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| His Head
From the original standard for the Cardigan Welsh Corgi |
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| These heads nicely illustrate the 3 to 5 muzzle to skull proportion, the parallel planes & the moderate stop |
| I find red point tricolours often do not have the correct head; they insist on being a little too triangular, the muzzle a little too blunt and short or too fine.
They often lack the doming over the eyes. Although the ears appear correctly set on this head, you will find the muzzle is far too short, making the angle from nose through eyes incorrect. The expression is completely altered. |
| His eyes
From the standard "Eyes - Medium size, clear, giving kindly, alert but watchful expression. Rather widely set with corners clearly defined. Preferably dark, or to blend with coat, rims dark. One or both eyes pale blue, blue or blue flecked, permissible only in blue merles". This is rather self explanatory. For the moment I can�t find pics that illustrate the way narrowly set, too small or lack of definition alter the expression. Check out the eye shape, position and size in the red brindle above; all are absolutely correct. The colour blends nicely with his coat colour. When I obtain them I wil update this page. |
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| Pictures probably best describe the beautiful Cardi head.
It is rather difficult to obtain a straight front view of heads to show the angle of the ear carriage, but this one is not too bad. |
| I find the Cardi head difficult to describe, but easy to choose in an adult; babies not always quite so easy. |
| The doming referred to in the standard is over the eyes not across the forehead; he is quite flat across the forehead and thus between the ears. The Cardi does not have an �apple� head. |
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| The red brindle above right is my �ideal�. and no you won't see him today, he was born in 1986 |
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| Nice tri heads |
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| Watch out for the flat (collie type) stop. |
| These two girls have very similar side view head profiles. |
| From the front the brindle is too narrow across the skull and thus carries her ears too high.
The black is nicely proportioned with good ear carriage. |
| For handlers
- many dogs can be taught to free stand and alert to bait in the ring - some cannot; this may just be lack of technique and patience (I know this part of my problem) on the trainers part; they are not generally naturals like Pems and other Spitz breeds - they also tend to be �lead bums�, especially babies, ie will naturally sit for reward instead of standing all four square - so, he must also be taught to allow himself to be stacked (for emergencies) - hocks vertical - front legs under his chest - ears �propped up� with the appropriate positioning of the lead/check chain or your fingers |
| When alert, the ears tilt ever so slightly forward |
| � I will put them up but I don�t want to� |
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| The standard now states �foxy in shape and appearance�.
I have trouble with this �foxy in shape and appearance� as it can lead to heads too much like Pembrokes. I am not even sure that I like the expression to refer to a Pembroke head. |
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| His ears
are large, set fairly well back on his head and can be laid back along his neck . He will do this when moving at speed and often when you are trying to bait him in the ring. For many Cardis it is their way of asking for a treat or pat. |
| Look carefully at the heads pictured on these pages.
If the head is correct it cannot be mistaken for a Pembroke, no matter what his colour. |
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