corgipallie
11-14-2009, 07:01 PM
I'd like to introduce my new little girl, Gypsy! I'll get to her name in a little bit.
She's 14 months old and is a sable/white pembroke welsh corgi. She's 22 lbs and boy does she have big paws to fill!
She was adopted when she was 12 weeks old and lived with a woman and her 3 other corgis for about 8 months, but the lady just couldn't handle that many and none of her females were fixed so there were some temperament issues. I want to think she was in the wrong home from the get go. She just needed a place to live until I found her. And we both got lucky! She was returned 3 weeks before I found her and I've had her for a few weeks on a trial run to make sure Apollo and her got along. Things are going great. He is a little jealous of some of the attention she gets while I housebreak her, teach her to play, and get through her spay recovery. He is doing great though.
Honestly, I don't know if I'm really ready for another corgi. I still miss Pallie like you wouldn't believe and miss her every minute of every day. But in my heart I know I need a corgi. Pallie and I had our talks and I told her that (and she knew that) part of my life's purpose is to be a mom to a corgi. A lot of other things are trivial to me. Having a corgi in my life is a necessity. My soul needs a corgi to heal, move on, and be happy and I am!
Pallie and I also talked about how I had to continue what we had together. I know the bond we have will never be replicated, but Pallie taught me so much and I have to continue what she left for me. In our talks, we picked out a name together. Gypsy. And no other name would do.
She's named after the Fleetwood Mac song. I am a huge fan of Stevie Nicks (who wrote the song) anyway. For those who don't know the song, it's not about a gypsy as in a wandering person. Gypsy is a metaphor for going back to the person you were at a certain point in time. Stevie's gypsy was going back to the days she lived in the Haight in San Francisco to the days she knew when she was in college long before Fleetwood Mac. To me, my gypsy is going back to the 12 years I had with Pallie. It's saying that I loved her so much I never want to forget and I want to live it all over again. And when Pallie was sick, there's a line in the song that I kept repeating to myself and to her: "I have no fear, I have only love." Those were the words I lived by when I knew our time together was getting shorter and shorter. I knew what the end result was going to be and I had to be strong. I had to give her all of my love. She had to leave this earth knowing I had nothing but love for her. Dogs can sense fear so easily in their humans. I didn't want Pallie to sense that at all - just love. There are also a few other lyrics that fit too, like "lightning strikes, maybe once, maybe twice and it all comes down to you" (Pallie was my first bolt of light and I hope to be lucky enough to get a second) and "her memory is all that's left for you know, you see your gypsy."
Anyway, if you listen to the song you'll hear how it really is a tribute to what Pallie and I will always have together and I'm lucky enough to have realized it before she left so we could talk about it. Having her hear that name come from my voice makes me feel closer to her through Gypsy. Everytime I say her name, I know Pallie heard me say the same word.
She has a very sweet personality and loves to cuddle and loves to play with a few toys too. She starts obedience school on Nov 30 and would make a great agility dog too! This girl flies!! She is going to be fun. She's adjusting very well and the best thing is that she's 100% healthy!! Her vet checks, blood work, etc is all great. She deserves to be healthy and I also deserve a healthy girl. I hope she stays healthy for a very long time.
Ok so I've written enough.
Here are some photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/calypsocorgi/?saved=1
Love,
Steph, Apollo, Gypsy and Pallie forever
She's 14 months old and is a sable/white pembroke welsh corgi. She's 22 lbs and boy does she have big paws to fill!
She was adopted when she was 12 weeks old and lived with a woman and her 3 other corgis for about 8 months, but the lady just couldn't handle that many and none of her females were fixed so there were some temperament issues. I want to think she was in the wrong home from the get go. She just needed a place to live until I found her. And we both got lucky! She was returned 3 weeks before I found her and I've had her for a few weeks on a trial run to make sure Apollo and her got along. Things are going great. He is a little jealous of some of the attention she gets while I housebreak her, teach her to play, and get through her spay recovery. He is doing great though.
Honestly, I don't know if I'm really ready for another corgi. I still miss Pallie like you wouldn't believe and miss her every minute of every day. But in my heart I know I need a corgi. Pallie and I had our talks and I told her that (and she knew that) part of my life's purpose is to be a mom to a corgi. A lot of other things are trivial to me. Having a corgi in my life is a necessity. My soul needs a corgi to heal, move on, and be happy and I am!
Pallie and I also talked about how I had to continue what we had together. I know the bond we have will never be replicated, but Pallie taught me so much and I have to continue what she left for me. In our talks, we picked out a name together. Gypsy. And no other name would do.
She's named after the Fleetwood Mac song. I am a huge fan of Stevie Nicks (who wrote the song) anyway. For those who don't know the song, it's not about a gypsy as in a wandering person. Gypsy is a metaphor for going back to the person you were at a certain point in time. Stevie's gypsy was going back to the days she lived in the Haight in San Francisco to the days she knew when she was in college long before Fleetwood Mac. To me, my gypsy is going back to the 12 years I had with Pallie. It's saying that I loved her so much I never want to forget and I want to live it all over again. And when Pallie was sick, there's a line in the song that I kept repeating to myself and to her: "I have no fear, I have only love." Those were the words I lived by when I knew our time together was getting shorter and shorter. I knew what the end result was going to be and I had to be strong. I had to give her all of my love. She had to leave this earth knowing I had nothing but love for her. Dogs can sense fear so easily in their humans. I didn't want Pallie to sense that at all - just love. There are also a few other lyrics that fit too, like "lightning strikes, maybe once, maybe twice and it all comes down to you" (Pallie was my first bolt of light and I hope to be lucky enough to get a second) and "her memory is all that's left for you know, you see your gypsy."
Anyway, if you listen to the song you'll hear how it really is a tribute to what Pallie and I will always have together and I'm lucky enough to have realized it before she left so we could talk about it. Having her hear that name come from my voice makes me feel closer to her through Gypsy. Everytime I say her name, I know Pallie heard me say the same word.
She has a very sweet personality and loves to cuddle and loves to play with a few toys too. She starts obedience school on Nov 30 and would make a great agility dog too! This girl flies!! She is going to be fun. She's adjusting very well and the best thing is that she's 100% healthy!! Her vet checks, blood work, etc is all great. She deserves to be healthy and I also deserve a healthy girl. I hope she stays healthy for a very long time.
Ok so I've written enough.
Here are some photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/calypsocorgi/?saved=1
Love,
Steph, Apollo, Gypsy and Pallie forever