Hundreds of Corgis to return to Pismo beach for Corgi Nation Holidays

The city of central California Pismo Beach will be converted to the sky Corgi next month, when hundreds of Pembroke and Cardigan Welsh Corgis arrive for the second annual Pismo Beach Corgi Nation vacation. The three-day “Pawty” organized by the So Cal Corgi Nation and Pismo Beach Conference and the Visitor Office runs on September 12-14.

Of course, “BarkTails” and “Corg d’Oevres” will be served.

“Basically, we take Pismo with Corgis all weekend,” said Kelly McLemore, co -founder of So the Cal Corgi Nation.

Pismo Beach Corgi Nation holidays will design 200 VIP Ketters with Corgis and “Honorary Corgis” at special events such as Friday night Tiki Luau in Oceanfront Lawn of Vespera resort – With a Hawaiian flower to greet every corgi.

Saturday starts with a free, public coastal party that is expected to pull over 1,000 people and a Cavalcade of Corgis competing in running races, costume competitions and even a “Cutest Counter” competition.

“It’s just a fun day on the beach with your dog and family and your friends and music. It’s a beach festival,” he said. “It is so cool to see people connect. People really feel like they are part of something and they can share it with their dog.”

The VIPs will gather for a Saturday night tasty with gourmet pizza for humans and “corg’cuterie” for dogs-festivals to fare dogs such as bananas, chicken and hard boiled eggs in Seacrest Oceanfront Hotel. “Barktails” with bone broth will complement the Corgi kitchen along with music and skill.

“Last year, everyone said he felt like a wedding reception, but with Corgis,” McLEmore said with laughter.

A Sunday Brunch covers the weekend festivities, which McLemore said it aims to bring happiness to people and their beloved race.

Pismo Beach Corgi Nation’s origin of the holidays

McLemore and her husband, Dan Mclemore-the Emcee of the weekend events-will watch the Pismo Beach Corgi Nation vacation with 10-year-old Corgi, Chappy. The couple founded the So Cal Corgi Nation in 2012, after the online Corgi community rally behind Corgi, Mr. Pickles, a “Frisbee dog” who was injured and needed surgery.

“Mr. Pickles loved the beach,” he said. “By the time it was healed, there were corgis on Facebook we knew, so we thought,” let’s make a little concentrate and meet. “

An improvised invitation to the social media platform has led to about 15 Corgis and their people to concentrate on Huntington Beach in southern California.

“Then we did it again three months later, and we had about a hundred people to appear,” he said. “We just kept doing it every three months and continued to multiply like crazy.”

Now the Corgi Beach Day at Huntington Beach is drawing over 13,000 people and thousands of California Corgis, as well as other states and even Europe, according to McLemore. (The next day at Corgi beach takes place on October 25th.)

“It’s really growing up to be this huge cult corgi after people. It’s a really big community,” he said. “Everyone is very, very dedicated. They love their dogs like all dogs, but Corgi people are so special and they are a truly unique group of people.”

For the Spirit: Corgi madness has gone international. This weekend, over 100 corgis will go down to the capital of Lithuania for Corgi Race VilniusIt has a 50 -meter dash at a stage that sets up to 6,000 spectators, as well as a “Mightiest Voice” contest (also known as a bark), among other fun.

Corgis inspires global dedication because he is so smart, active and cute, according to McLemore.

“They just always look like they smile,” he said. “I think they are the cutest dogs. And they are really great family dogs. They are also just wonderful comrades. I always love them because they look like big dogs in small bodies.”

The intimacy of Pismo Beach Corgi Nation holidays

Pismo Beach Corgi Nation’s vacation is smaller and feels more intimate than the giant beach at Huntington Beach, according to McLemore. In addition, the arrangement is stellar and the event takes place after summer.

“The city is a superstar pet friendly. It is in central California, so the weather is perfect this time of year, it is a small town and still has old beaches on the beach, they have a main street with historic shops, there is a pier and beautiful rocks,” he said. “It’s very beautiful. You feel very relaxed when you’re there. It’s just a nice, relaxed city of California. There are tons of wineries and there I like there.”

In the end, McLemore hopes that the weekend will bring joy and connection to everyone who attends. It is grateful that the So Cal Corgi Nation community has increased so exponentially thanks to Mr Pickles, who died in 2022 in 15 ½ years, but whose legacy lives.

“It was the dog that started all,” he said. “He has a lot of people who still remember him, so he has a legacy. He’s still legend.”