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03/18/19: Jazzy is my biggest mommy. 60 pounds or so. Smaller than her mom. She wasn’t my first pick out of Gibbattee’s litter. She came back to me. I’m pretty sure that she was an early pick. She didn’t come back for any reason under her control. As I recall, it was a break up situation. She’s a regulator. She eats first. She’s a bit darker with what I tell folks is a more luxurious coat of black and tan. A little redder sort of thing. She is the best mommy that I’ve ever had. She keeps her puppies spotless. Loves me and does everything that I ask of her. If I could only have one Airedale? I’d have to flip a quarter to decide between her or Duke.
03/31/19: Kelly Geren-Imbody’s email to Trish Fore:
Good morning Trish,I submitted a synopsis of our conversation regarding your adoption application to our adoption coordinators. After discussing and reviewing my report, we have some concerns and have suggested the following recommendations:
The perfect or as close to perfect placement, and well being of the ‘dale is of uppermost priority.
We feel that a more mature, trained ‘dale vs a puppy would be more appropriate for your situation, i.e. an Airedale that is used to being alone during the day and can hold his/her bladder for and extended period of time due to your work situation.
The horse farm is of concern. As you well know, Airedales are curious pups and prone to chase…little and big “vermin!” Since you are not fenced, and this is not a requirement by any means, nor would we expect you to fence your 4 acres, we need to find an Airedale that’s been trained on an electric fence. They are out there! I have one.
Your situation is unique. We truly appreciate your desire for a ‘dale and want to do everything we can to place one with you. It just needs to be the right match.
If you are willing to wait and watch, to be patient the right ‘dale WILL come along. Let me know if these concerns of ours are acceptable to you. If so, we’ll proceed with setting up a home visit.
I know this probably isn’t what you were hoping to hear, but we want to place the BEST ‘dale with the BEST adoptive parent. I’ll wait to hear from you.
Kindest regards,
Kelly Imbody
11/23/2019 Going thru my apps….have a note on here app. that they have decided not to adopt from ARG.
03/28/19: Asked Lori Nelson if she would do home visit.
Called Vet reference: Spoke to Candace.
No distemper since 2017 and before that regular. But as Nellie is getting so much older, Donna said they’re not doing all the vaccines.
She’s been going there since 2014. They have records from previous vet. Had something dental done in 2008. Then nothing till this past year when she had to have 12 teeth removed!
Nellie. Have some history from previous vet. Nellie is a very cool Airedale.
2009 ultrasound – could not visualize right kidney.She doesn’t think Donna can handle a very energetic Airedale and certainly not an 88-lb (Duke).
Background: Lori and I exchanged messages for a long time. She never would commit, nor return calls.
03/28/19: I sent her an email today to ask if she would do a home visit for us.
03/27/19: size pool is 20 x 40 i think 12 feet on right side with stone 18 ft x 30+ foot wood deck on back.
Long, good conversation with Donna. More later.
From my conversation:
Nellie was born with just 1 kidney and she has 5/6 heart murmur from last physical last fall. They go about every 2 months. She’ll get to where she won’t eat or drink and in the last 18 months has had anal gland issues. Anal glands were never a problem. Anal gland infection was bad. Last time it was not an infection. But vet put her on prednisone. Then she can’t poop. She originally lost a lot of weight, but before Christmas prednisone and she’s eating well, twice a day. Thin, her hips and back are thin. At her best she was 70 lbs or so. Sleeps most of the time. She will wet herself.She’s been with Dr. Fox 3-4 years. Was with another Dr Herman. 2012 she broke her back leg. Put a rod & pins in. She was on a sleigh bed with rails on the side. Jumped off and caught her back leg.
She can’t get up on the bed and needs help getting in the car.
Asked about her surrendering her 11-year-old Golden Retriever. Mother passed away 2 years ago. She has no siblings. No close family. Daughter in Wilmington and photog and husband and grandson. 2 years ago her mom died and she gave up Nellie. She also had a house disaster and was just overwhelmed. She gave Callie to a Couple with 2 children and another dog. It was a very hard decision.
Nellie Hasn’t been to day care for 6 months. She used to love it. Fence is like a privacy fence, plastic – looks like picket fence with lattice work on top. It’s the only place that is fenced is around the pool. She sent me beau coups photos of the pool – it’s huge – and surrounding area that is decking and stone. There’s room for the dog to run around the pool and/or swim if it wants to. Otherwise, she takes the dog out on leash to potty.
Nellie had 12 teeth taken out. Always had irritated gums. THIS IS A CONCERN. I want to talk to her vet. She’s only been seeing this vet for 3-4 years bc her previous vet died.
She describes herself as 5’4″ and 220 lbs. I wonder about her dedication to walking her Airedale.
Home visit will be critical to decide if this is a place for one of our ARG dales.
JMC sent this email to Donna about S&S Airedales:
Hi, again, Donna. Thank you so much for all the photos of your house, yard, and pool. I may want to come visit for a swim. How about all of June? I appreciate all your time on the phone and on getting these photos together and sending them to me.We talked about the S&S Airedales we have remaining: Casey 2 (sometimes referred to as Casey’s Girl) and Duke. I’ve pulled info on both of them from Ben’s emails to us and then from Barbara Yager who has had the privilege of taking care of his Airedales since the 19th. BTW, she had all of them brought up to date on vaccines, wormed, the adults tested for heartworms (all negative!), and all of the dogs microchipped.
