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08-06-2020: The Mayalls are adopting Izzy and will meet Marcela on Sunday, August 9th, at noon in Gaffney, SC.
08-04-2020: Marcela has sent me photos of Izzy’s new rabies tag for 2021 and photos of the other vax records. She has not been on HW preventative since Marcela got her. Marcela instead uses HWF by Ambernaturalz.com. Nowhere in the description of this product does it say that it prevents heartworms. It supposedly strengthens the heart.
08-04-2020: Cathy Biersack referred these folks bc they are interested in Izzy. My comments on interviewing them are included in the body of the application.
They have sent photos of their home and yard. They have 5 acres fenced in the middle of nowhere, Floyd, VA, near Roanoke. They are prepared to drive to GA to pick up Izzy.
Their only concern is their 2 kittens, ages 5 months and 3 months. Izzy supposedly hates cats, but they think they can keep them safe.
From Cindy 08-04-2020
Good evening Jackie,
Today was two weeks with Teddy. I continue to see good things with this guy.
We have worked through the Crate issue/guarding such that he is fine with other dogs approaching his crate. I normally don’t allow dogs to approach another dogs crate as that is safe zone. But it seemed he had some previous association with the crate such that he felt he needed to guard that zone.
He continues to be great on walks . But things are much quieter these days in public places such that there are not a lot of regular challenges for practicing.
I did have one challenge this week when I was out on the front of our property with Teddy on leash. I saw a neighbor coming down the road on a ATV with his dog running along side. I released Teddys leash and he immediately ran to the gate barking. I am sure if the gate had been open he would have chased. I think from his reaction that this was a combination of excitement (some prey drive) and fear of an unknown I quickly got control of the leash and he settled. Shortly after this incident, two neighbors walked by quietly and he did not seem to even notice.
I am going to solicit some help to set up some fast , exciting movement and work with him to relax and ignore.
Still feel Teddy is not an aggressive dog, he just needs some help with controlling the chase instincts . Not at all unusual for an Airedale.
There has clearly been some attempts to correct some unwanted behaviors but he does not understand or know what he should do.
He will need an owner that understands these prey tendencies and is serious about prevention and guidance.Cindy
08-03-2020: Candace has sent photos and medical records on Zeus. She and I spoke about a year ago but they weren’t ready to let him go yet. They did NOT get him neutered; they did NOT get any training for him.
He actually sounds like a good dog and doesn’t sound aggressive. I see that the vet recommended you get him neutered bc of dominance issues…. Did not do that. He is still intact.
He is not aggressive. He does not seem to do as well with men as with women. Her 3-year-old and 7-year-old girls are fine with him. He’s not as good with her 10- & 13-year-old boys. He’s definitely a more dominant dog.
The 5-year-old male Airedale, Hans, is neutered. They get along together. They go out together and are out in the house together. But Zeus and her family clash. There have been no incidents to make him not like the boys.
Candace is home with the children full time. Husband works 8 to 5. She is the focus of Zeus. When they’re boarded they’re good and Zeus did fine with other dogs. When he sees other dogs, he barks and wants to get to them. But he’s never aggressive. He is trained to the invisible fence and has never breached it. If he starts to go after a squirrel or something, she tells him no and he stops. He will go down the driveway if she’s with him or leaves him out. If she’s not around and just the kids are out, he’ll go roam. He comes back. They go on walks and he goes with her and he stays with her and will run circles around her on their long walks. When is he crated? When they leave the house; sometimes he’s crated when she’s busy in the house. He is fine being crated 8 hours a day! He did break out of the crate once — just pushed the wires outward and got out.
Hans was trained at an obedience class and Zeus takes cues from him and she taught Zeus on those things.
She keeps his coat short to help with the shedding. He’s Oorang wire hired and he does shed. ?? Breeders were Becky & Tony Hogg in Monticello FL. As soon as they got him, they called the breeder back and asked why he sheds and the breeder told them because he has Oorang Airedale in him. ?? I’ve never heard that.
I asked her to explain the incident of him biting her son while the son was riding the ATV.
