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10-19-2020 I wrote and asked Camille & Joe how Jana was doing. Shes now Lucy.
We’ve had her about a month now. She is sooooo sweet. Still has fears..not dramatic (i.e. meeting men for the first time and unfamiliar noises). He very smart. Has lots of language. We take her to a dog park every day to socialize/play. She was hesitant at first but now has several buddies she can’t wait to see and run with: the park has agility equipment, 6 open acres all fenced and a pool for dogs only (she hasn’t gone in yet…but she’s thinking about it). We’ve had welsh terriers for the past 20+years, so back to airedales has been an adjustment for us: size and strength. She’s very strong and loves to play hard. She did develop a limp on her right rear leg. We took to our vet. He examined her, prescribed some anti-inflammatories and she improved quickly…his best guess was an old injury to the hip. She has been a joy
Thank you and Airedale rescue so much
Cam and JoeShawn fostered Jana for a good while then she fostered Mojo from another shelter near Charlotte.
Mojo was adopted by Lauren Schneider, but when she picked him up and was driving away from Charlotte, he managed to put the back window down, standing on the button, and he jumped out the window and was HBC and killed.
Shawn & Gail are wonderful foster moms, but this devastated them.
From: Chris Patterson
To: Jackie Cash
Date: 10/16/2020 6:37 PM
Subject: The Final ChapterZeke was escorted across the Rainbow Bridge this afternoon, humanely. Tina had to handle the three-way call between the Certified Behaviorist, the vet at Cobb Animal Clinic who has treated Zeke since the day after he arrived, and us. A committee of one of the boards I serve on had to convene yesterday or today, to discuss and approve an important matter, and the only window that worked for all three of the others, plus the company’s Chairlady, was at the same time.
The woman was relentless in explaining what could be done to modify his behavior. However, she was equally firm in holding that whomever Zeke’s forever stewards would be, had to be those working with him. No third party trainer would be able to rid him of his demons, as our experience with Jennifer proved.
How Dr. Clark described his behavior, in the time since he started boarding there, Monday morning, makes it clear that he’d deteriorated even further in the unfamiliar surroundings. I had asked them to give him two “playtimes” a day, but he was deemed to dangerous to the handlers, or to other boarders, so was restricted to his (generously sized, with an outdoor run) kennel, but no companionship. That’s no way for a big, young, animal to live, and besides, it’s not sensible to sustain, anyway, at $60/night. Dr. Clark was not the vet who referred me to the Behaviorist, and Tina thinks she went along with the consult more as a gesture to us, because of our being such long-time (23 year) clients, rather than because she sincerely felt there was daylight. Our vet, to whom Quincey reached out on Facebook Saturday night when our eyes were opened by the trainer who came to assess Zeke, doesn’t even do surgery, and I think probably leans more to the “…all animals need to be saved” side of the equation. I understand that, but she never treated Zeke, and probably hadn’t even seen him until this week.
Jackie, I think we had Zeke to the point where he MIGHT have stayed here and been a good family member, were this to have been his Forever Home. We had talked about it, and once the allergic reactions were boiling, we sort of “got used” to it. But we also knew it wasn’t healthy, and the changes we would have to have made to how we have been living our lives were pretty dramatic. Two big dogs makes traveling challenging, three would be almost impossible. I feel dreadful knowing that we were, quite possibly, his only shot, and we failed him. We just had to TRY to rehome him, and felt that we’d gotten him over the hump before we started doing so.
We weren’t anywhere close to ready to jump to the final installment when he bit the first people who tried to love him. We sent him to Jennifer for boot camp, and she felt that she had gotten him back to where he’d been, before the first attempt.
So, with her blessing, we tried #2, also a promising and welcoming placement, with a ready playmate, as well. Coached by Jennifer, they managed to avoid being bitten, themselves, but then he attacked their dog, so struck out again.
We probably should be censured for attempting #3, I rationalized that the woman knew him from his going to daycare where she works, that she lived alone, and was obviously an experienced handler. That turned out to be his best shot – she had him three days, and I suspect were it not for her epilepsy, she might have gotten him over the hump and been able to provide him with a good life. But, like his shedding, her condition is nobody’s fault, but made his staying there untenable when he thought her having a seizure was an invitation to bite her.
