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07-19-22 Offered Bear to Ralph Simpson & Mark Espy.
Hi, again, Ralph. It was nice talking to you just now. I want to tell you and Mark again how sorry we are that you had to say goodbye to Mick. 12-1/2 years was a long life for him, but it is never long enough for us.Attached are a couple of photos of Bear (after he got all his coat cut off).
Bear is a 4-year-old, 60-lb male Airedale, who is up to date on required vaccines (he will need a bordatella vax). He was surrendered because his person (a man) died and his wife can’t keep him. She has her hands full with their other dogs. Once we have him in a foster/adoptive home, ARG will pay for him to be neutered, microchipped, and tested for heartworms. (If he is positive for HW, ARG will pay for his treatment.)
Bear does not get along with male dogs but once he is neutered, that could become less of an issue. He does well with female dogs (your neighbor’s dog, Phoebe?). He does well on a leash and takes correction well. He likes grooming and car rides. He is a sweet boy who loves to cuddle.
He has been living in a double enclosure–half indoor/half outdoor space. It is unknown if he is house trained because he has not been in the current owner’s home as she had other breeding males (Jack Russells). House training should be easily resolved with consistent and frequent opportunities to potty outside. I’ve never known anyone to have problems house-training an adult male Airedale. ARG recommends leash walking for him to relieve himself until you are sure he is trained. It’s also a good idea, in the short term, to keep him leashed or tethered to you in the house so that you notice immediately if he acts like he needs to go.
Bear has not been around cats so we can assume he would not be safe with them; nor has he been around small children. His only issue has been with male, intact dogs.
Please let me know if you are interested in Bear. We would like to move him away from his current owner as soon as feasible. If you and Mark are not sure, we can make this a foster-to-adopt situation, in which case, ARG remains responsible for his medical care and you are responsible for his food, toys, beds, etc. If you want to buy him a Beemer, that’s on you.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Interviewed Amy Watts about Sheba:
They rescued her about 2 years ago from a breeder named Buddy Watts who was hurt in an accident and pared down his breeding operation, then he had another accident and it killed him. Sheba (She’Bear) was kept in a 4×6 kennel for the first 3 years of her life Sheba was a “freakazoid mess” when Amy got her: filthy, heartworm positive, hyperactive, anxious. She reacts terribly to storms and fireworks and has some separation anxiety. She has escaped 3 times in the last 2 weeks, early to mid-July (during which they had lots of storms and fireworks). She broke through a lattice-type fence.She was treated successfully for HW and then spayed (after she had a litter with them.)
Sheba does not like to be confined, and does not sleep in a kennel or crate even outside; she prefers to be free outside. Inside she sometimes sleeps in the crate because she rifles through trash and steals things off the countertops, but she doesn’t like the crate. She loves to dig and has dug under their shed and taken all her toys under there. She sleeps inside if it is too hot or too cold outside, but she much prefers to be outside.
She likes people and approaches new people without any fear or anxiety. Although she would love to go on walks, she is terrible on leash. If she sees another dog, she pulls and lunges enough to pull you down. Needs training for leash walking. She’s a resource guarder and is fed separately from the other dogs outside.
She would be ok with kids older than 10 or so. She is so intelligent. Very beautifully verbal. I taught her to try to say “Momma” and if she wants some food, she sort of does the shortened version and snaps at the air twice for the two syllables. She has deep, soulful eyes and really truly loves deeply. She’s a good girl. When she gets excited, she’ll hop. She will now wait her turn for a treat without getting aggressive as she understands there’s an order in which the treats are given and it’s fair. She likes squeaky toys and, recently, I discovered she liked Anita Baker’s “Sweet Love” song and she started verbalizing to the song. Sheba seems to have super sensitive hearing. She loves a truck because we picked her up in a truck and rescued her from the kennel she was trapped in her whole life. The teeth on the left side of her mouth have been filed down from the years she spent trying to escape that cage. She really loves training. She loves the game of learning. She’s eager to play. Eager to learn. She’s bonded with her son, Ruger. I would like to have visitation rights for them to be able to play. (I told Amy that Visitation rights are not plausible.) Uses a squirt bottle to correct her.
