Giandarra Cardigan Welsh Corgis NSW Australia

13/11/2025

Good Morning from the redheads on this rainy day. Shenanigans from 5am with Flame and a very naked Tessie. Flame (Giandarra A Fire Inside) is 14 weeks old today. 🔥

09/11/2025

Cormac gained his final points towards his Championship over the weekend. He was also awarded a nice Runner Up Best In Group, and 2 Junior In Group frillies. Pending Dogs NSW approval, he will be known as Australian Champion Giandarra Eat Your Hart Out (AI)

My thanks to Melinda for this great pic she organised before we left. Always lovely to catch up with the wider breed community.

04/11/2025

Feeling confident there will be little paws early December.
Twill is Australian Champion Giandarra Weave A Magic Charm.

03/11/2025

Miss Flame (Giandarra A Fire Inside) 🔥 chooses to rest in her open pen. She had a party in there earlier.... nice rearrangement of the contents. 🤣

03/11/2025

I am indebted to breeders who trust me to do what's right for my breed. Breeders who are honest and transparent. Breeders who love their breed more than money. Breeders who have enabled our breeding program. Thankful and grateful for the support they have given, and continue to give. It is a journey and I'm thankful for their company. Grateful. When I got my first Cardigan I had no idea they would take my heart and become one of most loved additions to my life.

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01/11/2025

Doesn't everybody start their day rock climbing very pre 6am? Dash is more a watcher of feisty, mad redhead rumbles.

01/11/2025

'Love Me Mummy' series... 😅

30/10/2025

My wine o'clock supervisors on duty. Flame has lost an ear with teething. It is up and down at the moment.

29/10/2025

Just like you and me, our dogs reflect how they feel on any given day in different circumstances. Current environment, stresses, triggers, trying something new.... it affects us all. Our dogs might carry 'baggage' from past experiences we know, or might not know about. Our own emotional state goes down the lead and affects them too. I know I've celebrated their best efforts on days others looking on probably view as failures or poor results. The measure of your success is not dictated by others.

28/10/2025

We went showing last weekend with Cormac and Meredith. We were the only Cardigans at this show cluster. Cormac 4 Best Of Breed 1 RU Best of Breed, Meredith 1 Best of Breed 4 RU Best of Breed. 13 mth old siblings from our Jacob/Hazel litter.

28/10/2025

Mother and daughter, around the 12 week old milestone.
Tessie and Flame.

20/10/2025

A thought provoking read for those with a puppy addition on their radar.

Borrowed this but so true! Puppies are living, breathing, emotional creatures. Not a preprogramed stuffed robot. They need time to adjust and they do become what you make them. They observe everything! Training and growing up is a process. It takes time, dedication, consistency, and understanding on the road to developing a well adjusted pup😊

No breeder escapes this moment: the phone buzzes a few days after a puppy leaves, with a message you could almost recite by heart:

“We love him, but…”

Ah, the infamous but.

But he barks. But he nips. But he cries at night. But he’s “too energetic.”

In short, he’s alive. And for some, that’s already too much.
A puppy isn’t a living stuffed animal or a personal antidepressant. It’s a baby mammal, uprooted from its maternal world, thrown into the unknown. It will bark, cry, explore, and stress—and that’s normal.

Modern humans, however, don’t like disturbance. They want everything fast: their coffee, their phone, even their puppy’s “adaptation.” They forget a puppy’s brain is still learning emotional regulation through experience, not downloads or miracle TikTok tricks.

So overwhelmed families write: “He’s adorable, but he’s not for us.” Translation: We wanted a dog without the challenges of a puppy.
Even the best-raised puppies are still learning. They arrive ready to learn to love, not pre-programmed to love. And learning requires time, consistency, and emotional steadiness—qualities many humans no longer possess.

Some confuse the perfect puppy with the compliant puppy—obedient to their schedule, whims, or noise tolerance. When that fails, blame follows: the breeder, the breed, the dog’s “character.” And suddenly normal puppy behavior becomes a “problem.”

Breeders absorb it all, taking back puppies “returned due to lifestyle incompatibility,” re-socializing them, and repairing broken bonds. They brush trembling little muzzles and remind themselves: humans think they can adopt without adapting.

Living with a puppy is chaos before harmony. It’s the noise, the smells, the nips, the accidents, the doubts. It’s biology, not magic.
A puppy isn’t a test, a trial, or a gift. It’s a living commitment. What it becomes depends on you: balanced if you are, anxious if you are.
And if you’re not ready to give up your slippers and certainties for a few months? Adopt a plant instead. It rarely chews your shoes, and it doesn’t cry at night.

— Eva VanLoo