Corgwn.com - A Gathering of Corgis

What We Do

2008-09-01T16:40:07Z

We're Kathy and Leo Notenboom, and two or three times a year we hold Corgi gatherings at our home in Woodinville, a suburb of Seattle. This site is where you'll find the latest information.

]]> At least one of those gatherings, typically around the end of July (statistically the best weather!) is the "official" Pacific Northwest Corgi Picnic, which then also includes a barbecue, and a silent auction for CorgiAid. The other time or two each year? They're just for fun. :-)

We do try and alternate some between mid-week and weekend events, since we know not everyone can make each.

Our events are open to anyone with a Corgi (Pem or Cardi), and guests are typically welcome, as well as the not-a-corgi family members. If you're considering a Corgi it's also a great opportunity to see a wide variety of dogs and personalities, and speak with owners and the occasional breeder in attendance.

The only rule is simple: dogs, adults and children must all be well behaved and "play well with others". The only "un"invites have been for overly aggressive dogs, and for children who failed to honor dog-owners instructions.

We announce our events on the Corgi-L mailing list. I also maintain a private mailing list for those who don't want to be on Corgi-L, but would still like to receive email notification of the events we put on.

And of course you can always check back here for the latest and greatest as well.

Thanks,

Leo & Kathy

Local Corgi Groups

2008-08-04T20:46:31Z

The Pacific Nortwest seems to be a Corgi-rich enviroment! We have lots of Corgis and Corgi owners in the area, and keep stumbling upon more all the time.

Here's a list of discussion and meetup groups that I'm aware of that have particular relevance to the Pacific Northwest:

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Corgi-L - The oldest and largest Corgi discussion group has something like 1500+ Corgi owners world wide. This is the primary place that The Pacific Northwest Corgi Picnic is announced, as well as a couple of gatherings we tend to have each year.

Fun time with your Corgi is a Seattle and Eastside meetup group that gets together regularly at Marymoor and other locations.

I maintain a private mailing list for those who don't want to be on Corgi-L, but would still like to recieve email notification of the events we put on.

Know of something else I should add? Drop me a line: leonotenboom.org.

2008 PNW Corgi Picnic

2008-08-04T20:30:00Z

The 2008 Pacific Northwest Corgi Picnic was a great time!

What a great time we had ... estimate of well over 40 Corgis and over 50 people made this perhaps the largest Pacific Northwest Corgi Picnic ever. And the weather cooperated perfectly - the sun came out after a cool morning for near-perfect conditions making for a great get-together.

A few of the photos I took are here on the Corgi-L photo Gallery (also re-posited on my Flickr photostream). In particular the panorama of 5 photos stitched together for an over 180 degree view above will give you a bit of a sense of what the fuss is all about. (Be sure to click through to full size :-).

I want to thank everyone who came - it was a good time. I also want to thank Jean Clements-Macak for organizing the silent auction. We raised over $626 for CorgiAid, another record!

Additional Photos:

Thanks again to all, and see you next year!