Saturday, June 26, 2010

Where Forget Me Not came from :)


Wondering where did I get my inspiration for the name of my personalized stationery line? This is it...! This is Molly my beloved dog ^^

Her formal name is Parkway Forget Me Not. A very cute name indeed! This is a bit of introduction to the breed :
"The Pembroke Welsh Corgi is a long, low to the ground dog. The skull is wide and flat between the ears. The stop is moderate. The topline is level. The nose is black and the jaw meets in a scissors bite. The oval eyes are shades of brown depending on the dogs coat color. The eye rims are black. The erect ears are medium in size tapering slightly to a rounded point. The legs are very short. The feet are oval in shape. Dewclaws are usually removed. The dog is sometimes born with no tail, and is docked as short as possible when they do have a tail. Note: it is illegal to dock tails in most parts of Europe. The double coat has a short, thick, weather resistant undercoat with a longer, coarser outer coat. Coat colors include red, sable, fawn, black and tan with or without white markings. There are often white markings on the legs, chest, neck and parts of the muzzle.

The Pembroke Welsh Corgi is highly intelligent, loyal, able and willing to please their owners. Corgis are extremely active and are good with children so long as the dog sees humans as above him in the pack order. Protective and sturdy, they make fine guards, and excellent show and obedience dogs. Wary of strangers, it should be properly socialized and trained when it is still young. They need their humans to have a determined, consistent loving approach, showing firm but calm leadership with proper human to canine communication to avoid over-protective behaviors as an adult. They sometimes try to herd people by nipping at their heels, although they can and should be trained not to do this. The Pembroke tends to bark a lot and makes a good watch dog. If you find your dog is barking at you in order to communicate you need to hush the dog and look into your leadership skills. A dog that is barking at you in that manner is showing signs of dominancy issues. The human handlers need to communicate to the dog that aggressiveness with other dogs is an unwanted behavior. Usually good with non-canine animals. Do not allow the Corgi to developed Small Dog Syndrome."

Quoted from : http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/pembrokecorgi.htm 

Anyway, she's a beloved member of our family. I love her dearly even though she can be very annoying, naughty, lazy and constantly hungry ^^ When I was sick during the early stage of my pregnancy, she was the one who always stay around me and keep me companion :) 

So that's where the name comes from ^^ I believe the a name really means something unlike what Shakespeare said "What's in a name". It shapes you to be someone that you're now. I might be a different person (Although not entirely of course) if my name is not Angela. Anyway, I choose the name carefully and for me it really means something :) 


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