[Jackie Cash]

———- Original Message ———-
From: William Smith
To: Jackie Cash
Date: April 8, 2018 at 4:29 PM
Subject: Fwd: Airendale meeting

Please see the email below. It looks like the candidate you wanted me to interview has changed her mind.

—
Will

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From: Alyssa Shedlarski < ashedm1203@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 8, 2018 at 11:16 AM
To: Willsmithis < willsmithis@yahoo.com>
Subject: Airendale meeting
Hey!

I need to cancel the meeting.

I am dog sitting an Australian Shepherd for a friend, and the girl who is currently renting a room from me has a maltipoo. The maltipoo has been very dominant and aggressive with the shepherd. Luckily, it’s very submissive, but I need to haunt adopting a dog until this girl and her aggressive dog move out. It’s just not fair to bring a dog into that situation.

Thanks!

Alyssa

Sent from my iPhone

[Jackie Cash]

06/27/18: Pam can’t foster Harper:
She tried to rescue a couple f terriers . Scottie and Lab mix, tan and black about 3 years old. She’s really a good dog. Goes to bed in the crate. Senior dog day. Special dog day care.
24-hr observation.
Boarding area glass doors.
The Farm at Natchez Trace is the day-care, boarding, training facility.

Dog Rehab Center – water treadmill, she went there with JJ a long time.

Mars Dog Food park in Spring Hill. Walking path and community gardens.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Jackie Cash.

[Jackie Cash]

06/27/18: From Sue Mioduser
———- Original Message ———-
From: “Sue M.”
To: Jackie Cash
Date: June 26, 2018 at 3:34 PM
Subject: Darcie

Hi Jackie,

I am pleased to say Darcie is doing great. She has been here about 2 1/2 months and what a transformation. Her personality is really out now. She is very demanding and has zero patience. She is not stubborn like previous Airedales I have known but that is ok. She is spoiled rotten now. My husband has been giving her massages and scratches which she just loves. It is funny to see her reaction when he stops. My husband cooked her a steak recently because he thought she never had one before. He better get over that because I cannot afford to feed her steaks all the time. She eats ALOT.

She is really happy here. She is very alert and perky. Her legs cannot get her where she needs to go but I do believe the meds are really helping her. She trys to run which is hilarious because she does not bend her knees. We call it her happy dance because it is like she is skipping because she is so happy. She will not go up and down the stairs unless we are with her. I think we are her security blanket. She must feel that she wont fall if we are there. When she wants to go up or down she puts her front paws on the first step and she barks for us to come. It is a good system and seems to be working. She cannot get up sometimes especially in the morning but once she is up she is ok. If she wants to get up she calls us and help her stand. Sounds worse than it really is. Sometimes I think she is just being a baby because she likes the attention. Like…If we werent there she would manage.

Her hearing is not 100%. She only hears us if we talk loud or clap really loud if we want her attention. That is ok also.

I have only taken her to the dr 2 times because I wanted 2 different drs to see her plus it is easier for me to keep refilling her RX since they have seen her. We are still not on heart medicine and I am totally ok with that. I do not believe she is in any pain from that. My concern just keeping her comfortable and i do not feel her heart is a problem. This hot weather is not good for her heart so I walk her very minimally in this heat. We try to move her around everyday because I think that is good for her legs.

Missy and Darcie still do not interact with each other at all. They act like they are both invisible. That is ok. I would rather have that than them fighting. Missy is now 12 1/2. She was once our alpha dog but she has really mellowed out. I guess due to her age.

Darcie will be 14 next April. I really think she is doing well for her age. My friend Marcia was here the day I brought her home. Marcia was over last week and just could not believe this is the same dog. What a difference. That was nice to hear.

I hope you and your fur babies are doing well. Stay inside. It is going to be a long hot summer.

Be well
Sue

[Jackie Cash]

06/26/18: jmc I had a great conversation with Val-Jean about her experience with dogs, her young daughters, and their lifestyle. She divorced a year ago – she was living in Ohio – and her parents decided to move back to GA and she came with them. Her brother is in the Atlanta area too. She is an elementary school teacher so is up and out of the house by around 7:30. Her mom gets her girls to their school, a different one. Val-Jean is home around 3 to 4:30 depending on after-school meetings, etc. Her mom and dad are both retired and home all the time. They don’t have a fenced yard though they’ve talked about fencing it when they get a dog. The previous owners had an electronic fence but Val-Jean is not keen on them. We talked about their issues. She doesn’t want to hurt her dog. They have lots of places to walk and parks to go to and she would always take her dog out on leash even to go potty. The girls have been around dogs all their lives, the last one being a Husky. They know how to interact with dogs.

