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  When we have pups available they will be registered with AKC. They will be properly wormed, and have 2 sets of shots by the time they are ready to go home. You will get a sample bag of their puppy food and a shot record card. I will ship by plane from the Sioux Falls Regional Airport. Air-freight costs, like everything else, has risen... shipping cost is now broke down for you farther down the page: (Clarification on Shipping Prices). Local delivery or pick up is also available.                                       Puppy Health Guarantee

                                                                                                    Our Corgi Adults
 
   ARASKY'S DRACO: SABLE MALE
    APPLEJACKS TEDDY BEAR DL84977301
  MELVIN'S SCOOTER DN08931401
    TJ FOXY KALIE DN01409112
ARASKY'S DRACO DN12706009
    FRIENDSHIPS FARMS BUDDY DN00258009
  FRIENDSHIP FARMS SUGAR BEAR DN08363803
    MAGIC SASSY DL91468502
    MACON SPARKS DL82013102
  DESTINYS RUFFNTUFF BUSTER DL89976405
    CHRISTMAS ANGEL DL76576701
ARA PIXIE DN12684402
    CHAPS BLACK VELVET DL85043604
  SHADOW APPALOOSAS DALLY UP DN05522701
    DALMARS SNOWSHOES-KATIE DL87089203
 
 
COSMIC REVELATIONS DOO DL76096503
 
COSMIC COWBOY DL89916001
 
 
SPENCER'S LADY MARGARET DL70209306
ARASKY'S JAZZ DN08274004
 
 
DIAMOND H WALDO DL78649306
 
HAKLS QUEEN SHASTA DL87160104
 
 
SHE'S A ROPER DL81604503
       ARA PIXIE: BLACK HEADED TRI-COLOR FEMALE        ARASKY'S JAZZ: RED HEADED TRI-COLOR FEMALE

                                           Sorry we have no pups for sale at this time.
    How ever we do keep a list of people that would like to be notified of new arrivals. If you would like to be placed on the list please send a e-mail with a subject line of (puppy notification), along with a little bit of info about you and what you are looking for as in male, female, and color.

                                             

                                     Sold Puppies from Jazz and Draco's previous litter
  
    
                                                                         

                                  Sold Puppies from Pixie and Draco's previous litters
   
                               
                                                   

Clarification on Shipping Prices:
 
Please note that the prices the air lines have on their web sites are NOT the prices you will be quoted when calling the airline to make arrangements, which is something I will do for you. However, I have had people question the prices I quote them because of the online price for shipping puppies. I have no control over whether or not the airlines keep their web site up-to-date with the ever changing prices these days. Here is a break down of all that is involved in a shipping price:
 
                Price changes as of July first on Air flight
Northwest
Air Flight basic rate for small kennel           $195.00
Fuel surcharges and Taxes for Air Flight     $25.00
Kennel for your pup                                   $18.00
Insurance $3.50 for every $100.00            $21.00
Health certificate for Flight                         $29.00
                                                                $288.00
 
Delta
Air Flight basic rate for small kennel             $210.00
Fuel surcharges and Taxes  for Air Flight      $22.00
Kennel for your pup                                     $18.00
Insurance $4.00 per $100.                           $24.00
Health certificate for flight                             $29.00
                                                                  $303.00
Continental does NOT have pet cargo flights out of SD.
       I will insure them for $600.00. Keep in mind the airlines do not list the Fuel surcharges and Taxes on their sites and as well, I have not charged for fuel to get the pups to the Sioux Falls Airport, which is a 100 mile trip one way.

            Contact: Tammy, Plankinton SD, 605-942-7987 arasky@siouxvalley.net

                                               The Origin of the Corgi

     In 1933, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth decided to give the gift of a corgi to their daughters Elizabeth (the present “Queen Mum”) and Margaret. The Royal family fell in love with the highly intelligent, loyal and somewhat impish little dogs. They have ever since included them in their Royal lives.

     Here is yet another tale, from Wales, of how the Corgis came to be and their connection with Royalty...


