one of my favorite corgi facts - besides how they’re the breed where the term ‘sploot’ comes from bc of how they lay down - is that they’re one of the ONLY small dog breeds that are perfect for herding cattle bc they’re so fucking short that cattle hooves cant kick them while the corgis nip their heels to get them moving
like thats the reason why they’re good at herding cattle. bc they’re little sasuages that can evade hooves and go back to charging and leading the cows. they’re amazing look at them go
while this is one of my fave corgi facts, lets also appreciate some other corgi facts that i enjoy:
they’re only 1 foot tall and are the smallest dog in the herding group
they’re in the spitz family which means that one of the corgis closest relatives is the siberian husky. like. huskies and corgis are cousins as far as dog breeds go. let that sink in. a sled dog is the taller cousin of this 1 foot tall cow herder
its a common belief that vikings had corgis and traveled w/ them. like. actual vikings had these tiny, little sausages aboard their ships just bc they liked them so much, and if that isnt the cutest thing
it was a law in ancient wales that u couldnt steal someones corgi and if u did u’d get fined
welsh legends say that corgis were used 2 pull fairy carts and were like, service dogs for fairies and if that isnt the mOST AMAZING ThINg
MOST corgis are born w/ out tails bc after years and years of tail docking, they’ve evolved to become tailless, BUT
