Cardigan Welsh Corgis make both excellent family pets and show dogs! Because of their adaptable personality and small bodies, they could potentially make excellent apartment dogs. Additionally, many of these guys can be seen living with horse owners as they are able to help in loading the horses into their trailers. They also make fantastic watchdogs due to their reserved attitude towards strangers and their ability to bark at anything they deem to be out of the norm! However, they do have independent streaks and although they are intelligent and easy to train, they will choose when and how they respond to your commands. If you want your Cardigan puppy to truly prosper, we recommend getting in all the training and socialization you can before they turn four months.

Of the two Corgi breeds, the Cardigan is the oldest and is thought to have been around for over 3,000 years! They are thought to have descended from the same family as the Dachshund and potentially even the Basset Hound. It's thought their ancestors were bought to Wales by Celtic Tribes whilst migrating from Europe. There is also a theory that Vikings crossed these dogs with Spitz-type dogs to produce the breed that we see today! They originally helped farmers to drive cattle into fields as well as being treasured family pets. During this time period, they were often interbred with Pembroke's and all considered as one breed. This caused anger amongst breeders and eventually a new breed standard was set.