Giandarra Cardigan Welsh Corgis NSW Australia

17/01/2025

Close enough to Christmas. Rhodri has his 2 new front teeth. 😁

15/01/2025

Tessie just turned 4 in December. The time has come to put serious thought into a partner for her this year. I was immersed in pedigrees for hours yesterday considering the strengths and weaknesses of potential sires and their bloodlines. And, I didn't come to a cemented decision as yet. Tessie is the only girl I have from our Gabby.

15/01/2025

I'd forgive you if you thought these were puppy to adult shots.

14/01/2025

I love this Breed. I'd love to see as close to perfection as we can get in our breedings. I want to see beautiful Cardigans everywhere. I hate seeing breed drift occurring. What makes a Cardigan a Cardigan? A Cardigan should be recognisable as the dog described in our Breed Standard. I've touched on topics over the years and I think 2025 is time to revisit them. If I can get one thing across today, it is, we need to look past colour, convenience, whims.... and take the time to understand what we're buying and breeding from. Are we really breeding our breed?

The attached is from a credited public post by a Poodle breeder, but it applies to all breeds. I opted to take out some specific poodle references.

13/01/2025

Bubbles 🫧 🍾 fun for everyone, thanks to Mel visiting us. All spoken for.

12/01/2025

Catrin promises to wipe her paws if she can come in after our downpour of rain. We need to wipe more than paws lol. A few puppies were hot on the heels of their mother chasing thunder...

11/01/2025

Nermal, the cat, is the best little puppy trainer. Not much upsets him. Jacqui gives it a good crack though. Nermal has grown up with dogs after handraising his litter from around 3 weeks old after their mother, a feral, was killed. We had been feeding Mum, who was residing in a hayshed. We were able to hand catch the 4 kittens. We raised and desexed them. Nermal stayed on. He catches the odd mouse and rat, bringing them in audibly, for our inspection. We find him sleeping his days in the hayshed. He is fond of hugging and cleaning adult dogs who will let him. A cat always dictates the terms of the relationship.

11/01/2025

Larry today, ungroomed and farm fresh, before the rain showers began. Dog washing will get extra rinses on the line today.

07/01/2025

2024 Show Summary.
We had a busy year with several litters resulting in us only showing the G dogs for the first half of the year. We set a few goals and kicked most of them into the net.

We achieved title points on Twill and Pip by mid year. Monty, with Mel on the end of the lead also achieved his title points by the end of the year, gaining himself a few certificates for his efforts in the Dogzonline pointscore competition. One, a tidy little #1 Male ranking for the Working Dog Group in the Rising Star Competition. Viv showed lightly due to having a litter this year.

We attended our State's Corgi Specialty, with fantastic results for Viv and Mel, being awarded Runner Up Best Of Breed and Reserve Bitch Challenge at the first show. Twill and Pip represented themselves well, winning their breed class one show each also.

The second half of the year we were busy with puppies and we are still busy with those wonderful puppies lol.

When Captain Ri arrived earlier this year, our aim was to gain his title points by end of year. And, we did that, around puppies and a little unplanned hospital stay and recuperation.

Due to just being busy, a few results didn't make the Breeder tally this year which would have ranked us higher, but it's just a number at the end of the day. We always hope the proof is in the pudding. We remain ever thankful to all who journey with us, from our pet homes to respected breeders, friends and supporters. It's a blessing to have you all involved in our Cardigans. Thank you.

05/01/2025

Gosh. It's like looking at Hazel's mini me at times. Catrin at the produce store.

04/01/2025

It was a stick kind of day.

02/01/2025

The tri siblings. Cormac and Catrin. All spoken for.

30/12/2024

30/12/2024

It's close to that time of year again... (if it hasn't happened over Christmas already)

29/12/2024

Catrin may have begun her swim unexpectedly but swam like a pro once in. Lol Ready for the next adventure.

29/12/2024

We got to explore the big dam this afternoon and a few of us had our first real swim.

28/12/2024

Welcome to the fun house! We have our hands full. All spoken for.

24/12/2024

The Jacob/Hazel youngsters at 3 1/2 months. This litter delivered everything we hoped to achieve in terms of temperament, structure, litter health, while maintaining breed type traits and working instinct, from our early observations so far. It is seriously my daily pleasure just to sit and watch these babies. Jacob is Am Ch White Hart Farewell To Kings FDC DCAT ACT2 ACT2J CHC TKN ATT FITB and my thanks to his breeder, Barbara Miller of White Hart Cardigans and the Greenes, his owners for sharing him with us. All spoken for.