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Bronant Corgi
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| Bronant Corgi circa 1926 |
The last pure-blooded Bronant Corgi died in the mid-1930s. As with other pastoral breeds at the time it was common practice to outcross to the best workers of other breeds. This outcrossing with other pastoral breeds had been going on for several decades and perhaps because of this the Bronant Corgi gradually morphed into the Cardiganshire Corgi, sporting the hypnotic bat ears of the Brindle Herder and the Hillman.
These dogs were heavy boned, long bodied and weighed up to 40lbs, as a type the breed looked not unlike a largish standard Dachshund, indeed so Dachshund-like were Bronant Corgis that it was believed they had originated from the same stock as the Dachshund, and therefore did not have a shared origin with the Pembrokeshire Corgi.
As with most Corgis their work consisted of chasing its owner's cattle out onto the common land, driving cattle to market and, later, herding cattle.
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See Welsh Hillman
Working Dogs of the World, Clifford L. B. Hubbard, 1947
Sidgwick and Jackson Limited, London
