Pembroke Welsh Corgwyn
at Immer Essen Farm
The Corgi Puppies!! |
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Please read all information on this page before contacting us, and please be sure to answer the questions we ask in our Message link below. We will be giving preference to people who send us complete emails answering the questions we list on our Message link - and who take the trouble to read everything on this page so that many questions are answered. |
Immer Essen Farm
puppies are usually DM Clear - occasionally DM Free.
All puppies born at Immer Essen Farm are not genetically at risk for degenerative myelopathy (since DNA testing for susceptibility to this condition became available in late 2008) and have good pedigrees and parent health certification backgrounds. They are never at risk for EIC and are all clear for vWD. |
We occasionally have
an adult available for adoption,
but you must be close enough to come for 2 visits. Minimum requirements: Must have a fenced yard, have previously lived with a corgi, and have veterinary references. There are adoption fees. |
Often, we have people
tell us they do not have a regular fence,
but they have or are planning to install invisible fencing. We don't understand the use of invisible fencing, as it does not protect the puppy from potential attackers or sources of disease who are free to come onto the property. Please click here for another side to the potential problems with electric fencing. |
For your interest,
you can visit some of the puppies who have left
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In case you haven't
been on our "main page" you can click
here to view our Season's Greeting Card for
2023.
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For information about Immer
Essen Farm Pembroke Welsh Corgi Puppies for
Sale, you can send us a Message!
If you are interested in getting a corgi puppy, please send us an email at "imesfarm@gmail.com" Please be sure to give us some information about the new home the corgi would have. Some of the things we would like to know are whether there are children in the home, whether there is a fenced yard for the puppy, whether someone is home during the day, whether you have had a corgi before, whether you are planning to spay or neuter your corgi, and what other pets are in the home. Please add anything else you think relevant or of interest. Thank you. Please do read the information provided below - we may have already answered your question! It doesn't seem fair to expect us to spend the time writing emails containing information that is already on this page. Please don't expect an answer if you have not bothered to peruse this page and the links to our puppies. Inquiries that do not include a name, a location, and an introduction will not receive a reply. |
Here are some
pictures of the guys coming in for dinner
for your amusement - Click here for Dinnertime Pics. |
Our puppies are able
to leave here after their first set of shots at 8
weeks, but new owners must be aware that puppies are
not fully protected from diseases such as parvo
until after their 16 week shots because of possible
interference with the vaccine from maternal
antibodies. This is the reason why walking in
public areas at a young age is discouraged. Here is
a link to a site that may give you a better
understanding of how this works:
Click here for more information |
If you are unfamiliar with how corgi colors change, you can check out corgi colors by clicking here. |
If you want to see how
corgi markings change, take a look at some changing
pup markings by
clicking here.
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If you want to know how corgi puppy ears can develop, click here! |
Pricing for corgi
pups with neuter/spay agreement is generally
$2000. Puppies with breeding papers are generally
$4500 and are sold rarely and only by special
agreement. We prefer to sell our puppies to
homes where they will be pets. Our puppies
are brought up in the home and sleep in the house
- we spend a lot of time and lose a lot of sleep
on their crate training so they will be good
family members, and we will not place a
puppy in a home where it will be kept outdoors
full-time. Please be aware that if you rent
your home, we will require a copy of your lease
showing that a dog is permitted.
If you are inquiring about adopting an older corgi, we will only consider adoptions where the adopter has already lived with a corgi in the past, is not in an apartment, and has a fenced yard. Our corgis spend their lives here in a very rural setting and are not exposed to traffic or regular leash walking. Our ideal new family already has one of our corgis in the home! While we do not have a
big show name, we do have top show lines and high
health certification standards - Our corgis are
all tested for vWD and have acceptable eye
evaluations. We use PennHip and/or OFA for
hip certifications. Our corgis are all
tested with the new DNA test for degenerative
myelopathy risk factor* and we are producing only
puppies that are not at risk for DM. We have
all DM Clear (and 3 DM Free) Pembroke Welsh
Corgis. Our Corgis have excellent pedigrees,
with many champion forebears. Puppies are
vaccinated at 8 weeks, 12 weeks, and 16 weeks, and
wormed regularly from 2 weeks of age. Our
veterinarian generally checks them over at 7 to 8
weeks of age, and they are ready to leave for
their new homes between 8 and 9 weeks. All
puppies are now microchipped before leaving.
Parents and often grandparents (and even great
grandparents) are on the premises and waiting to
meet you. As of 2020, we have been breeding
corgis for over 23 years. For your interest,
you can confirm any breeder's claims to OFA hip
certification and the recording of many other
exams and tests by going to the OFA website and
proceeding with an Advanced Search - click here! We are located midway
between Knoxville and Chattanooga in Southeastern
TN, about 15 minutes from the Sweetwater exit of
I75. We are about 3 hours from Atlanta,
Georgia; 2 hours from Nashville, Tennessee;
and 3 hours from Asheville, North Carolina. We are no longer doing any shipping - all puppies must be picked up. |
How Immer Essen
Farm puppies are brought up:
Our puppies are born in our bedroom and live there for about the first 3 weeks of their lives, after which they and their mom are moved into a family room of the house where they will be able to continue their socialization. At around 4 to 5 weeks, they are taken outside for "potty" several times a day, and between 5 and 6 weeks they pretty consistently no longer soil the home box. Crate training is started at 6 weeks so that they will be accustomed to a crate in their new homes. At this point, puppies go out for potty and people play in the morning, come back into the house for breakfast, and then go out again a bit later to spend the day in a play area, where snacks are served. They come back in the house in the evening for dinner and then are taken out around 11 p.m. for the last potty and people play session, coming back in to their crates until the morning. This routine has resulted in well socialized and clean AKC Pembroke Welsh Corgi puppies. |
We would like to urge
all prospective neuter/spay pet people to forget
everything they ever heard or knew about male versus
female dogs as pets and consider selecting a boy pup
for their new pet corgi. We have been absolutely
amazed at the friendly, low-key, companionable
nature of the male corgis. We've seen no
inappropriate sexual habits or displays from our
boys, nor any of the bad habits which we have heard
attributed to male dogs - the corgi boys are true
and honest friends and are generally somewhat less
mischievous than the corgi girls. We have added this
note because we think it is both sad and unfair that
so many people are unaware of the wonderful nature
of the boys and can be prejudiced against them - and
corgi boys do tend to be marvelous!
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Do you suspect your
corgi may be getting pudgy? Do you have
questions about the proper amount to feed your
corgi?
Here's an excellent page by an experienced corgi breeder with all the answers - click here! |
Do you get confused
by all the ads and hype about dog foods and which
one is best?
Here's a very helpful site so you can learn what to look for and what to avoid - click here! |
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Immer
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Immer Essen's Main Page |
* While around 60% of
all Pembroke Welsh Corgis tested have been found to
be "at risk" for degenerative myelopathy, a small
percentage of these "at risk" dogs actually do
develop the disease
(perhaps because they succumb earlier to another disease or accident), which occurs late in life. However, if you have gone through it with a loved Corgi, you don't want to go through it again! For more information on degenerative myelopathy testing, you can go to www.caninegeneticdiseases.net/DM/ancmntDM.htm - For information on statistics on tested dogs, you can go to www.offa.org/dnateststats.html |
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