     Queen Mab clapped her hands. “ I am bored,” she cried. “Let us take our steeds and go for a ride.” Instantly before the fairy queen appeared a small red-white dog wearing a gold collar and bell. On his back was a tiny saddle made of the finest leather and chased in silver. Similar dogs appeared to the other members of the fairy court. They each mounted their enchanted dogs, and led by Queen Mab and her huntsman, Dark Edric, they rode out of the hollow hills. By the light of the moon, they flew through the forests of Wales.

     Suddenly, one of the fairies gave a cry. His steed had brushed against a trap set by poachers. Made of iron, its touch was deadly to fairy folk, and both the courtier and his little dog were laid low by its power. The other fairies gathered round, yet keeping their distance lest they too be struck down by the cold bite of iron. “What shall we do?” said Queen Mab. “We cannot leave them here to die.”

     A small, hesitant voice broke the silence that followed her question. A human boy peered from behind a tree, his frightened sister at his side. “If you please, your majesty, I can move the trap away so that it won’t be touching them anymore,” he said. “And my sister knows herbs. She may be able to ease their pain.”

     "What are you doing out at this time of night, boy?” the queen demanded. “Do you not know that the night holds many dangers for mortals?”

     "My father is a shepherd,” the boy replied. “Our best ewe is lost, and without her we shall surely starve.”

     "Heal my friends,” the queen said, “and I shall repay you many times over.”

     The boy and his sister tugged at the heavy trap until it was far enough away to do no harm. Then the girl gathered white oak bark and blackberry leaves. Wetting them in the stream, she made a soothing compress. With their rapid healing powers, the fairy and his dog steed were soon well again.

     "I promised you a reward, boy.” Queen Mab said. Twice she rang the golden bell that hung around her dog’s neck. Two red-and-white puppies appeared. They were low-set, strong and sturdy, with dark eyes that gleamed with intelligence. “These are fairy dogs,” Queen Mab said. “They are swift and clever and true, and they can herd cattle, as well as sheep. Treat them well, and you shall never lose your livestock again.” Then she clapped her hands and the entire fairy court disappeared, leaving behind only the two pups.

     The shepherd’s family prospered, and the fairy dogs gave birth to puppies. The Corgis as they became known-from the Welsh words cor meaning “dwarf” and gi meaning “dog”-were highly prized throughout the land for their herding ability. As a mark of their fairy steed origin, they all bore saddle or harness marks behind their shoulders. And on Midsummer’s Eve, the fairies returned to ride the Corgis so they would never forget where they came from.

By: Kim Campbell Thornton. “Dog Fancy Magazine”, volume 31, Welsh Corgis addition.


     So as you can see these little “Fairy Tale Dogs” carry quite the Royal history.

     Some historians believe that the Pembroke Corgis were born to shepherds, with tails, (some are not, which origin is believed to play a part in) had them docked to avoid taxes. The Welsh story has it that dogs without tails were considered to be a working dog and were not taxed. Owners who had dogs with tails received taxes.


                                                                       "The Corgi and the Fairy Legend"
 
    Just how or when the Pembroke Welsh Corgi and its northern cousin, the Cardigan Welsh Corgi, came to be no one knows. Welsh people know the sturdy little Corgi has been a familiar sight watching over the cattle and guarding the homestead in Wales for many centuries. With the Corgi seeming to have been in existence in Wales forever, it is natural that many legends and fireside stories about Corgi's passed from one generation of Welshmen to the next. One such legend provides a charming tale for the curious of how the Corgi came to live in the hills of southwestern Wales. According to the legend, some young children out tending the family's cattle on the king's land found a pair of puppies, which they thought were little foxes. When the children took the puppies’ home, they were told by the men folk that the little dogs were a gift from the fairies. The "wee folk" of Welsh legend used the small dogs to either pull their carriages or as fairy steeds. As the fox like puppies grew, they learned to help their human companions watch over the cattle and sheep and any other animal the farmer had a desire to have, a task that was to be the duty of their Corgi descendants for many centuries thereafter. Should anyone doubt the truth of the legend, the present-day corgi still bears the marks over his shoulders of the little saddle used by his fairy riders.
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