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05-27-22 JMC email exchange with Derek Murphy:
Also, Derek, we would require you to keep your Airedale on heartworm preventative. I cannot require that, of course, for your current dogs, but it is highly advisable in our warm climate.Thank you,
JackieOn 05/27/2022 10:25 AM Jackie M. Cash
Hi, Derek. Thank you for responding to my questions and clarifying your animals’ status. Please do bring your dogs up to date with required vaccines and testing for all parasites including heartworms and send us or have your vet send us verification of that to info@airedalerescuegroup.com or fax to 815-301-2959.
As to the food, please do check dogfoodadvisor.com or wholedogjournal.com for their recommendations. (What did you feed Dusty?)
Thank you for your love of Airedales.
Jackie Cash | 901-438-5782
On 05/25/2022 7:28 AM Derek Murphy
Jackie,
I cannot vouch or account for Peppers records at this time. I do know that we used another clinic closer to us when we encountered the parvo and for a year or two beyond. We later found Dr. Meredith, who was recommended. My wife has been the sole manager of the animals as I work daily an hour from home and they are here in town home school everyday.
If their vaccines are not current, I have no reason to falsify that report to you for the sake of an application. At this point, I can only come to an agreement with you to get them both current and provide you with the records and maintain this report with you anually for them and the Airedale. As I expressed to you on the phone, the rescue would be mine and my responsibility.
Changing food brand is inconsequential. I am open to suggestions. If the neglegent vaccine records above are a deal breaker for you, I understand. Just know that I am most willing to rectify this as stated above to provide you with assurance that the animal and his/her companions are being properly cared for. I do appreciate your thoroughness and your consideration.Thank you Jackie.
On Mon, May 23, 2022, 11:08 AM Jackie M. Cash
Good morning, Derek. I hope you all have had a good weekend.I need some clarification on your animals. According to your vet’s office, Pepper has never been seen there, but you have purchased flea/tick preventative from them. They last saw Tucker in 2019 for his vaccines and previously in 2018 for an ear wound; no vaccines since. You have purchased flea/tick preventative for him.
Are you using another vet practice to have your dogs tested for heartworms and getting prescriptions for heartworm medication?
As to Valu-Pak Free 2820, I looked it up and found the primary website: https://www.specialty-feeds.com/valu-pak-free-28-20.html
Here is the Ingredient List:
Chicken By-Product Meal, Pork Meal, Whole Grain Brown Rice, Whole Grain Sorghum, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols), Dried Green Peas, Dried Beet Pulp (sugar removed), Ground Flaxseed, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Carbonate,…
In evaluating dog food, the FIRST ingredient should be a named meat source: beef, chicken, fish, lamb, pork, etc. There are no named meat sources in the ingredients, though I’ve listed only the first 12. You can read about how dog foods are evaluated at https://dogfoodadvisor.com or https://wholedogjournal.com.
The dog food would not be a deal-breaker, but if you adopt an Airedale from us, we would strongly recommend another brand of dog food.
I look forward to your response.
Thank you,
Jackie05-19-22 See Tucker’s info. They fostered him beginning 04-??-22 and today told us (email to Christina) that they can’t keep him.
05-19-22 from Christina:
hi – Cheryl Stewart called me yesterday about Tucker. He is doing well and he is smitten mostly with Cheryl. She said that she has never been the one that the family dog likes the most and for some reason, Tucker has chosen her as his person. They’re still very careful with Jameson, the young grandson……
Now…..
Two nights ago, Cheryl had Tucker out for his last let out, on leash, about midnight timing. Ian, their 18 y/o son, was taking the trash out. Tucker saw him/his shadow and went ballastic. Cheryl held on to him but she said he would have gone after Ian had she not been on guard. She found it odd that Tucker did not recognize Ian’s scent. She asked Ian to talk to Tucker and nothing worked so he went inside. Cherly took Tucker inside and Ian was upstairs in his bedroom. Tucker’s nose was scenting Ian out as he came back inside – still intent and aggressive in finding him. Ian came out of his room, he was on a steps/landing (safely away from Tucker) and finally it all calmed down. This has alarmed Cheryl. The former owner told her that she had always had a dog for protection and Cheryl wants to know if Tucker was trained for this. Does Tucker have a ‘safe’ word that tells him to calm down and get out of his attack mode.
Cherly is concerned that she won’t be able to keep him – I can tell that about it. There is still some concern with Jameson who has some delays and/or autism spectrum. She said that Jameson is not crying but he coos to settle himself and that worries her that Tucker may not understand/interpret that well. They are always present with Tucker & Jameson. Tucker is taller than Jameson.
I told Cheryl that I would go back to surrendering owner and ask some questions – I copied you on this note.