Her dad has had 3 Airedales and is excited about the possibility of getting another. He and Val-Jean will be the primary caregivers. All of their dogs have lived long lives and they would do anything they needed to to keep them healthy.

She is very interested in Harper.

I’ve asked Sue Winkler to do the home visit.

[Jackie Cash]

06/26/18: JMC sent Pam an email to see if she is interested in Harper.

[Jackie Cash]

06/22/18: Got a note from Chuck that Carly is doing great and she and Coltrane are best friends.

[Jackie Cash]

06/20/18: Paid Stacy Paich, My Polite Pup, $149 for her initial consultation via her invoice system Square.

06/21/18: Paid Stacy Paich, My Polite Pup, $299 for a 4-session packge for Judah. She understands that Jenny & Howard are still not sure they’ll keep him, but we need to keep up his training. If they decide against him, she will prorate her fees and we’ll get a return of unused portion.

[Jackie Cash]

Hi Jackie,

This just breaks my heart.

I actually did end up getting a dog back in January. He is still a puppy and is friendly but I’m not sure it would be a good time as I’m in the process of moving and have some traveling coming up.

I’m so sorry I can’t help right now, but please keep me in mind in the future!

I can ask around and see if I have any friends that may be able to help out. Do you have any pictures that I can share?

Thanks,

Sarah

On Jun 13, 2018, at 8:37 AM, Jackie Cash < airedalemail@comcast.net> wrote:

Morning, Sarah. I’m a volunteer with ARG. We have a 1-1/2 year old female Airedale in Kernersville who is being surrendered by her owner and we need to find a foster home for her right away. Would you be able to foster her for even a short time?

She loves people but is timid and has become aggressive to the woman’s two other Airedales. I believe you have no other animals currently, is that correct?

Would you consider this? Please let me know. Thank you for your consideration.

Jackie Cash | 901-438-5782
http://www.airedalerescuegroup.com
Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/airedalerescuegroup

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[Jackie Cash]