Her son had a small ATV, low to the ground, not really a go-cart and safer than a go-cart. The kids would just ride around the house in circles and she doesn’t know why but Zeus likes to run whenever alongside you when you’re on the golf cart or the ATV. He would nip at Candace’s legs while running alongside. Then, he started running alongside her 10-y-o son and both were moving that probably made the bite worse. The cart was going and Zeus was running. Now it seems it will automatically become an incident between the boys and Zeus.
The 13-y-o Son was running with her and had run back to the pivot point and Zeus chased and got to him, he jumped up on him. Her son just held him until she got there. Then Zeus just dropped. No more incidents.
He has just started growling at her husband. When her husband comes in and walks from the living room to the mudroom where the dogs’ crates are, Zeus has started growling at him. Sometimes it’s the husband and the older boy.
They take him to inlaws place who have a lake house. They can’t be off-leash there because of gators, so she keeps them leashed. He pulls on the leash so she uses choke collar.
08-03-2020: I interviewed Diane O’Cain and will update with my notes later. Theirs will not be a good home for Izzy.
But they’d already figured that out because MARCELA called them.08-03-2020 Jill sent an email that she’s interested in the Airedale in GA.
jill.heske@gmail.com
cell 770-329-2587She works at home. Mobile app provider.
Summer came from a breeder – Frankenfaust.He’s 19 and loves Airedales. Husband works outside the home.
She doesn’t think she can train Izzy to not be reactive to other dogs and they go to the dog park all the time – the the small dog side, because Summer got attacked by another dog and small terrier mix. Summer is only 43 or 48 lbs.
Jill has a couple of crates that she would donate to us. They’re too small for a normal full-grown Airedale but would be fine for a smaller one – less than 40 lbs.
08-03-2020 Jill sent an email that she’s interested in the Airedale in GA.
jill.heske@gmail.comMore on 08-02-2020
Never even touched him, Jackie – he sensed or saw my hand moving and instinctively snapped. No growl or anything. I think he realized instantly that he’d made a mistake.This is likely some combination of learned behavior and a genetic inclination to “protect”. It’ll take some work to break the habit. He’s made huge progress insofar as food, toys, etc. go, but this was an anomaly.
08-01-2020
On 08/01/2020 6:43 PM Chris PattersonThe only real news is that I got bitten this morning. His resource guarding has dramatically diminished, but he still forages on countertops and other elevated surfaces for treasures.
He was lying at my feet, when it dawned on me that he was chewing on something. I reached down to stroke his head, thinking he’d drop whatever it was. Instead, without a growl or anything, he reflexively bit my hand.
Once more, he didn’t close his jaws completely, nor try to “rip” the way they do with prey, or when defending themselves, but I did end up with five little punctures, of varying depths. Only two required band-aids, and are now scarred over.
I’d gotten complacent, because the resource-guarding has virtually disappeared over the two weeks we’ve had him. I can take a toy he’s playing with in my hand, and initiate tug, without any adverse reaction. He has no issue with our hand descending towards his food bowl. But, something triggered him this time. It was a cellophane pack of facial tissue, that he’d extracted from a basket by the door in the laundry room. I keep a supply of them for the Dawn Patrol. Not a high-value item – no taste, the texture isn’t pleasing, and the other two couldn’t have cared less about it.
We’ll work on him, this week, but his new stewards need to be aware that this remains a problem. I have 3 days of “Teams” conferences the first part of the week, so we can’t devote the time we ought to, to dealing with this behavior, and, of course, he’s got a few rough days of his own coming up, with the neutering.
He’s a sweetheart; is more affectionate towards us than the two incumbents, and is constantly underfoot, or lying with his chin on one of our feet. He’s become confident that his meals will be delivered on a schedule, toys will be restored if removed, and there will be no random acts of
08-01-2020: From Shawn: She was very happy to see me. Tail up and wagging, but still pretty out of it. She was very nauseous throughout the night, but the vet told us to give her a Pepcid which really helped. She slept very soundly after that. She wouldn’t eat this morning, but took her pain meds with a piece of cheese and curled up in the middle of the floor and went back to sleep. I’m sure she will feel much better when I get home from work. Her incision looks good and they actually do a very small tattoo on her belly.
07-31-2020: I can find no one in or near The Highlands, NC, nor in Franklin, NC. This area is mostly mountainous and resort living.
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