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Corgi
1931, is half Pembroke, as he was sired by Ch
PERIOD
Bowhit Pepper who later became honoured as
1925-1939 a founding stud of the Pembroke. Mrs Honey’s
forty-year interest in the breed came via her
parents, who owned Rockin Mawer, and she
In 1925 the Kennel Club recognised the Welsh registered her first Cardigan Champion Dinah
Corgi but did not distinguish between the two of Wilmorton in 1934. Mrs Honey passed
types. The Kennel Club recognised the Cardigan away in the early seventies having served
and Pembroke as two separate breeds in 1934 the Association and breed continuously and
and the dogs registered were divided by type. awarding her last C.Cs at Birmingham National
Prior to the breeds’ division, the crossing of the in 1969.
two breeds had occurred, so the owners were
asked what breed they wished their dog to When one looks back at what the breed’s
be, and it is documented that one-third of the founders accomplished during the in between
Welsh Corgis became Cardigans. war years, with registrations hovering around the
100 mark, we should be thankful for their early
The foundation stone dog of the breed was wisdom, vision and achievements during this
Bob Llwyd whose name can be found on all period of depression and high unemployment in
but two pedigrees in the Cardigan Association heavy industry and coal, especially in Wales. The
Champions’ book during the period 1928-1939. economy was lacklustre, high unemployment
This may be due to the fact that one of the two and roads and transport came 1920s style and
had parents unregistered and the pedigree one wonders if we today would have the breed’s
of the other, Ch My Rockin Mawer, born in founders’ vision.
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