There’s a cafe in Bangkok, Thailand, where 12 adorable Corgis rush to meet customers as soon as they open the door. It’s called Corgi In The Garden and yes, it’s as cute as it sounds. The cafe has quickly become really popular among tourists and locals and it shouldn’t come as a surprise as the country has been seeing a huge spike in the popularity of these stubby-legged dogs.
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Tanchanok Kanawaong, the cafe owner, is a huge fan of the breed because corgis are ‘lovable and funny.’ And while she hadn’t planned on running a dog cafe, a surprise litter of pups meant Tanchanok can now share the joy that the pack brings with her customers.
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And it’s clearly working as the clients begin smiling as soon as they meet the corgis. Porkchop, Pumpkin, Salmon, Bean, Babycorn, and the other pups seem to really enjoy the attention as well. Not to mention the endless flow of treats throughout the day! Some come from their owner but the vast majority from the cafe’s customers for performing simple tricks like a handshake.
Kanawaong, however, is careful of letting them gain too much weight. So the corgis exercise by running in the garden of the cafe at least three times a day.
The cafe (and the corgis) work six days a week. The cafe organizes one-hour sessions for customers to meet with the doggos costing around $11 per person. The owner said this routine allows the little critters to have some nap time in between and would not exhaust them.
There are two breeds of corgis, the Pembroke and Cardigan. They are a relatively small type of herding dog that originated in Wales. The cafe is home to Pembroke corgis and they’re the more popular ones, adored even by Queen Elizabeth II herself.
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According to the Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club of America, it is believed that Pembroke corgis’ ancestry dates back to at least the 10th century. We can’t know for sure, however, whether they descended from the Swedish Vallhunds that were possibly brought to Pembrokeshire by the Vikings or from the ancestors of the present-day Schipperkes and Pomeranians brought to Wales by Flemish weavers.
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