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Email 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.
06-04-21: Sue Winkler texted that Kevin is amputating Pi’s left front leg today. He’s in a lot of pain and stops and cries when they try to walk him. It’s the only solution, and I’m sure they’ll take excellent care of him.
06-04-21 Per Christina: She spoke to Tish Moran and found out Tish’s husband has died. Tish may do a HV for us in Brentwood but Christina told her to think about it and she would get back in touch. Christina sent a note of condolence to Tish.
Date? They adopted one of the ARG pups in April. Just trying to move people to the correct category.
05-25-2021 Jasper will be 7 in October. He is currently an only dog. He supposedly gets along find with other dogs. He must eat a specific food because of allergies, can’t have regular treats, and cannot take steroids, per Michele. Must be sedated for nail trims and doesn’t do well with grooming.
Michele is looking for short-term foster, but we will most likely limit that to 8 weeks/2 months. It’s hard to get a foster for that kind of situation.
