Brechdan Cardigan Welsh Corgis

07/06/2023

Bird showing off how my puppies are with cats! They're a bit OVER affectionate if anything.

Thank you Megan for this video of Bird!

05/10/2023

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY TO THE BOOKS N BOOZE LITTER! 📚🍹

It feels unreal that my very first litter is a whole year old!! I'm so proud of all my puppies and their people!!

Brechdan's Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster with SDPD
Brechdan Is The Word
Brechdan's Shaken Not Stirred
Brechdan's Tequila Mockingbird
Brechdan's Flying Without Wings
Brechdan's Death In The Afternoon

09/10/2022

Happy 4 month birthday to the Books and Booze litter!

08/10/2022

Congrats to Prin's littermate Oakley and to Misti at Sandpiper Cardigan Welsh Corgis on their first litter of TEN healthy puppies!

07/07/2022

Socialization should be your first goal when starting out with your puppy because it can only be accomplished when a puppy is young AND it has a huge impact not only on the type of dog you will have when they mature (social versus nervous).

Puppies are in a critical period of socialization from about 4 weeks of age to about 14 weeks (this range may vary based on the breed). During this window it is important that the puppy is properly socialized because their brains are the most receptive to learning about the world. Proper socialization is the key to the friendly and social dog.

It is important to stress that socialization is not exposure. It is far more complex than simply taking your new puppy places with you. In fact, for some puppies exposure can be too overwhelming and can create more fear. Socialization is about helping your puppy build positive associations.

When setting up socialization experiences it is always important that you carefully observe your puppy’s body language. Puppies and dogs communicate active enjoyment and stress through their bodies, and it goes far beyond a tail wag. Small signals like licking lips, dropping the head, yawning, and scratching can all indicate stress. Becoming proficient at reading your puppy will help you learn when your puppy is having and good time (and building those essential positive associations) vs. when a situation could be too overwhelming, and we need to back off!

Our goal is for the puppy to have a choice to interact or to retreat and to reward that bravery and interaction with high-value reinforcers instead of being forced into situations that cause stress and assuming the puppy will “get used to it”.

Want to read more about puppy socialization? Read our blog: https://www.pawsitivefutures.com/single-post/puppy-socialization-101

07/02/2022

Charlie has found a home!! Thank you for all your help!

07/01/2022

Brechdan Cardigans is trans + q***r owned. you are SAFE here. I will also never knowingly refer you to someone who won't unconditionally support basic human rights for all 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Earlier this month I, like many others, changed the profile photo of my page in support of Pride Month. While it was overwhelmingly well-received, I did have a negative response from one person that I promptly removed from this page and went on with life. But, now that Pride Month is coming to an end, and this small person and others like them will return to comfort as corporations remove their rainbow signage, I feel the need to address how I felt about this interaction.

A while back, I found out that a prospective puppy buyer had been asking around about me as a breeder. I expect this, and encourage this, as you should know and be comfortable with where your puppy comes from and know that it has been ethically and responsibly bred. What caught me off guard, though, was that they were already comfortable with my breeding program and ethics…but was I “safe”? Was I LGBTQ+ friendly? Would I ghost them (or worse) because they were q***r? And I have to tell you, I was not prepared to find out that that was a real concern for bright-eyed, ambitious young people getting into the world of purebred dogs.

In my 20 years involved with Ibizan Hounds, I have never met a Beezer who cared who was petting them, or feeding them, or loving them. My only concern as a breeder is the quality of life that someone can provide for their dog, and that is certainly what the dogs care about, too. The unconditional love provided by dogs to their humans is something that is not always just enjoyed as a family companion…sometimes that bond is all that someone might have. A homeless person on a corner panhandling and sharing their meal with their dog…a soldier returning from unimaginable experiences relying on their service dog as a lifeline…a happy and calm therapy dog sitting with special needs children, sharing with them the confidence they need to be able to read out loud…or a dog who might be the only companion to a young person who has been disowned by their blood family for any number of reasons. And in all of these instances and countless others, being present and loved is all that dog cares about.

Dogs love unconditionally, and a lot of people could learn a thing or two from them. It is because of this quality, shared by breeds of all sizes, shapes and historical purposes, that humans have been so intricately bonded with dogs for centuries. And for that reason, the dog community is a beautiful blend of people from all walks of life. There are a lot of people who face barriers when trying to get their foot in the door in dog sports, barriers that strait, cisgender white people do not have to contend with. A little compassion toward your fellow dog-lovers is literally the least you can offer to another person who shares your same passion.

So, on this last day of June, celebrate the beauty of each individual person that inhabits this earth, especially those who love and are loved by dogs. And if you find yourself having a hard time with that, maybe just quietly be thankful that you don’t need a month or a parade to celebrate your ability to love who you love or to freely live in the beautiful skin in which you were born.

06/29/2022

Charlie is still looking for an active pet home!

Charlie is from the Books and Booze litter, who are from Prin, AKC Pointed Sanddigger & Puddleduck's Limited Edition CA BCAT TKI VHMA ITD 2K9, and the lovely Cian, GCH Blackdale's Tend The Bar at Ripanco HIT.

She was born May 10 and will be ready to go home after July 8th.

She has a similar personality to her mother Prin: sassy, judgemental, chronically disappointed. She's got food and toy drive and would love to do something like scentwork or rally but at this point in her development, I don't believe she will have the structure for more impact heavy sports nor for show.

Charlie was raised with Puppy Culture.

I'm happy to answer questions via DM or comment. You can contact me via DMs here or on my personal account if you're interested!

06/08/2022

Obviously you should not be FORCING your puppy to exercise or run, and you should not be asking your dwarf breed puppy to go up and down stairs, furniture, vehicles, or other high surfaces - but the opposite extreme of restricting exercise to extremely small amounts is also overkill.

People have a right to make choices based on robust scientific evidence. The opposite of science-based choice is anecdote-based myths. One of the most harmful anecdotal myths in veterinary medicine is the fallacy that puppies should exercise for no more than 5-minutes/day for every month of age. Here's an article addressing this pervasive myth which I wrote with my mentor, Professor Stuart Carmichael: https://indd.adobe.com/view/1aad4f26-c7c5-4895-a216-889447348bf2

05/17/2022

Trillian and Fizz both hit a pound today! The others are not far behind them.

05/03/2022

We have an x ray! I am guessing 7 or 8 puppies based on this. Just one week left!

04/08/2022

Prin's pregnancy is confirmed! It's still too early to get a "head count" but based on the litter sizes of her dam and grand dam the count will be "too many" 😅

The sire is Cian, GCH Blackdales Tend The Bar at Ripanco

Prin is AKC Pointed Sanddigger and Puddleduck's Limited Edition CA BCAT TKI VHMA (and a bunch of other alphabet soup from other organizations)