I appreciate having had the opportunity to do this, even though it ended up the way it has. We provided him with the best two months of his short life, which is some consolation. Of course, as last week’s trainer/assessor pointed out, the same resources applied to five dogs in need of Forever Homes might have resulted in five good outcomes, and, in addition to our not being likely to foster again, any time soon, the chances of any of the three ideal adopting households of taking a mid-life rescue dog in again are probably much reduced.
I appreciate your sharing your and your husband’s experience with the unfortunate AireBoy that ended the same way as ours has, with Zeke. We can’t help but feel responsible, on many fronts, and it’s somehow comforting to know that even much more experienced adopter/fosters like yourselves sometimes encounter animals that, whether by nature, nurture, or a combination, have demons too powerful to be vanquished.
Please keep up the good work that you do, and feel free to call on us for transport, home visits, and so forth. We put the Florida place back on the market this week, and have already had two showings with two more scheduled over the weekend – we may well be declaring this our “Forever Home” sooner than we’d planned. IF it sells for occupancy this season, we will likely need to VRBO there, or somewhere else, for a couple of months, while this 23 year old home is renovated, for what will be the last time in our tenancy. Do stay in touch, and thanks for supporting Zeke, and us.
10-15-2020 Atlas Transport Plan:
From: Jackie Cash
To: Jack Parker
Cc: Tara Parker
Subject: Fwd: Atlas Transport 10-20-2020(I sent the first email to an incorrect address for Gale Ford. Please note that it is correct in the body of the email, but was incorrect in the “To” line. )
Hello, Airedale Lovers. Thank you for helping Atlas get to his forever home with Dr. Gale Ford, a long-time Airedale lover and supporter of ARG. (Link to Google Maps route: https://tinyurl.com/Roanoke-Hickory)Please make sure I have all of your information below correct and please put the number(s) of the people you’re meeting in your phone:
1-703-973-6082 – Jack Parker sgmparkerj@yahoo.com
driving a 2015 greenish-tan GMC Denali Pickup
1-404-895-1132 – Mary McEneaney alwaysairedales@gmail.com
driving a black Honda CRV
1-828-228-2843 – Gale Ford mtbeardoc@aol.com
driving a 2020 Red Ford 250 PickupSAFETY
Regular safety – PLEASE USE YOUR CHILD LOCKS so that Atlas cannot accidentally open a window or door!Please be aware of Atlas when opening car doors, transferring him from person to person, always making sure a hand is on the leash. Remember that he may be confused by the recent changes in his life, including this transport. Unless necessary, remain in the car until the transfer occurs; when opening car doors, ensure that the leash is secured. We recommend closing the car door on the end of the leash (with about 4-6 inches hanging outside the door) so that when you take him out of the vehicle you can have your hand on the leash before you even open the door. He is very strong. When allowing potty breaks, ensure that collar/leash(s) are tight for no escape; be aware of surroundings – even a plastic bag in the wind may spook a dog in unfamiliar settings. Do not let him off-leash at any time.
COVID safety – please use COVID-19 precautions. Please wear a mask when meeting the next volunteer and employ social distancing. One example may be for the arriving Driver to get Atlas out of their car and the accepting driver unlocks their car to allow Atlas into it. After touching the leash from the other driver, use your hand sanitizer.
Please bring along a bowl and a bottle of water and offer water to Atlas at each handoff. We want to be sure that he stays hydrated on the trip, but don’t be overly concerned if he doesn’t drink at each handoff. He might also appreciate a small treat or two.
All times are approximate, allowing time for Atlas to sniff around, go potty, and have a drink of water. (Humans, too.) Please call the next driver if you see that you are running behind or run into any problems. And, please let me know when you have handed Atlas over to the next person.
PHOTOS ARE APPRECIATED.Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Leg 1: 8:00 am CDT (lose 1 hour) to 10:30 am EDT
Roanoke, AL to Atlanta, GA
Jack Parker
meets Mary McEneaney at Zoo Atlanta I-85, Exit 245 to Cherokee St.