Sheba is an amazing cuddle bug. What a sweetie. But she is the alpha dog, dominant and aggressive to other dogs (their male Airedale). She doesn’t draw blood but will put my older male on his back and dog fight him in a furious manner that will make you think death is on the line. You have to just not freak out and I grab her back leg and pull her back. She also argues and is boisterous with my two-year-old Airedale?. They’re both extremely opinionated and mostly, they really both love that.
Amy had a trainer walk her through using treats in order to get her to sit. She’ll sit for her food… you just have to remember she has super high energy. But she really hasn’t gotten the training she needs. When she came to us she was absolutely nuts as she was and is high energy.
She eats Nutro Lamb and Rice, about 2 1/2 cups once a day.
She uses a slow-feeder dish. She loves the interesting nooks and crannies… loves something to clean or lick. I think it’s soothing to her but it also slows her feeding down.Amy is moving soon but has said that Sheba can stay until we can find a home. Sheba is boarding at the vet’s right now.
Home Again Microchip Number: 985 141 002 421 526
07-07-22 Donna continues to post on FB or send us DMs that she wants another Airedale. Her current dale seems to be sick a lot and has just recovered from a bout of pancreatitis (June 15-17, 2022)
Apr 29, 2022 Jessie Mae is sick
June 2, 2020 Donna asking for prayers bc Jessie Mae is very Sick, vet thinks a vitamin deficiency
Aug 2020 Jessie ingested rope toys while at doggy day care for a week, then got away from the vet staff as they were putting her in Donna’s car. She was caught after about a mile of people chasing her. Donna did not chase as she had just been in the hospital that week for ventricular tachycardia and high BP
Feb 22, 2020 Donna asking for prayers for Jessie Mae. She’s lost 5 lbs and is dehydrated. Donna attributes that to JM grieving over Nellie’s death. She had to have subq fluids.
Nov 21, 2019 Jessie Mae in hospital again, maybe eating non-edible items. She’s sneaky and tries to eat anything.
Dec. 2, 2019 Donna worried bc Jessie Mae eats so little and drinks so little.
Oct, 29, 2019: Jessie Mae ate something while Donna was gone to a funeral. Bloody stools, pacing, panting and she just got her staples out 2 weeks ago.
Oct. 2, 2019 Jessie Mae had surgery bc she apparently chewed up a leash and collar at Ruff Housing Day CareFor all the reasons above, we will not adopt to Donna. I suspect that her accusing Ruff Housing of negligence is incorrect. I could certainly be wrong.
07-06-22 Kurt replied to my follow up email that they did not see another vet for their Labrador between 2014 and 2020.
I emailed them: Hello, Kurt & Luz. I regret to inform you that we will not be able to consider you to adopt an Airedale due to the fact that you did not have your labrador seen by a vet from 2014 to 2020.
Thank you.
Jackie Cash
07-05-22 Kurt’s response did not answer whether another vet was seen between 2014 and 2020. He did give me the name of another Reference: Lucie Lamer 910-465-5223 and I’ve left a voice mail for her. I asked Kurt again about seeing another vet between 2014 and 2020.
07-05-22 Kurt’s response did not answer whether another vet was seen between 2014 and 2020. He did give me the name of another Reference: Lucie Lamer 910-465-5223 and I’ve left a voice mail for her. I asked Kurt again about seeing another vet between 2014 and 2020.
07-02-22 Cassie Maglin in Savannah will do the home visit. I’ve sent her the application and my notes.
I just saw the note from Julie about their vet reference. IDK if she discussed this issue with them.
Sent email to Kurt & Luz asking about the time between vets and the name/number of other vets in the years between. Also asked for phone number of personal reference.
