Typical Cardigan! |
The articles on this site |
are intended to provide | |
additional information about | |
the Cardigan Welsh Corgi. |
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The Cardigan attracts for many reasons, he has: | ||
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A great personality |
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Intelligence |
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Will to please | |
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A guarding instinct | |
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A Herding instinct | |
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Great looks that makes you smile | |
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Beautiful colours | |
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A self rinsing coat | |
But the Cardigan also has his minor points: | ||
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He likes chasing (small animals) | |
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He can nip heels | |
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His coat gets wet as he's low to the ground | |
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He likes catching bees and fly’s | |
Sporting activities for a Cardigan? |
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Obedience is one of the safest sporting activities, but | |
still needs to be build up safely. | |
Cardies are easily bored but when proper trained they | |
make good obedience dogs. | |
Clickertraining really suits them. | |
Their training should always be fun and positive with | |
many encouragements and rewards. | |
Agility is not the most suited sport for a Cardigan. |
With his long back, short legs, weight and risk of spine problems the different |
obstacles can be a risk for your dog even though they jump low. |
The same applies to Flyball, however this might suit the Cardigan a bit better than agility |
since they always jump in straight lines, the jumps are relative low and the ball-ejectors |
have become more dog-friendly. |
Herding Sheep is a great sport but it will excite your |
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dog to the max, therefore most dogs should be | |
protected against themselves. | |
Herding sheep is safer then herding cows as cattle can | |
kick when they are bitten in their heels, | |
this is why we use the term “heeler” for the Cardigan. | |
With herding sheep the problem might arise that your | |
dog will start hunting other animals in nature as | |
their herdinginstinct will be effected. |
Cycling with the Cardigan is possible but as you can imagine the Cardigan isn’t the most |
suitable with its short legs. |
The dog should always trot while cycling and as you can understand, with a Cardigan |
you will not speed up. |
However some people already took their (Dutch) UV-exams, that is a test where you cycle |
with your dog for 20 km. |
Important: |
It’s important to build up your exercises and the trainingsessions. Don’t start agility, |
Flyball or Herding before they are 1 year of age. |
You can start with Obedience as a puppy. |