(Mary, please tell Jack a good place to meet in the parking lot.)Leg 2: 10:45 am to 12:15 pm EDT
Atlanta, GA to Fair Play, SC
Mary McEneaney
meets Gale Ford at South Carolina Welcome Center I-85, Exit 1Leg 3: 12:45 pm to 3:15 pm EDT
Gale Ford, DVM takes Atlas home to Hickory, NC
Everyone, please be safe. I recently had a transport where I had to take a detour and was more than one hour late getting to the next person. It happens. But don’t rush. Just call ahead.
Please reply to this email so that I know you have the transport plan.
Thank you!
10-13-2020 Adopted a pup through SOAR that Lin Wetzel alerted me to and I alerted Lynn & Mark Howitz. Their little boy is named Balvenie. His female Airedale is named Laddie, short for Bruichladdich, and he previously had one named Oban and one named Talisker. These are all the names of Scottish Whiskey – Scotch.
10-10-2020:
Hi there,We submitted an application to ARG back in the spring. Since then, we have adopted a female Airedale puppy. Now that we have had her for almost two months, we think she might like to have a buddy. June is 15 weeks old and we plan to have her spayed as soon as it is appropriate. We still have our two cats, everyone is co-existing peacefully. We are an adult-only household with a fenced backyard. We work from home and that is permanent, not just b/c of CoVid.
Would Asher be a good fit for our family? If you need me to reapply with our new info, I would be happy to do so.
Thanks!
Janene Tompkins CFP®️
JMC connected Janene & Kristin Dobes but Kristin never responded. Kristin has decided not to relinquish Asher.
10-15-2020. I called Nancy to see how Craig is doing. Craig is 1 mo out from this second colon surgery and is still pretty pitiful, she said. We don’t have an Airedale but I told her we’d keep them in mind.
Thank you for your kind words about ARG. We enjoy working with people like you who are passionate about their animals.
I understand your twins’ impatience, Sandy, and I think any dog you choose will be fortunate to become part of your family.
We will absolutely keep you on our list of approved applicants and will let you know if/when we get an Airedale that would work for you. Let us know how things are going with your new pup.
Thank you.
Jackie Cash | 901-438-5782
http://www.airedalerescuegroup.com
Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/airedalerescuegroup/On 10/15/2020 9:01 AM Sandy Bailey
I don’t think I want to buy a puppy from from that person. 🙁
Although I do want all those puppies. 🙂We have a chance to adopt a 2 year old Beagle from an Atlanta rescue. Her name is Buttercup and she recently had a litter of puppies and she needs a nice home where she can relax and be the center of attention.
We really had such a lovely experience with your rescue organization and Mary’s visit and I really wanted it to work out but I don’t think the long wait is going to work out with the 8 year olds. It’s disappointing. Eleanor is currently writing an “information essay” on Airedales.
We are going to meet Buttercup on Saturday. If possible, can we remain in good standing/on the waitlist with your rescue group until we have officially welcomed a dog into our family?
Thanks,
SandySandra J. Bailey
sgoff77@mac.comOn October 15, 2020 at 6:41 AM, Jackie Cash
Good morning, Sandy. Mary McEneaney asked me this same question yesterday; unfortunately, we do not.
However, I do know of some Airedale pups for sale in Greeneville, TN. I cannot vouch for this person; s/he just put an ad on Craigslist, misspelling Airedale, and they are not registered. I contacted them (as an individual) and they want $500 for each pup; there are 5 males, 6 weeks old. From the photos they provided, it looks like the pups’ tails were cropped too short.
Here’s the ad copy:
We have 5 male airdale terriers left . UTD on health care. Parents on premises. Rehoming fee applies . Text or call to schedule a viewing . Healthy ,sweet and intelligent. Not registered . 4234703144As we’ve said, we never know when the next one will come in, and we will, of course, consider you and your family.
Jackie Cash | 901-438-5782
http://www.airedalerescuegroup.com
Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/airedalerescuegroup/On 10/15/2020 6:13 AM Sandy Bailey
Good morning Jackie.
I wanted to check in with you and see if there was any news about a possible dog for us.
I hope you are doing well.Thanks,
SandyThanks , Jackie.
Very odd situation ! I guess we will just keep him “undercover” for now until he can get a new identity or be exonerated 🤫.I have not taken him to daycare as I am only doing training these days with group classes in the evenings and private classes on Saturday when daycare is not offered.
I do walk him in public areas. And I take him in the car to run a few errands just to expose him to activity. Generally he is not reactive to his surroundings.
