, tracking, rescue, training, and health. The Corgi Cryer also includes fiction, humor, and many wonderful photos and illustrations. Each issue is 50+ pages.
We offer a reprint of the complete 8-part Breeder’s Forum series, which appeared in the Cryer in 2004-2005. This series was a two-time winner of the Dog Writers’ Association of America award for Best Subject-Related Series in a Regional Club Publication. For more information, select “Special Editions” from the links on the left.
NEWS FLASH - February 8, 2009: The Corgi Cryer swept the regional club magazine category in the Dog Writers Association of America 2008 contest, winning all three Maxwell awards: best regional club publication, best article ("The Integrative Medicine Approach to Lyme Disease," by Nancy Boyd and Cindy Read), and best column or series ("Herd, Seen, Find, Over, and Finish," by Deb Eldredge and Deb DeVona).
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Table of Contents
In Our Current Issue... |
Vol. 32, No. 3, Summer 2009
CONTENTS
From the President
From the Editor
Summer Pleasures
-- Hiking With Your Corgi: Tibby Chase
-- Your Doggone Good Summer Reading List: Florence Scarinci
-- Gardening With Corgis: Linda Jacob
Handling in the Group Ring: Nancy Boyd
May I Have This Dance?: Daphna Straus
Making Medical Decisions for Your Corgi: Part I: Carol Donnelly
Columns
MAYFLY BYTES: Cathy Santarsiero & Carol Meaney
MAYFLOWER CORGI RESCUE: Anne Stirlen
PERFORMANCE COMMITTEE NEWS: Carol Donnelly
HERD, SEEN, FIND, OVER, AND FINISH: Deb DeVona & Deb M. Eldredge, D.V.M.
KORGI KIDS: Kate Eldredge
MAYFLY SHOW RESULTS: Barbara M. Fisher
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Excerpts
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From “Hiking With Your Corgi” by Tibby Chase
In these down economic times, hiking is one of the least expensive ways to spend a day with your canine friends. It promotes fitness for both dogs and people, deepens our appreciation for nature, and, best of all, enhances our relationship with our dogs. So grab that leash and hit the trail! Corgis are great trail companions. Fellow hikers are often amazed at how such short-legged dogs can climb, scramble, and walk for hours. I always explain that our breed is a “big dog in a small package,” and they love to be out and about. As herding dogs, they are very trainable and tend to stay close to their owners. However, not all Corgis are ready for that big hike right away. Prerequisites include basic training, conditioning, and equipment. Moreover, owners need to remember that every time we hike with our dogs, we are ambassadors for our breed and for all dogs in general. With the threat of more anti-dog legislation, it is imperative that our hiking Corgis are good citizens and that we keep them under control and clean up after them.
From “Gardening With Corgis: A New Cross-Training Technique” by Linda Jacobs
Do you suffer from a desire to put one or more titles on your dog while maintaining maintain a reasonably clean home and organized garden? Are you torn between whether to set out your tomatoes or to practice those recalls and down exercises? Is your day split between laying tracks and eliminating cabbage moths? Don’t despair—our new cross-training program, Gardening with Corgis, may be the answer to your time-crunch problems. . . . Each year, one of the first things we do in our vegetable garden is to place weed barrier cloth along the rows. Of course, the weekend chosen for this chore is always one of the windiest of the year, outside of hurricane season. Thirty feet of landscaping cloth can travel across the yard in the blink of an eye with a 20 m.p.h. gust of wind. But spreading rocks along the edges of the cloth that are large enough to maintain any sense of order guarantees a trip to the chiropractor. Here is the perfect opportunity to perfect that long sit or down so necessary for your obedience, agility, or rally exercises. Have your dog sit about 18 inches from the end while you insert the landscaping pins or stakes that you use to secure the material. If you prefer the raised bed method, bury the end and sides in the dirt. Depending on how agile you are (I do not bend well at all) this can take from 30 seconds to 2 minutes. Now release your dog, place her about 5 or 6 feet further down the fabric, and repeat the exercise.
