We live in the foothills of the Sierras in Gold Run, CA.  We have been here for 13 years after spending many years in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Peggy and Ken Roberts have been involved in raising and training dogs since 1985. We have had our daughter, Gabrielle's help since 1996.

 Peggy is a small animal veterinarian, a UCD graduate, with a special interest in holistic health care. Visit her clinic's website for information about Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine www.sierraanimalwellnesscenter.com .

We adopted our first Corgi in 1994, Pegkens Murphy Peanut.  She  passed away at the age of 12 and we all miss her very much.  Our commitment is to producing top quality pets with excellent temperaments and exceptional health.

Our breeding dogs are our pets.  They have had their hips screened for the absence of hip dysplasia and their eyes screened for genetic diseases.  They have no history of back problems and have excellent coats and skin.

Since the DNA test for degenerative myelopathy was developed in 2007 we have been testing our breeding dogs with a goal of producing pups genetically free of this disease as soon as possible. Since 60% of the corgis being tested through the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals, OFA, are at risk for the disease and only 5% are clear this is a long term project. The University of Missouri is studying the dogs that develop the disease late in life, between the ages of 9-12, to try to determine the triggers for the development of the disease that closely resembles ALS or Lou Gehrigs disease in humans.

Our good friend, Kim Haegely, has a dog, Winston, that is clear of DM and we have been using him as the sire of our litters for over a year now. All of his pups will be either clear or carriers (still free of developing DM). We have a very nice son of Winston's, Arthur, who is almost a year old. We are showing him in UKC this summer, 2011, and will start showing him in AKC this fall. He is clear for the DM gene so we will be using him to sire our pups in another year or so.

We also test our breeding dogs for VonWillebrand's disease, a genetic bleeding disorder.

Our pups are socialized with their littermates until a minimum of 9 weeks of age.  Our 15 year old daughter is instrumental in handling them to socialize them to children. We raise the pups in the house in a large whelping box in our dining room. It is divided into a sleeping compartment and a bathroom section. It is really funny to see the 2 1/2 week old pups trying to climb over the divider to start using the pine pellets to urinate and defecate. This is a good way for us to contribute to the ease of housebreaking the pups when they go to their new homes. 

The pups also spend about a week with our adult dogs before they leave the ranch. This is an excellent time for them to learn how to be respectful of other dogs and to better understand canine body language. It will aid them in good socialization with other dogs in their future.

We feed a top quality diet of Canidae kibble and canned.  We supplement with Solid Gold Seameal and other herbs to insure the health of our mother dogs.