Cardigan Complex

Corgi puppy Friday!

Temperance… I don’t think she’s still grown into her ears.

A shot from last year, awwww… Caleb and Tempe at the shop, waiting to go down to the parade!

Tempe just has the wheeeee face on. She’s always SO happy. Love her attitude, she’s the best girl.

Wanna play with me, Caleb?

(Old pic, I’ve got dogs everywhere— babysitting for a friend, and there’s Cardigans all over the house! Been a long week! ;) )

Day 5 of Tempe Week!

Happy Birthday Temperance!! All grown up and looking like a pretty show dog! ;)

Corgi Puppy Friday!!!

Since it’s day 4 of Temperance week… here, have an adorable puppy picture of Tempe. ;)

Temperance week, day 4…

Six months old, here… and she is pure joy, pure laughter. (She’s also pure silly to her friends, who she led on into a head on accident here. Look at her laugh, she knows what she’s done.)

Every dog I’ve ever owned is different, even members of the same breed - and Tempe is no exception. She’s self-assured, she has been since day one. She’s incredibly smart, but also easily trainable, and sometimes those things just don’t go together. She’s a flirt, an extrovert, one of those dogs that loves everyone, that loves life. If she was human she’d be the sort that charms you out of your fortune, but you’d not feel bad about it as she skipped down the road in your diamonds and pearls with the deed to your house clenched in her paw. 

She’s elegant and girly -  Tempe can be a show dog and never set a paw wrong, she loves it, they’re all here to cheer her on… And yet, then all of a sudden she’s a total tomboy, and she’ll drop and roll in the mud and the grime and bring you a dead crab on the beach… and all you can do is hold your nose and laugh at her and she’s laughing back.

I’m lucky to have her be part of my life. So are the other dogs. Well, mostly. ;)

Day 3 of Temperance Week…

Tempe likes Simon, but her true adoration is for Caleb. She loves him… mostly because  he’s the bestest toy in the whole world. ;)

Day 2 of Week Temperance here.

This is the first day I brought Tempe home. She’s 8 weeks in this photo.  Simon was SO delighted. He loves puppies, and when she wandered up to him and said, “Hi, mister,” I think he got a little heart bubble over his head and she wrapped him around her petite litle paw.

Someone asked if I’d named her after the Bones character. The answer is, yup. ;) I love the books, I love the show, and it… just fit. Dog. Bones. Get it? ;)

Tempe turns a year old on Saturday! So, I declare this Temperance week, and you’ll get photos.

Day three, when I first met her. <3 Awwww. She was so tiny! 

Cardigan Corgi pile nap time!

Silly dogs, sofas are for… okay, you guys. I’ll just go here and sit on the floor. ;)