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04/25/18: Email from Caroline:
Ladies- new development- completely unexpected;
An airedale breeder here in NC has asked my help and take in one of his retired female dogs. She is done showing and he wants her to have a nice home. I am excited, but nervous at the same time, she has never lived in a home and is very skittish. The gentleman contacted me this past weekend, and yesterday my husband went and picked her up. We promised to give it a trial of two weeks to see how she does with the kids, cats and our mutt Catfish. (she’s never been around kids or cats). I’m thinking maybe we hold off on me possibly adopting a dog until we see how this works out? Let me know your thoughts!
I’m happy to help in any other ways I can so let me know what I can do!Caroline
07/08/18: Sent email to Val-Jean.
Val-Jean’s mother, Marilyn Carter, returned my call: 330-212-1386.
I called Marilyn and she said when the woman home visited and brought her dog, the girls were afraid of him because he’s so big! I told her that Maggie is even bigger than him. And didn’t they have an Airedale previously? Yes, but they got it as a puppy and it grew up with them and now the girls 5 and 7, are afraid that an Airedale will knock them down. She apologized for taking so long to tell me.Why didn’t Val-Jean tell me?
06/29 through 07/07/18: Darcie has been up and down all week, experiencing a lot of pain and whining and pacing around. She’s been to the vet on Sunday, the 1st, again on Tues, the 3rd and despite extra pain meds and a muscle relaxer, she continued in pain. Sue Mioduser called me this morning and was on her way to the vet. I agreed that it was time. She was euthanized.
07/03/18 Alison will help transport Dinah for SOAR-ARG from Atlanta to Greensboro, GA on 07/07/18
Cell: 770-843-6963
07/03/18: Updated cell phone: 803-917-3063
Lee is helping transport an Airedale for SOAR thru ARG country on 07-07-18
06/28/18: Diana Gentile and her parents have been visiting Kara at Foothills Vet Clinic and she loves them.
This week, Diana and her friend, who trains dogs informally, went together to the clinic and walked Chloe and Kara together and they did fine. Diana took Kara home last night. They were out walking, her dad with Kara and Diana with Chloe and they saw a woman with two small poodles. Kara started barking furiously then attacked Chloe AND DIANA!
Diana is fine, just bruised and scratched thigh, but Chloe’s ear was bitten badly. She said she lost the tip. They treated her at home overnight but took her in to the vet this morning. They dressed and bandaged the ear and put her on pain meds and antibiotics.
I paid for that with ARG’s CC. Have not rec’d invoice.
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From: William Smith
To: Jackie Cash
Date: April 8, 2018 at 4:29 PM
Subject: Fwd: Airendale meetingPlease see the email below. It looks like the candidate you wanted me to interview has changed her mind.
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WillBegin forwarded message:
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
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.
06/27/18: From Sue Mioduser
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From: “Sue M.”
To: Jackie Cash
Date: June 26, 2018 at 3:34 PM
Subject: DarcieHi 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
Sue06/26/18: 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.