Alerted Cassie that this is on hold until I get answers to my email.
07-01-22 Kurt emailed asking about home visit and available dogs. I responded that I’d find someone this weekend and let him know.
06-16-22 Charleigh asked on the 10th if she could wait till Monday, the 13th to let us know about surrendering Hugo. She never got back to us and has not responded to texts or phone calls. Sigh.
06-09-22
Hello, again, Charleigh. Thank you for taking the time to talk to me about Hugo and your wish to relinquish him to ARG. We understand how difficult it can be to train an Airedale pup, especially one who has been separated from its mother and littermates at such a young age.I don’t think we’ll have any problem finding someone appropriate to adopt Hugo and we will start checking through our approved applicants and former adopters immediately.
Please ask your vet, Banfield, to email Hugo’s complete medical records to us at info@airedalerescuegroup.com or fax to 815-301-2959. If you have his registration and puppy papers from the breeder, please also forward those to us. We do not provide those to adopters, but we like to know where the pup came from. It helps us if we encounter other Airedales from the same breeder.
As we discussed, for the time being, try keeping Hugo on a leash even in the house so that you can correct his behavior before he tries to bite or tries to poop in the house. Make him sit. Use your boyfriend’s stance and tone to correct him; no spanking. Keep his time-outs to 10 minutes or less; after that time, he no longer associates being in the crate with whatever he has done. Airedales do best with praise for doing what you ask rather than punishment for what you didn’t want.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Otherwise, we will be back in touch soon.
Jackie Cash
I don’t know where to begin. Hampton was surrendered by Jim Ciocola the end of April 2022 and was adopted by John & Maggie Finneran in Southport, NC, friends of Lin Wetzel’s.
Too much history to enter right here. See the Finnerin’s post.
06-11-22 Charleigh sent text in response to my phone call & text to her:
Good morning!
So I am a competitive gymnastics coach and we have team tryouts today and tomorrow so I’m super slammed and my mom is actually helping me out watching him.
After our phone call, I cried and cried and cried all day long. I don’t want to make the wrong decision but it’s a big decision. Is there anyway we can hang tight through the weekend? Now that you’ve found him somebody and it’s real, I just want to really think about it one last time and I can let you know on Monday?I promise I won’t string anybody along after the weekend, I just really really want to be sure.
Also, if I decide to send him to a new home, I’d really like to meet her if at all possible.
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My response to Charleigh:Morning, Charleigh. I understand how difficult this decision is for you, but you must be the one to make the decision. Hugo can’t. Hugo depends on you to make the decision that will ensure he has a happy, physically and mentally stimulating life. He must be taught how to be a valued member of the family whose pack (people) are always thrilled to see him and engage with him. Airedales respond with enthusiasm to training with their family — not Boot Camp — because they learn what actions please their person and they love to please.
The woman who wants to adopt Hugo has had 3 Airedales. Her last, Callie, was a rescue also from another Airedale group several years ago. Unbeknownst to the rescue group, and un-revealed by the previous owner, 11-month-old Callie had seizures. Beth, the adopter, kept her and did not give up on her even though Callie was
on meds every day of her life and having seizures every day of her life, until Callie died at the age of 8-1/2 of cancer. To say she was a devoted mom to Callie is an understatement.
Beth is an artist and is home all day. Her mom, who also is an Airedale-lover, lives with her.
Beth is hesitant to meet you because she thinks it will be too emotional to see you give Hugo to her. We also recommend a “clean” break. We do not encourage the adopter and previous owner to stay in touch as we have found that can get out of hand. Instead, we recommend all contact be between you and ARG and the adopter and ARG. We will be happy to provide updates if you wish. We maintain contact with the adopter, of course, to make sure the pup is being well-cared for.
We will honor your wishes, Charleigh, as you decide what is best for Hugo and you. You cannot have a satisfying relationship with Hugo by avoiding him.
Good luck this weekend. I hope your girls shine. Call me.