Consultation Notes for Judah Esler/Kittell (6/14/2018):
History: (Judah’s behavior history is incomplete.)
o Judah is an approximately two-year-old Airedale Terrier.
o He was reportedly surrendered to Airedale Rescue Group by an owner who became ill but could no longer keep him. Jmc: He was a stray in a shelter in Auburn AL and no owner could be located. We took him straight from the shelter to his foster home with Molly.
o No known bite history was reported.
o He was fostered for several months in a foster home where there were two reported incidences:
 A no-injury, yet “scary” confrontation with a nine-year-old, female Airedale temporary housemate. The nine-year-old female Airedale is reportedly known to not be friendly to other dogs. Guarding was reported to be a contributing factor to this incident. (As described by Jackie Cash in the introduction email from Airedale Rescue Group).
• It was not reported to me whether or not Judah has had positive interactions with other unfamiliar dogs. Jmc: he has not to my knowledge
 Growling at his foster “mom” after being startled while sleeping in his crate. (As described by his second foster family Jenny and Howard.) Jmc: His foster mom, Molly, said had he not been in the crate, he would have attacked her. She is an experienced Airedale mom.
• At the time of my consultation he had been with Jenny and Howard for ten days.
o Jenny and Howard seemed very committed to Judah as long as they can successfully desensitize him to their two household cats. The cats had been kept in a separate part of the house since the time they took Judah into their home.
o Jenny and Howard reported two incidences of reactive barking when guests entered their home.
o He was reactive when I entered the home but, because of my recommendation, Howard had him on-leash when I arrived. I believe tension in the leash may have caused unnecessary stress. I subsequently had Howard release him in the back yard. When I entered the back yard and he was able to greet me off-leash he appeared nervous but was able to greet me by sniffing without reactivity.
Assessment:
• Judah’s behavior is consistent with dogs who have missed critical social opportunities during their early Socialization Period and have had limited or no training. He lacks impulse control; jumping up on table to steal treats, pushing his snout into treat pouch to get treats, jumping on people to get their attention and food. When that does not work he grabs clothing with is teeth to get the attention he desires.
o He is reactive to new and novel things.
o Reportedly reacts to other dogs while he is on leash by barking & lunging
o Reacts to people passing by home with barking
• Judah was very responsive to three impulse-control training exercises during our initial consultation:
o Capturing calm behavior through clicking and treating and using management (removal of resources and ignoring behavior) to prevent him from jumping to get resources.
o “Stay” – This was just an introduction exercise but he was a fast learner and responded both to my introduction and to Jenny’s efforts to teach “stay”.
o “Leave-it” – This was another lesson he was very responsive to, both to my introduction and to Jenny’s training efforts.
• His reported reactivity is concerning but not abnormal for an untrained dog who may be dealing with trust issues. However, the longer reactive behaviors serve his needs for security, the longer it may take to counter-condition them to safer and more desirable behaviors.
o There are no guarantees about how much this behavior will improve but based on his engagement in the initial training exercises there does appear to be opportunities for dramatic improvement.
Judah’s body language suggested he really enjoyed these training exercises. He seemed eager to learn and to love the attention. When we ended the exercise, however, he engaged in his behavior of grabbing clothes with his teeth seemingly to get more attention. It was easy for Jenny to redirect him to his crate for a minute to settle after being overly aroused.
• My initial consultation with Jenny and Howard included discussions about:
o Impulse control strategies to help Judah “win” for calm behavior and managing resources to assure he does not “reward” himself for impulsive behaviors.
o Canine body language awareness in order to understand Judah’s possible early stress signals so Jenny and Howard can mitigate before he escalates to reactive behaviors
o Strategies to build trust and prevent resource guarding
o A discussion about barrier and leash stress that may be contributing to his reactivity on leash and when people pass by the house in front of a window he has access to look through.
o Leadership built on consistency and trust vs dominance
o Management of cats and Judah in separate areas until desensitization/counter-conditioning exercises can be introduced
• A subsequent report, on 6/16/2018, from Jackie Cash at Airedale Rescue Group notified me that Jenny and Howard’s cats got out of the area of the home where they were being contained. Jmc: Correction – Judah “managed to get through 2 barricades to get to our cats,” per Jenny. Judah injured one of the cats which required emergency medical care. One cat is now at the ER for continued care while the other is being boarded away from the home. While more information is needed about this incident, I do not think it would be advisable for Judah to be in a home with cats at this time. This is based in large part on Judah’s observed lack of impulse control in combination with an incident that put the cats at risk of serious harm. Jmc: Jenny & Howard seem to be leaning toward keeping Judah if they can figure out a way to keep him separate from the cats. Do you think as he becomes more calm and comfortable with them, that he will be easier to train to leave the cats alone?

Summary:
• Judah is very trainable. He is eager to learn and very motivated by food rewards and attention.
• He seems to get overly aroused by petting from unfamiliar people. Not reactive, but he becomes very animated and impulsive.
• He show’s reactivity to new stimuli consistent with missed social developmental experiences.
o Desensitization and counter-conditioning may help him build more trust with new experiences but he may continue to need appropriate management with a patient and knowledgeable human guardian.
• Because Judah was over stimulated by my first visit and because Jenny and Howard seemed to have a good management strategy for their cats we discussed possible desensitization strategies but did not introduce these strategies during the consultation.
• I strongly recommend that Judah have the opportunity to engage in force-free, evidence-based training as soon as possible. The longer he resorts to reactivity and occasional guarding to communicate, the more difficult these behaviors may be to counter condition later. Because Judah does not have a known history of biting, prioritizing appropriate training may help prevent his escalation to do so. Following are the list of training priorities I’d recommend for Judah:
o Impulse-control protocols for everyday situations and continued lessons with increasing levels of duration, distance, and distractions for:
 Stay
 Leave-it
 Come
 Sit
 Down
 Off
o Management and trust building exercises to prevent guarding
o Positive conditioning to a muzzle so that in the case it is ever needed he already has a positive association with it.
o Loose-Leash walking and leash management skills (for Jenny and Howard)
• Training Judah will likely be a long-term commitment that will require patient and benevolent leadership.
• In addition to training, Judah would also benefit greatly from regular physical exercise and enrichment exercises, as discussed with Jenny and Howard, including puzzles that require him to engage his cognitive mind, and scent games that reward him for sniffing.

