Editing Cardigan Welsh Corgi (section)

==Description==
The Cardigan is a long, low dog with upright ears and a fox brush tail.<ref name="Beauchamp2010">{{cite book|author=Richard G. Beauchamp|title=Welsh Corgis: Pembroke and Cardigan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gcNAsfsOT8YC&pg=PA25|access-date=11 December 2011|date=1 March 2010|publisher=Barron's Educational Series|isbn=978-0-7641-4242-0|pages=25–}}</ref>

Originally used only as a farm guardian, they eventually took on the traits of a cattle drover, herder, and many more.<ref name="GreyeSmith2002">{{cite book|author1=Jan Greye|author2=Gail Jesse Smith|title=Puppy Parenting: Everything You Need to Know About Your Puppy's First Year|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=42p1AzLpNeQC&pg=PA30|access-date=11 December 2011|date=30 July 2002|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-001260-1|pages=30–}}</ref> They are still highly valued for their herding, working, and guarding skills, as well as their companionship.  The old [[American Kennel Club]] standard called it an "[[Alsatian (dog)|Alsatian]] on short legs".{{Citation needed|date=December 2011}} The Cardigan's tail is long (unlike the [[Pembroke Welsh Corgi]], whose tail may be long,<ref>Hytönen et al. (2008), "Ancestral T-box mutation is present in many, but not all, short-tailed dog breeds", ''Journal of Heredity'', Advance Access published online on October 14, 2008, {{doi|10.1093/jhered/esn085}} [https://archive.today/20120712193610/http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/esn085v1]</ref> [[Natural bobtail|naturally bobbed]] or docked<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.akc.org/breeds/pembroke_welsh_corgi/|title=Pembroke Welsh Corgi Breed Standard|publisher=American Kennel Club|access-date=2008-05-20|archive-date=2008-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509192758/http://www.akc.org/breeds/pembroke_welsh_corgi/|url-status=live}}</ref>). The Cardigan is also larger than the Pembroke.<ref name=":2" />

[[Image:NordJW-06 Mudpaws Duke Silver.jpg|thumb|[[Merle (dog coat)|Blue merle]] Cardigan]]
Cardigans, which are double coated,  come in a variety of colors including any shade of red, sable, or [[brindle]], as well as black, with or without tan, brindle or blue [[Merle (dog coat)|merle]] (a rare breed due to the challenges with breeding<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Allison |first=Sarah |date=Winter 2023 |title=The Fairy Mythology of Corgis |journal=Gramarye |issue=24 |pages=19-28 |via=UNM Library Database - Articles Only}}</ref>), with or without tan or brindle points. The Blue Merle coat, unique to the larger and more relaxed Cardigan Welsh Corgis, is characterized by black or grey speckles or marbling and pale blue or uniquely colored eyes.<ref name=":2" /> Other unofficial colors can occur, such as red merle, but these colors are not considered acceptable per the Cardigan standard. They usually have white on the neck, chest, legs, muzzle, underneath, tip of the tail and as a blaze on the head, known as the "Irish pattern". {{Citation needed|date=December 2011}} Other markings include ticking on the legs and muzzle, smutty muzzles and monk's hoods, especially on sables (a pattern of darker tipped hairs over a basic red coat color.){{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}.  An average Cardigan is around {{convert|10|to|13|in|abbr=}} tall at the [[withers]] and weighs from {{convert|30|to|38|lb}} for the male and {{convert|25|to|34|lb}} for the female.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hillspet.com/dog-care/dog-breeds/welsh-corgi-cardigan|title=Welsh Corgi Cardigan Dog Breed - Facts and Traits {{!}} Hill's Pet|website=Hill's Pet Nutrition|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-04|archive-date=2019-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104231219/https://www.hillspet.com/dog-care/dog-breeds/welsh-corgi-cardigan|url-status=live}}</ref>