From “Handling in the Group Ring: It’s a Whole New Game” by Nancy Boyd
“Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore,” said the Pembroke Welsh Corgi handler as she stepped into the Group ring for the first time. Yes, handling for Group really is a whole different arena of competition, and there are things every handler needs to know to take home those Group—and, even better, BIS—ribbons. To get a good look at all the facets of the new scene, we asked a variety of breeders and handlers for their perspectives.
From “May I Have This Dance? Pems and Their People in Freestyle” by Daphna Straus
Athletic, intelligent, and bred as a willing partner of humankind, the Pembroke Welsh Corgi is a breed that can truly do it all. Pembrokes are so versatile, excelling in so many events, that owners are always looking for new challenges to enjoy with their short-legged drovers. One of the newer sports, canine freestyle, has emerged as fertile ground for our showy breed. Freestyle essentially involves choreographed dance routines performed by a handler and a dog. According to the World Canine Freestyle Organization (WCFO), “the object of musical freestyle is to display the dog and handler in a creative, innovative and original dance, using music and intricate movements to showcase teamwork, artistry, costuming, athleticism and style in interpreting the theme of the music.” The Canine Freestyle Federation also notes that this sport “is an excellent discipline to illustrate the conformation and movement of the dog.”
From “Making Medical Decisions for Your Corgi: Part I” by Carol Donnelly
This series of articles is written to provide a framework that will help you and your family find the right answers for your own personal situation. In it, we will investigate ways to make medical decisions for your dog, from minor daily challenges to life threatening diseases. The overriding theme is to educate yourself as much as possible and to make decisions that will work for your own situation, not anyone else’s. Every day we make small decisions about the health and well being of our dogs, whether we know it or not. What food do we feed, and how much? How long is their walk? Do we include them in the ride, or do they stay home? Are they free to roam or crated in the house? Do we fence the yard with electric or hard fencing? What vaccination schedule do we follow? Do we feed supplements? Each of these decisions has a direct impact on our Corgis’ soundness in mind and body. In this initial article, we’ll explore two of the first big choices that you will make (and often remake): who will be your primary veterinarian and where you will go for emergency care.
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The Corgi Cryer is published four times a year. The next issue, Fall 2009, will be published in September.
Please note our subscription rates, effective January 1, 2008. Domestic subscriptions for nonmembers are only $30 a year ($55 for two years) and may be ordered using our subscription form (see link below). Subscriptions will start with the next published issue. If you wish your subscription to start with the most recent issue in print, please add $4 for shipping. When you subscribe, you will also receive information about the many informative back issues available. |
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July 27(editorial)
August 14(advertising) |
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All ads must concern dogs and are subject to approval. The front cover is editorial, not advertising. We prefer ad copy be sent electronically as a Word file. If you mail a hard copy, please print or type and specify the fonts. If you don't lay out the format, we will. Pictures should be black and white for best reproduction, but good quality color is acceptable as well; print or type your name and address on a label and affix it to the back of each photo. Contact us for requirements for digital images. Payment must accompany your ad. Make checks payable to The Corgi Cryer and send pictures, copy, and payment to Deborah Harper, 44 Honey Hollow Road, Pound Ridge, NY 10576. For further information, contact the Advertising Editor, Deborah Harper.
ADVERTISING RATES
Our new rates are effective January 1, 2008. We offer some attractive money-saving packages and do not charge an additional fee for using more than one photo or graphic in an ad. As always, we will lay out your ad for free. To receive the Mayflower Member Rate, members must pay at the time the ad is submitted.
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Mayflower members receive a 20% discount off the full price for 4 full page ads paid up front; the discount price is $144. Ads that are part of the package must be used within 4 issues. If a member wishes to upgrade to a back cover or inside cover ad, the member must pay the difference. No refunds for unused ads.
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