By Stacy Paich.

[Jackie Cash]

From: Jackie Cash <airedalemail@comcast.net>
To: Cynthia Green <cgreendr@aol.com>
Cc: Christina Prange <mcprange@aol.com>, Barbara Yager <bayager@comporium.net>
Date: June 19, 2018 at 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: Relocating Lilly

Hi, Cindy. Just had a long conversation with Lance and I can’t say that I can tell you any more than what he wrote and what he told us when he asked us for help on April 23. He went back over all that and didn’t have much more.

This bite on Delia was in their vacation house, so Lilly was in a new environment. Afton was in the living room, Delia in the kitchen, and Lilly in another room. Afton threw the ball, Delia ran in to get it, and it rolled to beside Lilly, about a foot away. Delia reached down to get it, and Lilly spun around and bit.

All the other incidents, he called them “marking,” and there have been several. You could see maybe a scratch or just a red streak where her tooth had hit the skin. When she bit him, he said the kids were coming down the hall, she was eating, and he reached to motion to the kids to not come in the kitchen, he bumped her and she bit. The early instances all happened when she was eating. They now feed her in a secluded area away from them. She immediately warmed up to him, Maria, and Delia, but she’s never accepted Afton and he doesn’t know why; Afton is no different or doesn’t treat her differently from them.

Always afterward, she is fine. None of these have occurred when she is excited or anxious, he said. Usually, she’s just lying around. He said that Afton can just walk through the room that she’s in and she’ll growl. I asked how she was when playing outside. She loves it, but she soon becomes too excited and “takes it too far.” I asked him to describe what that was, but he just repeated himself and said sometimes she jumps up and he knows they need to stop playing. She doesn’t know how to control herself.

My opinion is that she will do well in a quiet household without children. He thinks she’ll do best with a single individual who gives her all their attention. I look forward to your opinion.

Lance said he was going to get in touch with you re times for Saturday.
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As for Kara, one trainer has gotten back to me but she is booked until mid-August. Another one responded and she no longer does in-board training. She recommended a couple of other trainers, but they’re both in Asheville. I’m still checking out those. The vet’s kennel staff have said she’s obviously “cage-aggressive” and always barks or lunges at other dogs when she’s passing by or they’re passing by, but she seems to like all the people. She’ll bark at them, but is nice when they get her out to walk or play. The foster mom is going by to see her and has taken her toys and a bed. She really wants her to be able to get along with Chloe. And her father loves Kara even more!

Jackie Cash | 901-438-5782
http://www.airedalerescuegroup.com
Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/airedalerescuegroup
On June 19, 2018 at 3:02 PM Cynthia Green <cgreendr@aol.com> wrote:

Jackie,
Did you get any more insight into the circumstances, frequency or severity of the bite incidents from conversations with Lance?

Also any insight from Vet clinic as to the extent of Kira’s dog aggression? Any replies from the trainers you contacted in that area?
Cindy

[Jackie Cash]

06/19/18: Brad Ruth advised that Eric & Terri are adopting Dinah but they won’t transport until Della has also been placed. When he saw my post on ARG’s FB pages, he suggested that I talk to Eric and Terry because they are so much closer to where our dogs are and they might want to adopt one of them. I’ve placed a call to Eric. jmc

[Jackie Cash]

06/18/18: Kara is heart worm negative and is NOT pregnant. She will be spayed on June 20th.

[Jackie Cash]

06/18/18: JMC spoke to Vicky Copeland vicky@hundeskool.com

If she’s pregnant, she may be aggressive. Training during pregnancy is not a good idea.

Try for foster with no other dogs.

Completely booked till August. June, July, & August. She does board-n-train. Only 1 dog at a time.

[Jackie Cash]

From: Lance Hoag
To: Jackie Cash
Date: June 18, 2018 at 9:11 AM
Subject: Lilly

Hello,
I unfortunately have to report another bitten child.  This time our daughter was retrieving a plush ball that she and her younger brother, Afton where playing with in an adjacent room, which had rolled near Lilly.  She took a bite to the face for it.  Bloody lip, and emotional trauma will heal if sure.  At the moment Delia refuses to go into a part of the house in which Lilly is located, and is fearful when her whereabouts are unknown. This makes twice marked on Afton’s head, once his hand, Delia marked once on both, once being her bloody lip last night, and one puncture on my foreman when she mistook me for one of my children.  

