Our corgi Raffle

9 May 2011 by ben.

Raffle was the mother of our previous corgi, Bear, who died quite young of health complications.  When we adopted Raffle a month or two later, it felt like a band-aid for our hearts as she began to mother us.    Within a few weeks, we took her on her first camping trip near Leavenworth, where she proceeded to get the dirtiest ever in her life, and she loved it!  And then a few months later, we adopted a puppy named Pippin who turned out to be her own great grandson, and they always got along swimmingly.  Pipping was bigger, faster, stronger, more clever:  but Raffle was the Grandma and the boss!  The next year, we took them both to Manzanita, Oregon to our beach house rental, and both had a chance to run in the surf of the Pacific Ocean.

Raffle turned out to love playing in the snow, and her breeder, Gloria, told us that she was born in Alberta, Canada in early December, and so probably only knew snow for the first four months of her life.  By the time she was two, she was a champion corgi, winning local and regional best-of-breed titles. 

When she was older and had trouble keeping up with Pippin on walks, but still desperately wanting to join us for every outing, Sandy created a nest for her in her wagon.  When we had a big snow storm in December of 2008, Sandy pulled Raffle around the ‘hood to enjoy the beautiful snowfall. We’ll always remember you, Raffle, you were a good dog!!

Raffle in December of 2008… click for more

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