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Eric Kentgen called back and said Brock and Reed are great guys and good dog owners. A couple of years ago Brock took care of Eric’s dogs (Maltese-Poodle and Poodle) when he went out of town. He said they love dogs and will take great care of any dog they get.
From Amy Watts 07-20-22:
I have contacted Highland Animal Hospital and asked them to send her records.
This week has been a blur since I got her back. The new med, ‘Fluoxetine,’ is a heck of a lot better than Ace. So amazing. 13$ for a month’s supply. I would definitely keep a month’s supply on hand. And house lattice is literally just butter to her. She glides through. And can get through 4″ slats when properly motivated. The truth is, when female dogs are this smart, they can leave whenever they want to leave. The heart binds them to the property and a good dose of meds when the noise pollution increases.
Also, Sheba sometimes, when she gets anxious, will think that the floor is made of lava. She grew up on a concrete slab and slick floors are the devil. She likes carpets. She’s mostly house broken… but I don’t leave her unattended. It would be good to have a sectioned off area for her to get into the cool at will. You know, like a doggy door. And it would be great for someone to spend time and energy taking her further than I did. She didn’t have formal training, but she isn’t the wild ubangi that I got when we first rescued her.
She’s been in the house more and more with the hot weather. I just make sure to never ever leave any bread on the counter or anything you don’t want eaten.
If this home doesn’t work out for her, send her back to me if you need help. She’s a part of our hearts but, I think it would be good to have a person that would spend more time working with her lovely mind. And building trust. She gives a million kisses and cuddles a day. She has a lovely voice and vocalizes her love and her desire for food. Sheba’s a good girl.
I would think that they would need a LARGE box for her. And a strong one. She has some phobias about being trapped in small spaces. I don’t blame her. She can open most cages that most animals couldn’t. She needs a large fenced back yard and they need to check the fence frequently in order to see if she’s made any headway in looking for a squirrel on the other side of the fence. She loves squeaky balls. She carries one in her mouth and shakes her head. She loves kisses. But, it’s good to give her her space in the beginning when you’re getting to know her.
I had a nice conversation with Brock. He has never had an Airedale but has had 2 Scotties and a Westie. His current Scottie & Westie live with his parents in Chicago but he sees them a few times a year. (Airedale would need to e friendly to smaller dogs.) His current Scottie is a female spayed and he describes her as “crazy.” She gets on top of the couch and sits up on her behind with her front paws up. She is a bit stand-offish.
His brother lives with him and loves dogs and would help with the dog whenever needed, but Brock will be the adopter. (I told him we would need to meet the brother for the home visit. No problem.)
Brock works in telephone sales (business to business) and plans to take his Airedale to work with him. They could take a walk mid-day. We talked about the Airedale needing to be well-mannered to go to work with him and I asked if he had done any training with his previous dogs. Yes, he did basics: sit, stay, down, come, roll over, stand. Brock and his brother have different work schedules so if Brock had to, he could leave the Airedale at home. I told him we don’t want the Airedale left outside, even fenced in, with no one home. He would leave the Airedale in the house. We talked about the pros and cons of crates. He’s never used one but I told him some dogs like the crate ad to keep an open mind.
We talked about how much exercise his Airedale will get. Brock’s brother is a hiker and would take the Airedale hiking. Brock sometimes goes with him. He likes to walk and would walk the Airedale daily, weather permitting. There is a dog park that is well-renowned he said, close by. I cautioned him about taking his Airedale too soon to the dog park and suggested he wait a few weeks. Also talked about him familiarizing his dog to the yard on leash and in the house on leash initially to prevent the ‘dale from marking anywhere.
I asked about food for his Scotties. He thinks it was one of the Purina brands but for the Westie as it has gotten older, they’ve switched to Cesar canned. I suggested he look at dog food advisor for help finding the right food for his dog.
He doesn’t remember what HW meds his Scotties were on, but I told him here in the South he’ll have to use it year-round as well as flea/tick preventative. He was fine with that.
Brock would take an older dog. I asked if he had any travel plans coming up. He’s going to Chicago in September for a bachelor party but will be gone just for a long weekend and could get a dog sitter or kennel. He’ll probably be going to Chicago for Christmas also and would make arrangements or maybe take his Airedale with him. But it may be too many dogs. His sister and her husband have a Doberman and another dog.
I’ve texted and called his personal reference Eric Kentgen and Eric has called me. We’re playing phone tag.
07-19-22 Emailed Meloni and apologized for not contacting her sooner; asked for good time to talk tomorrow, the 20th.
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.
