Michelle Conway with her husband Eddie and Cheyanne the Corgi who belongs to Michelle's sister Stephanie Jones. Cheyanne has a sensitive tummy and only eats lamb based food.
Cheyanne the Corgi was out for a walk with Eddie and Michelle Conway in the West Seattle Junction on Saturday even though she's officially Stephanie Jones dog. Cheyanne is 2 1/2 years old and is a Pembroke Welsh Corgi. "She is from a friend of my sister's," said Michelle," down in Springfield, Oregon and she was the last in the litter that did not have a home yet and my sister always wanted a Corgi so the owner gave her to her."
Lamb food is almost her entire diet. "Only lamb treats, only lamb and rice food," said Michelle. "If she gets anything more than that she get's a really upset tummy," said Eddie.
Corgis are small dogs to begin with and Cheyanne is on the small side for the breed. Slender but not too skinny. And she loves to jump up and be held. Up high. "She thinks she's a shoulder dog," said Michelle.
So while she can't have rawhide toys she does have her fun. "She is a rope lovin fool," Michelle explained. "She'll chase balls but she won't bring them back," said Eddie, " but if you have a rope she's all over you."
Corgis have a strong herding instinct so that comes in handy with the household cats. "She has four cats at home that she wrangles," Michelle said, "If they are squabbling or doing something they are not supposed to the dog will take off after them."
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