aka "Tommy"

CH Dwynella Take a Chance x CH Faerie Glen Dina O'Shanteroo)

In May of 2005 an exciting new addition came to Honeyfox from Faerie Glen Corgis in California. Tommy was four months old when he arrived, and seemed possessed of an easy-going California style, trotting out of the airport like he traveled across the country every day. He moved into the bottom spot on the totem pole in his new pack’s hierarchy, and was perfectly content being the new baby on the block. He spent his first Summer playing with the older males, particularly his buddy Will, and maturing, slowly but steadily.

Now at eleven months he has blossomed into a handsome young fellow. He is a beautiful moving dog with excellent length, beautiful bone, and a level topline both standing and on the move. He has a lovely outline and is true coming and going. And best of all he has the sweetest, dearest, and most gentle, laid back disposition you could ask for in any dog.

He has been to just a few dog shows, and is beginning to think that they’re kind of fun. The weekend before Christmas we went to a large indoor all-breed show, where he won Best of Winners and Best Pembroke Puppy, and then went on to win the Puppy Herding Group!

In the extremely competitive Best Puppy in Show class we all showed our dogs to the judge, and after making her decision, she wished all the exhibitors good luck in their future showing, and said that “today it will be the Corgi!” As she stood there with her hand extended, I think I was frozen to the spot. When every one began shaking my hand and hugging me it started to sink in that we had won. What an exciting Christmas present!

Tommy, of course, took all the excitement in stride. He was more interested in the dog cookies that filled the large crystal prize he had won. He got to gobble up a number of them as his reward for being such a good boy.

Stay tuned for more from Tommy. He’s just getting started.

Tommy has a litter brother (Faerie Glen Chance's Biloxi Bound) and sister (Faerie Glen Mill'n Dollar Baby) who are currently being shown very successfully in Colorado and California.

by Susan Strickland, Honeyfox Corgis © 2005