A Cor-GIRL-Dor!

Ossi and his new Corgador GIRL friend Tasha

















Ossi has had a big week so far. On Monday, Auntie Susanne came from San Fran and GMaw Kerstin and Auntie Eva came to visit from Sweden and to sleep over. On Tuesday, B-Dawg and L-Dawg took the whole circus to Frontenac State Park and to picnic at Lake Pepin. As everyone was walking to the car a man rode past on his bicycle and skidded to a stop. "Can I ask what kind of dog you have there?" he said excitedly. We're pretty used to this question and then usually we wait a few minutes while people place their bets..."Basset Hound/Golden Retriever?" No. "Jack Russell and Lab?" No. We told the nice man he was a Corgi/Yellow Lab mix, but before we even got the -low Lab out he was saying it right along with us. He said, "No way! We have a Corgi/Yellow Lab named Tasha and I've never seen another dog like her before. She's right down the path at the campground, will you stop by so we can see how they measure up?" How could we say no to that offer?
Tasha is a 7-year-old Corgador girl adopted from somewhere in Wisconsin a few years ago. She and Ossi sniffed but seemed no more interested in each other than they would be in any other dog. They didn't seem to understand they were cousins (or so we decided). We also met Tasha's "brother" 7-month-old Sammy the Jack Russell/Beagle mix who Ossi quickly showed who was boss by pinning him to the ground. After Ossi and Tasha strutted around on their stubby legs together for awhile and we all laughed at the weird coincidence and similarities, we were all on our way with a story to tell and pictures to share (see above). But not too many pictures because that would have required them sitting still together for more than 2 seconds which didn't happen.

Also, the day before the Swedish circus came to town the air conditioning went out at Ossi's house. Just an hour before his guests arrived, the repair man came and saved the day. However, in the day and a half it was 85 degrees in the house, Ossi found the perfect hiding spot to stay cool. Hang out near the bar in the basement on the cool tiles underneath a table. Nice.