My neighbor owns several dogs of the breed known as Pembroke Welsh Corgi. If you’re not familiar with the name, you probably know the dog as the ones that are favored by Queen Elizabeth II of England. Anytime you see her with those cute, short and fluffy dogs, you instantly know the breed.

photo credit: Phil Romans

While I enjoy playing with them when invited over to my neighbor’s back yard for parties and barbecues, I tend to think I’d like to have something a bit bigger in stature.

Of course, I don’t want to go overboard and bring something like a 200 pound Great Dane in to my life, but they are sort of cute in a small horse sort of a way!

I may be leading towards getting a male and female Bernese Mountain Dog breed. I like their overall size, though they appear smaller than they really are due to their long haired coats and relatively shorter than average legs.

Mostly, though, I think I like them because the seem to remind me of the Corgis somehow. Most likely it has to do with general characteristics that all dogs share, but I know I enjoy their colors and the look they tend to always have on their faces. Both breeds seem to say to me, “Hey, what’s going on, dude?” Silly, I know; but what the heck!

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