Still hard to figure out the child thing . Not easy to duplicate those circumstances. We do have a neighbor that rides his bike up and down the road and don’t think Teddy has ever noticed.Cindy
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Cindy GOn Sep 28, 2020, at 9:53 AM, Jackie Cash
Thank you, Cindy. And just as a heads up: we were contacted by the attorney for the families of the “bitten” children, who asked us to inform him of the whereabouts of Teddy and whether he had been re-homed. We have not responded and may not. But we did remove mention of you on our website so that they would not try to reach you.What a strange boy he must be. Has he gone to Woofers or is the interaction only between him and your pack, including the little dachshund?
Cindy, we are working on him. I’m sorry it is taking us so long.
Jackie
10-12-2020: Spoke at length with Cyndi Mayclin. She works part-time 9-12 Mon-Fri as a receptionist. She formerly worked at an Assisted Living facility as an activity organizer and still goes in and works some because she likes it so much. Her husband works away from home Mon-Fri all day, but maybe 2 days a week will work from home. They have 2 children, Ryan 13 and Maggie 12. Current pets are a 2-ft long (nose to tip of tail) bearded dragon that lives in a terrarium. He has to get a bath once a week and that’s the only time he’s out of the terrarium. They have a gerbil, 3 years old, who probably won’t live that much longer. He lives in a huge bird cage and is never out. Had a partner gerbil who died and she was advised not to get another gerbil bc they would fight. The son feeds the lizard; the daughter feeds the gerbil. But mom, of course, takes care of them.
She told me about Milo, the terrier mix, small dog who was her shadow. They adopted him and was told he was around 2 or 3. In January of this year, he was about 9 and started having issues, staring into space, urinating anywhere. They were clients at Crossroads Vets and they had put him on antibiotics, and some other meds. Then more antibiotics and had teeth extraction. Then he was on thyroid meds and just gradually went down. He stopped urinating and couldn’t go even when he lifted his leg. They took him to ER vet who did an ultrasound. As soon as he was sedated his bladder emptied. The ultrasound showed cancer and they had to euthanize him.
Then they got Griff from someone on CL. Paid $500 for him but didn’t know that he was not house-broken, didn’t know that he had been placed before (twice). When he started showing some growling and barking behavior, and he was vicious at the vet (but hadn’t been before), Cyndi contacted the Giant Schnauzer rescue group about his behavior.
She had taken Griff to the vet because she wanted to get him neutered, and he was good at the vet’s. But the next time she took him, he freaked out. He became very vicious toward strangers. When the trainer came over, she stepped off the deck into the backyard and Griff went crazy barking and growling. The trainer sat down but Griff kept barking, so she left because she said she could not work with him in this agitated state. She did come back one other time. But his behavior was the same.
Cyndi had reached out to the Giant Schnauzer group and found out that Griff had been adopted by someone else in the group before her but the person had returned him because he attacked her mini-Schnauzer. She ultimately found out that he had been placed twice and returned twice. The GS group paid for her to hire a behaviorist, Monique Williams of https://stonebriardogtraining.com/
Good trainer. (I read about her background; she sounds terrific.) I asked how long she worked with Monique. Not long. Monique had her do some practice obedience with him: the sit, stay, place, wait, etc., before Monique would come back. However, Monique got sick and her MIL got sick, and they never got back together.The first trainer said he had fear aggression. They trained him and the children helped with sit, touch, place, muzzle training. The kids didn’t do the muzzle training. His behavior escalated and the behaviorist, her vet, and the folks at GS Rescue agreed he should be PTS. They had him only 3 months.
She said she contacted ARG because she learned her lesson and wanted to go through a reputable rescue group. She said she had done some research on Airedales.
We talked about crate training. Milo was trained to the crate and liked it, but he didn’t have to stay in it when they were gone. But with a bigger dog who can counter-surf and really get into things, they’d use it more. Griff liked his crate and initially would not go upstairs where the bedrooms are. So he slept in his crate.
I asked if they are considering other breeds: Yes, Considering Brittany (it’s smaller but not low shedding), the Boykin spaniel, the Kerry blue terrier, and the Barbet (like a Portuguese Water Dog).
I will contact vets and Giant Schnauzer rescue and Monique Williams. Something about this woman is making me wary.