I thought about asking Cindy G for a recommendation on a trainer but right now – going to hear from the owner. I need to ask Cindy about Chewie. Got an email from Leslie in New Bern and they cannot keep him. Ugh. Another note for that one. Wanted to update you on Tucker for this thought.Christina Prange
919-605-4563Email to Pat from Cheryl Stewart 04-18-22
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From: Cheryl Stewart
Date: Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 9:20 PM
Subject: Update on Tucker
To: Airedale Rescue GroupSorry, Pat, I didn’t realize that you weren’t on the email this time. Here you go!
He’s doing great! Thanks for your patience (and reminder lol), I started an email to y’all around lunch today and got distracted… story of my life.
What a laid-back temperament he has. We joke that he is a golden retriever in an airedale’s body! (We’re trying to not be fooled by the early days in a new home 😂)
He loves: being with his people, being loved on, demolishing squeaker toys, going on walks, riding in the car, and HUMPING!!!
The humping is causing our biggest issue at the moment, especially when it’s on Jameson. We are constantly watching the two of them together, and when Tucker starts to sniff his neck, we are stepping in. He hasn’t been successful yet, but he tries often. When he first got here and he was anxious, he tried 5-6 times. We have set up his neutering for Thurs, so hopefully this will come to a halt. Currently, we are correcting and engaging him with a toy instead. If you have any more suggestions, we are open! First boy dog I’ve ever had, so I’m on the learning curve.
Prior, Tucker lived with the mom and airedale, Lincoln, until they fought too much (Tucker being the passive one, Lincoln admittedly a bully) and she asked her adult daughter to take him. He was too much for her and they decided to rehome. They got them for protection dogs (her last dog was a Mastiff).
He is HUGE! His face can rest on my kitchen counters, and he is about 38″ long (excluding his tail). Oorang comes to mind, but she said his breeder didn’t put that label on her dogs. 85 pounds and skinny like a puppy. Oh, my! He sniffs food but never eats anything, even food Jameson drops. His mom said he has never eaten people food. We didn’t even know dogs like that existed!
Best part is that he is VERY well behaved, and oh so chill. We didn’t even hear him bark until he met our neighbor dog in the yard (David was holding on for dear life to hold Tucker back because he is STRONG). I even rang the doorbell, knocked loudly, all the things, and no bark. He knows a lot of commands, but we don’t have the magic words quite yet.
We are all smitten, but staying cautious because of Jameson’s and Tucker’s sizes. Any guesstimates on where he might land? I’m thinking he’ll tip 100, because he hasn’t filled out yet.
I’m thinking he hasn’t been around littles ever. The baby they mentioned is a niece that isn’t mobile yet (and I don’t believe lives with them), and the 13 yr old is not short. Tucker sees Jamison as something to mount. Matter of fact, he sees everyone as the same, but we can defend ourselves. Jameson loves him but not so much when he’s too close. Working diligently on that!
We have an appt set for Thurs morning to have him neutered, chipped, checked for heartworms, and caught up on his shots. Grooming appt in the morning (that poodle tail cut has to go 😂).
He’s over here nudging my arm and ready to release some puppy energy with a walk, so we are heading out. Hope this isn’t a book, but I tried to cover the highlights.
Thank you for asking us to be her new family, we are staying cautiously optimistic!!
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Pat Hairston
Via iPhone05-19-22 email from Christina:
hi – I asked Leslie what training they had done (bc of course she said she was going to take him to training); asked what training methods were working.Do we have anyone who would be a good match for Chewie? I know we’ve had a few weeks of no matching – so maybe someone is waiting.
Do you think Cindy will take him back. I will email her to ask but wanted to know – send him to her for another re-set? OR place him with someone else if we can as next step.Christina Prange
919-605-4563—–Original Message—–
From: Leslie Lambrecht
To: Christina Prange
Sent: Thu, May 19, 2022 6:59 amI regret to say we cannot keep Chewie. I thought we could work on some of the guarding issues, but we are not the ones he needs.
90% of the time he is a good dog, but when he’s not it’s a little more than we can handle. If he is laying down and we need him to move, or walk by him to close he growls and snarls. Last night Ed had gone to the kitchen at 4am and found Chewie on the couch, he told him to get off the couch. Chewie barked, growled and was snarling at Ed. Ed said if he hadn’t backed behind a chair he could have been bit.
This is not the first time something like this happened. When he gets like this he is very hard to control and get him to calm down. Occasionally when we are walking he will have issues and he is strong enough that it is very hard to control him.
It pains me to say we are not the family he needs. I know Cindy said this can be corrected with training, but we are not the ones who can give him what he needs.
Please have someone come pick him up. You are welcome to call and talk with us, but I just can’t have a dog that I’m worried about him biting us let alone anyone else.
Leslie and Ed05-18-2022: JMC interviewed Derek Murphy on 05-17-22.
