DRAWBRIDGE INN TO BECOME CORGI CENTRAL FOR SPECIAL DOG COMPETITION

Contact: Pat Santi
610-880-9042 (m)

DRAWBRIDGE INN TO BECOME CORGI CENTRAL FOR SPECIAL DOG COMPETITION

Fort Mitchell, KY/April 4, 2008—A competition involving a prized Wales cattle dog breed takes place April 12-19 in Central and Northern Kentucky.

While the Cardigan Welsh Corgi Club of America (CWCCA) will stage most of its 2008 National Specialty program at Fort Mitchell's Drawbridge Inn April 14-19, the first two days of the show (April 12-13 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) will happen in a decidedly and necessary more rural area of the Commonwealth at Smokey Ridge Farm, Elizabethtown where cows and sheep will be herded.

CWCCA Parade Organizer Pat Santi says parading, agility (attacking obstacles at a running pace), rally (pace is slowed to a walk) and obedience trials will happen daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Drawbridge Monday the 14th through Friday the 19th and are free and open to the public.

If you're curious about Corgis, Santi recommends attending their therapy dog parade Friday the 19th at noon where dogs are displayed for how they help a wide range of challenged people such as autistic children and disabled seniors. "This breed is docile and respond well to people, they are devoted to family. I like to think of them as a big dog in a small package in terms of their confidence and decisiveness."

Corgis get their name from a small but hardy dog found in the 1200s in the remote, misty green hills of Cardiganshire in Wales. The name Corgi comes from the words cor (Welsh word for dwarf or cur (working dog) and gi (hard "g" sound) or dog. The animal is a long fox-like dog with large upright ears, a brushy tail and small and sturdy (approximately 12 inches high at the shoulder with females around 30 pounds, males closer to 40). Information and schedule: www.cwcca.com.

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