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She transported for us. Friend had an Airedale that had been given to several people. He was so wild and growly. She got to understand that he’s not mean, he’s just weird. No history, but he’s not going to bite her. 90 lb Airedale Griffin; older Airedale 45-50 lbs Lola, slowing down and wobbly in her hips. Griffin tries to play with her and she whines. That makes her a little fearful of bringing in another dog. Huge back yard accessible from basement. Basement is tiled. Her other dogs have beds in basement but no crates.
Pearl was 8-9 years old. She had gotten down for a day. Sunday night fine. Monday, she laid down and she wouldn’t respond. Took her to vet Tues. She’s dying. Anemic. WBC attacking RBCs. She had a dog George from TN. He had a lot more issues than she had time for. He needed a lot of attention. Wasn’t working out. 2 Airedales at her humane society and she picked them up and got Pearl.
She’s going to talk to her husband Johnny. Dogs stay in the basement when they’re gone with food and water and their beds. Baby gate at the top of the stairs keeps the dogs downstairs and the cats upstairs, although the cats can go down to the basement. Son gets home around 2:30 and husband at 4:00, then Jill later.
She may want to speak to Cindy.
Retroactively 03/15/18 or so: Bridge and Clay adopted Annie from a vet’s office in Robertsdale, AL, who contacted me about an Airedale mix. I put her on Airedale Mixes and after 6 weeks or so, no one had come forward for her, so I told Bridge.
04/28/18: They love Annie. She’s great with their little dog, Roxi, some kind of mix.
04/27/18: Wendy was told about Cy from the librarian where she teaches school. He had been left in a 4 x 4 pen alone after his family moved. She didn’t know how long, but he had feces up to his knees. He would not lie down to sleep. He slept standing up, locking his legs, like horses do. They had him checked out and brought up to date and he had some parasites but NO HEART WORMS! He now comes in the house and will lie down beside the recliner, gets up in her lap for snuggles, gets along great with her Welshie, and is a sweetheart. He’s about 75 lbs. She and her husband are going to start traveling as soon as school is out – 3 weeks or so – and she can’t keep him.
JMC will contact our Huntsville/Madison area folks to see if someone can take him right away.
04/27/18: Lost Reagan from Beaufort Co and was the sweetest boy ever. He had just turned 13. Lost him in January. Husband’s buddy. Ellie & Reagan were best friends. She’s had 5 Airedales. Reagan could hardly play. They went to the beach and did a lot, but he couldn’t run. They’re in an apartment moved to Atlanta, selling house and buying house. Probably 4-5 months they’ll be in the apartment. They don’t like the weather in Atlanta. Suburban area Johns Creek. Looking to get back to the coast. Never a problem to exercise. Apartment is 1200 sq feet. Award winning dog park that was designed. They were moving and go back and forth to Bluffton. Beds, blankets, bowls. It is an adjustment. Her Airedales will only poop in their own yard. Yard out back. Ellie Mae will only poop in the yard. Strong prey drive – Ellie has a strong one. If they’re not socialized and not get them the mental stimulation they need. Ellie was hit on the head. Every time you reached for her or to give her a bite, she flinched. Now she loves him. She needs to talk to her husband. He saw her on the page. She will talk to him. She wouldn’t be concerned about having Airedale in the apartment. As to cats, Ellie was afraid of cats. She works for Cigna Global Healthcare and works out of the house.
04/27/18: Lisa Meyers sent message to our FB page that she’s interested. I don’t know how Maggie would do with an e-fence.
Info to keep on another trainer in Franklin area:
———- Original Message ———-
From: Jackie Cash
To: Ashley Adams
Date: April 26, 2018 at 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: Form Submission – Contact Form – Airedale for TrainingMorning, Ashley. Thanks for responding. I have chosen another trainer. But if we are not satisfied, I will complete the scheduling and intake forms.
Thank you,
Jackie Cash
Sent from my iPhoneOn Apr 25, 2018, at 3:38 PM, Ashley Adams
Hi Jackie,
Thanks for contacting us. I handle Ellen Mahurin’s schedule and correspondence and will be happy to answer your questions.
Our initial appointment lasts an hour and a half ($180), unless both Judah and Po need to be evaluated, in which case the initial appointment will be two hours ($240). At the conclusion of that appointment Ellen will recommend how many follow up lessons she believes will be needed for Judah’s (Judah and Po’s) needs. Our follow up sessions are $125 if purchased individually, or $112.50 if purchased as a package of three or more sessions.
All of our scheduling and New Client Intake Forms are done online. Molly will need to follow these instructions to schedule an appointment:
Click on or copy and paste this link into your browser: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=12767092&calendarID=774954
Under “New Client” choose “In-home Initial Appointment” or “In-home Initial appointment – 2 Pet”
Click on the date and time you’d like to schedule with Ellen
Fill out the intake form
Once you’ve submitted the form a confirmation with the date and time and appointment type will appear on your screen and a confirmation email will be sent to you.Finally, I have attached a New Client FAQ to this email. We recommend that clients read the FAQ sooner rather than later as it contains information about what to prepare for your first appointment. Our current prices are listed on this document as well.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Ashley Adams
Office Administrator
Sabra Dog Training
615.450.0358
http://www.sabradogtraining.com04/25/18: JMC spoke to Stacy Paich of My Polite Dog (1-909-489-8644) and liked her training philosophy – no force, no aversion, no punishment; only positive training methods.