He is a very nice man who knows animals and has many and has 3 children whom I can infer are responsible and diligent. He and his wife moved to this farm a few years ago and are building a new home on the property. They currently have chickens for eggs, and chickens for meat, and are planning on having cattle. They are on 30 acres. They had goats but quickly found out that goats are much more difficult to deal with than they imagined. They are escape artists for one, and they eat/chew on everything. Their son and oldest daughter are the ones who take care of the snakes — ball pythons. It started with his daughter who decided she wanted a snake. They learned all they could and were mentored by an experienced python owner. They are now embarking on breeding pythons and his daughter is in charge of keeping the snakes fed and securing the breeding lab. The lab is climate controlled, lighted for the snakes, and must be kept meticulously. The daughter also has a bunny, which stays in her room all the time. They have a “horse mat” on the floor in her room so that they can easily clean the room.
They have an Australian Kelpie that someone dumped on their property. They had not lived in their neighborhood long, and they went to 22 houses in their neighborhood asking if anyone knew the dog. They went to all the vets’ offices and put up flyers in all the retail locations and after 8 weeks, determined that he was theirs. He sleeps in the oldest son’s room and is really the son’s dog. The youngest child is not that much into animals yet.
Derek had initially thought that if they plan to be gone 6 hours or so they would leave their Airedale in the run in the backyard (10 x 20) with a 10 x 10 covered shed-like structure. I explained that we require that their ‘dale not be left outside when no one is home and he said he could agree to that. I believe him.
Derek had an Airedale, Dusty, that came from the breeder in Plains, GA and he was the best dog ever. After I talked to Derek about some things that we require – never off-leash, never left outside alone, etc., he said Dusty must have been an exceptional Airedale. And he said all the Airedales he had known throughout his life had been great dogs, silly, loving, protective without being aggressive, easily trained, etc.
They are starting on building a new house on their property in September and hope that it will be finished by Spring of ’23. (I believe; I accidentally deleted my notes from talking with him and they were copious!) They are currently living in a 1200 SF home and he said whoever does the home visit may believe it’s too small for an Airedale, but it’s not, because the Airedale will accompany him to his office (in Franklin but not every day) or working around the farm. The Airedale will be his dog primarily.
He asked a lot of questions about why Airedales come into the rescue, how we determine who gets them, how many people are waiting for one, etc. He was amazed that any of them had behavior issues because he was spoiled by his Dusty. He trained his Airedale Dusty to hunt but he does not intend to hunt with a rescued Airedale. (He and his buddies duck hunt but the buddies have retrievers so he doesn’t need an Airedale for that.) His Dusty was the best dog ever–completely trustworthy on or off-leash, very friendly to every person and every dog he met. If Dusty started to do something that Derek didn’t want him to do, all he had to do was snap his fingers and Dusty would stop.
I told him we required that our Airedales be kept on leash when not in a fenced/secured area. He said he would respect that, that we had such more experience with rescues than we did, and we must have our reasons for our rules. The same with leaving them outside. He asked why that was and I explained that Airedales are smart and they can figure out how to escape an enclosure by climbing or digging and he said he understood and again would respect our rules.
They are not in a hurry to adopt, but would be thrilled to learn tomorrow that there was an Airedale that would work with their family of 3 children, 2 dogs, 3 inside cats, 3 outside cats, chickens, a bunny, and a bearded dragon.
I really liked this man and spent 1 hr 25 min on the phone with him and not because he was tedious, but because he was so interested in learning about rescued Airedales.
Just have to find someone to do a home visit. I think the closest people we have are in Frnaklin, TN, but I’ll check and find someone after I do his vet reference and personal reference.
01-15-22 I spoke to Sharon Potusky about the possibility of them fostering/adopting Captain (fka Baxter, adopted by Roger Thompson, who’s had to go into nursing home). She can’t do it right now and wants to not disturb Cameron’s life. They lost Molly, their 14-y-o Airedale, in April 21 and Cameron took a while to get over that. Now he has and is content being their only dog. He has issues with his hips/back-end and is going Thursday the 20th for his first acupuncture/laser treatment for that. Even though she said no, she said if we get desperate, get back in touch with her, but she really doesn’t want to change things right now.
01-06-21 See info on Airedale Male Luke’s page. He was with Janene & Peter for 2 weeks then when their older teenaged children returned home he bit the daughter more than once. Lots of back and forth about their experience with Luke.
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06-08-21 Duke/Tank will be picked up by Tracey & Rob Haynes on Saturday at Isle of Capri Hotel in Lula, MS. It’s exactly halfway btw Stuttgart and Memphis. 1 hr 19 min for each leg.
They will take him to WGAC where he will be brought up to date on all shots, HW tested, microchipped, neutered, and started on HG and Frontline. Then Tracey will pick him up to foster him until we find someone who wants him. Haven’t heard back from Terry Stamey.06-08-21: Tracey & Rob will foster Duke/Tank from Stuttgart. They will meet his owners Saturday in Helena-West Helena, AR at the Isle of Capri Hotel and take him to WGAC for everything he needs. When he’s been neutered, they’ll pick him up and foster him.
