The man proceeded to ask me what breed they were. I told him. He replied, "That's a mellow breed." This is not how I would characterize Cardigans. The boys were mellow b/c they'd already been for 2 walks totaling 5 miles, and they know what down means. I shared with him that the breed isn't particularly mellow - the boys were just being very good.
wags n woofs: life with the trio of trouble
Sunday, July 26, 2009
"That's a mellow breed"
Friday I took both of the boys to the vet. While in the waiting room, I put them both in a down, and the three of us were waiting patiently for our names to be called. A man walked in with his shi tsu or lhasa apso (I can't really tell them apart). The boys looked up, but didn't move. What good boys!
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Our Cardis are interesting. They're always ready to go, but they're also very happy being rugs while we watch TV or read or play on the computer. I think they are adaptive and sensible -- that makes them perfect.
ReplyDeleteHaving had another breed or 5 . . . Cardis are mellow. Can I interest you in a Swedish Vallhund? We have a little girl available who will be visiting me this coming weekend.
ReplyDeleteI can go with mostly mellow, but sassy. This is excepting Denzil who always wants to go, go, go - but he's not sassy. Of course, since Maggie's been a young dog I have been a believer that a tired dog is a good dog.
ReplyDeleteOhh, adding another dog is always tempting, but we've got a few things working against us right now (you can guess the order of prioritization): Maggie would NOT like another girl in the house, we'd have to move to a new home, as there's a 3 dog limit in our city, the husband wants to stick to Cardis, as otherwise we'd have to go to 2 national specialties every year....
Definitely pass on the Vallhund -- they are corgis on speed.
ReplyDeleteJust trying to help Lani appreciate how mellow the Cardis truly are ;-)
ReplyDeleteI had a sneaking suspicion I was being set up to prove a point.... Sneaky!
ReplyDeleteI guess mellow all depends on your baseline (dalmatian vs greyhound, for instance).