The initial consultation will be $149 and then training in packages of 4. I believe she said $112.50 each.
I gave Molly her number to call and set the appointment for the consult.
04/25/18: Lisa Carlson at Pawsitive Professor returned my call and referred me to Sabra Dog Training bc she’s going to be out of town for 2 weeks starting tomorrow and doesn’t work with aggression or resource guarding issues.
04/21/18:On April 21, 2018 at 7:06 PM Molly Pike wrote:
We were all in the back yard in Springfield. I threw a stick. Judah got there first. Po said no. Judah grabbed her. Got her by the back of the neck and wouldn’t let go. I must have been screaming at him. He flipped her on her back and still had her by the neck. I thought he was going to kill her before I could get him off her. Neighbors heard and came running. A guy jumped the fence and started kicking and hitting Judah. He finally let go of Po. The guy held Judah till I got Po inside. Then I got Judah and put him in the car. We drove straight to blue pearl. They checked her out – only a scratch. No puncture wounds!!! Judah got a scratch on his ear. I got the most damage!
So all is fine! They scared me to death! Po still has long hair so evidently Judah just had her by the hair. The guy that helped me even said something about Po bleeding and getting her to the vet. I was so worn out I almost could not walk! Boy I am out of shape!
Sorry for the scare. I just thought it was bad. These terriers!!! Never know what will be next. 🙂
Molly got bitten on the head but not badly. She’s fine.
JMC looking for trainers in Franklin area.
Emailed Lisa at the Pawsitive Professor.
Emailed https://sabradogtraining.com/contact/
Emailed Stacy Paich at stacy@mypolitepup.com04/24/18: Karen Comstock with Lucky Dogs WNC has quoted $110-130 for initial assessment of Lilly with the Hoags. They have an appointment at their home at 5:45 p on May 2nd. Lance & Maria have been notified.
Business Phone: (828) 489-8344
Business Email: AuntKaren@LuckyDogsWNC.com
04/23/18:
JMC: I’ve contacted http://www.petbehavioraid.org/home.html and submitted an email asking if they can help with Lilly.
Another: http://luckydogswnc.com/04/23/18:
JMC: I’ve contacted http://www.petbehavioraid.org/home.html and submitted an email asking if they can help with Lilly.
Another: http://luckydogswnc.com/04/23/18: From Lance re Lilly:I’m reaching out for recommendations of local expert to help Lilly warm up to Afton. Lilly, of course is very affectionate with me, and is completely tolerant of Marie, and nearly completely so with Delia (7).
Afton (4) is a different story. He has never shown Lilly anything but utter gentleness and affectionate intentions. He has been excellent adhering to the rule of “Gentle on the back and sides only, never the face, ears, tail or underbelly”. However, Lilly is more than cold to him. Rather, she has been unsettlingly aggressive…growling, bearing teeth, and snapping at him a few times. She has marked him on the head and face several times, and couple times on the hand. All accounts came in response to Afton very gently and with much care trying to pet her. Also standing near her when she’s eating. She even turned on me once as I brushed past her as she was eating, and thought I was Afton or Delia. Last night, he simply sat down next to her and she got ugly with him, and he hadn’t made physical contact. This is the usual scenario.
I hoped she would eventually choose to accept him as she did with Delia, but doesn’t seem to be happening. If anything the issue has worsened, rather than improved.
In my opinion, I think Lilly refuses to accept him as equals, much less above her in the pack hierarchy, as he is the only one in the pack that is physically smaller than her. She seems to be jealous of attention Afton receives from me, and resent him for our insisting that she is not above him in the pecking order. Delia was initially treated the same, but Lilly eventually accepted her after I had Delia assume the job of feeding her. Lilly now even responds well to Delia’s “sit” command, and the momentary wait to be released to eat what Delia had just given her. Afton now has this job, again trying demonstrate that even Afton controls her food, thus above her in the pecking order. Lilly isn’t buying it as she did with Delia. I’ve tried making petting Lilly a combined effort with Afton and I to show her that is okay, and my desire that she allow him to love on her without her aggressive response. I also let Afton hold the leash on walks (it’s also clipped to me for security) to demonstrate Afton is granted some level of dominance over her role in the pack. I think this was also helpful with Delia, but not effective with our smallest one.
So a wall of text later, I’m asking for advice, or recommendations for local trainer that we can work with to get past this problem that’s not fixing itself with time. It’s not a daily thing, but I need to be comfortable with them together. It’s more than a little unfair, and even heartbreaking at times that everyone can play with and love on Lilly, except Afton…especially given that Afton has little to no fault in the problem.