Weird thing is that she never shows any aggression, or unpredictable behavior around anyone else, only my children.  Again, I remind that they walk on egg shells around her, giving her much distance, constantly checking themselves, their proximity, their approach, and their behavior around Lilly. As of late, Lilly will growl at them from across the room as they walk by.  The more she sees our affection with and inclusion of Afton and Delia, the more intolerant she becomes. Nine out of ten cases I’d assume kids are the problem…the wrong kind of energy, or too much of it.  In this specific history in this specific house, I can confirm that this is not the case…not because they are my kids…this time seems that the problem is that she simply won’t tolerate competing for my attention and affection with children of the pack she belongs to.  

I can see her being perfectly matched, and happy in a home where there is zero competition, especially with someone that is significantly smaller than the pack leaders.  Her ideal family unit in my opinion would include her and the person she attaches herself to and no one else…an adult recluse would be her ideal situation.  We are neither.  Her current situation is neither, and won’t become so in the future.  All of this married with Karen’s (trainer/behavioral expect) statement that there are some traits and behaviors that are well cemented at an early age before the first birthday that cannot be changed.  I’m afraid, yet believe this to be the case with Lilly regarding her intolerance and aggression with sharing non-adults in her family unit.  

All of this to explain that I cannot continue to put my family at risk, nor deny her the size and structure of family that would see her happy.  Our agreement was to return her to you if our adoption of her proved untenable.  So here I am, with much regret declaring that this is what must happen.  

We are currently spending this week at Folly Beach/Charleston with Lilly spending too much time confined behind locked doors or in crate.  Please reply with how we can plan the arrangements of her return. It may be most convenient for all for this to happen while we are here in Charleston, and the potential trip is much longer from Asheville.

Regretfully,
Lance

828/333-1248
828/333-1249

[Jackie Cash]

From: Lance Hoag
To: Jackie Cash
Date: June 18, 2018 at 9:11 AM
Subject: Lilly

Hello,
I unfortunately have to report another bitten child.  This time our daughter was retrieving a plush ball that she and her younger brother, Afton where playing with in an adjacent room, which had rolled near Lilly.  She took a bite to the face for it.  Bloody lip, and emotional trauma will heal if sure.  At the moment Delia refuses to go into a part of the house in which Lilly is located, and is fearful when her whereabouts are unknown. This makes twice marked on Afton’s head, once his hand, Delia marked once on both, once being her bloody lip last night, and one puncture on my foreman when she mistook me for one of my children.  

Weird thing is that she never shows any aggression, or unpredictable behavior around anyone else, only my children.  Again, I remind that they walk on egg shells around her, giving her much distance, constantly checking themselves, their proximity, their approach, and their behavior around Lilly. As of late, Lilly will growl at them from across the room as they walk by.  The more she sees our affection with and inclusion of Afton and Delia, the more intolerant she becomes. Nine out of ten cases I’d assume kids are the problem…the wrong kind of energy, or too much of it.  In this specific history in this specific house, I can confirm that this is not the case…not because they are my kids…this time seems that the problem is that she simply won’t tolerate competing for my attention and affection with children of the pack she belongs to.  

I can see her being perfectly matched, and happy in a home where there is zero competition, especially with someone that is significantly smaller than the pack leaders.  Her ideal family unit in my opinion would include her and the person she attaches herself to and no one else…an adult recluse would be her ideal situation.  We are neither.  Her current situation is neither, and won’t become so in the future.  All of this married with Karen’s (trainer/behavioral expect) statement that there are some traits and behaviors that are well cemented at an early age before the first birthday that cannot be changed.  I’m afraid, yet believe this to be the case with Lilly regarding her intolerance and aggression with sharing non-adults in her family unit.  

All of this to explain that I cannot continue to put my family at risk, nor deny her the size and structure of family that would see her happy.  Our agreement was to return her to you if our adoption of her proved untenable.  So here I am, with much regret declaring that this is what must happen.  

We are currently spending this week at Folly Beach/Charleston with Lilly spending too much time confined behind locked doors or in crate.  Please reply with how we can plan the arrangements of her return. It may be most convenient for all for this to happen while we are here in Charleston, and the potential trip is much longer from Asheville.

Regretfully,
Lance

828/333-1248
828/333-1249

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