From Ben about Casey 2:
Casey #2 born 2/27/18. She is the Airedale that Dr. Fung spayed and gave her 1 year Rabies shot on 12/26/18. Her Rabies Cert has her DOB as 2/15/18, but that’s incorrect. Hoping that you can correct it. She has made a puppy cry several times and chases them, but she’s gotten a lot better over the last several weeks. She’s been skittish for most of her life. She’s still skittish/submissive around everybody except me and her pack. You won’t see a lot of ear perk or tail wagging until she learns to trust you. She is not leash trained, but she’ll follow along and comes when called most of the time. Treats help. I use sliced up hot dogs or bread. She responds to Puppy. She has an ping pong ball sized edema on her right front elbow. Dr. Fung drained it when she spayed her 12/26 (Rabies shot too). She recommended a softer bed and protecting it with a piece of pool noodle held on with a ace bandage or similar. She believed that it would resolve itself in 3 weeks or so. I tried that treatment, but it was too much of an attraction for her pack mates to ignore. It’s gotten a little smaller. It doesn’t seem to cause her any lameness or discomfort.From Barbara about Casey 2:
Casey girl is skittish as you all said 🙂 I have gained her confidence. She will still not be approached from over her head and I cannot get a leash on her. She is dominant so no small dogs need apply. She has a lump filled with fluid on her right. If drained it goes away. She also nips if you are walking or especially when running away from her. We are working on that too. She needs someone with plenty of time to bring her out of her shell.
Update: Casey girl lets me touch her all over. Doesn’t like to be approached from over the head. Peanut butter on your fingers helps the attraction. I have NOT gotten the leash on but I am close. Casey will drag the horse lead rope all over with the pups pulling back on the other end. She is like my RIP Bessie, a queen, and likes everyone to remember that. She will be a lovely girl in a loving home especially with a submissive dog. ALTHOUGH she lets Lee hump her all the time with no growling or biting. Casey just lays down. Amazing. She will take a steady hand; NO young kids because of the running of people because she will nip even if playing contains running.From Ben about Duke: He was born 1/23/14. His next 3 year Rabies shot is due 3/21/20. Occasionally (2X a year or less), he’ll get a silver dollar size hot spot on his right flank, but nothing that survives a medicated shampoo or two. He lets me know when he needs my help by licking it incessantly. Dig/chew outside? That’s one of his favorite pastimes. Chew inside? Well, he seems drawn to our wooden window sills and shades when I leave him free run inside our home for more than a few hours. He’s a bigger Airedale He’s at 85 pounds right now by my scale. He’s got at least 5-10 pounds of fat him. He gets all that he wants and then some. He’s a beast! (Ben had provided the following as general info on all of his ‘dales: They all learn to be calm, obedient and submissive to me. Putting their paws/mouth on me is never allowed. It’ll always get a rebuke and/or I’ll make them flop. They all chew/dig. As they get older, they learn not to chew stuff in our home. I still wouldn’t trust them around my heirlooms.)
From Barbara about Duke:
Duke is beautiful and sweet. What a love. Would like him to be with a large woman or man so the leaning of 88 pounds doesn’t take anyone out. He is good on the leash in the barn but I would not be able to hold him if he got excited. (I am currently 100 pounds). He will be neutered on Tuesday so will be good to be placed after that.
Update: I don’t see Duke with other males. Female sure. No really small dogs or varmints – i.e. cats either. Yes someone home most of the day or just short days away is good but he really does sleep most of the time. They are getting out 3 x a day for an hour. He is very much wanting to bond; when we sit in the barn he hops up on the trunk and sits with us. He is used to the routine now so no more FOG HORN BARKING but that bark is NOT for an apartment dweller or condo either.Our next step is a home visit. We’ll ask one of our volunteers who lives nearby to contact you to arrange a convenient time to come to your home. She will want to see where the Airedale will live inside and out and meet you in person. I’ll introduce you to the person so you’ll know who is to contact you.
Thank you, Donna, for wanting to adopt a rescued Airedale.
03/27/19: Tami Wahl called and left voice mail and texted and included a CL ad for an Airedale mix in Fredericksburg, VA. She doesn’t have the dog and isn’t the poster, just wanted us to know about it. I told her I’d forward to Cathy Biersack.
919-840-6677
In Raleigh but willing to drive a couple of hours to help out.On March 22, 2019 at 5:49 PM Pat Hairston
Kelly-
I think you did a great job and a great review to move forward. Thank you. Knowing the breed, knowing what your own personal experience is and following gut instinct is essential.
Many of the dogs that come into rescue need a lot of training, love and time. I am leaning that this is not a good match for her at this time. But I default to Jackie or Bay for the next move (HV or not).
Thank you for helping us!
Pat
From: Jackie Cash
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 7:08:33 PMExcellent review, Kelly. You noted and talked about the most important things and I, too, agree with your conclusions. You can send her a follow up email expressing your concerns and advising that she could, could be considered for a settled, well-trained Airedale that is accustomed to being alone all day if she is approved. If she is ok with that understanding, we can schedule a home visit. (I don’t remember where she lives off-hand.)
Welcome to ARG! Good job!
03/22/19 Interviewed by Kelly Geren-Imbody:
On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 6:30 PM Kelly Imbody < kevnkell@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi Ladies!
I finally got around to talking with Trish. I was in Florida as Pat knew, then Trish was out of town, then Holden Beach was a bit up side down this past week as I along with another gal am Co-chair of our annual GFWC Gala and our President was a tragic victim of domestic violence. So needless to say, things have been out of sorts.I spoke with Trish last night and also two of her personal references as she does not currently have a vet.
In reading over her application prior to speaking with her, one of my concerns was/is the fact that the ‘dale will be alone for 8 hours. She works full time. Lives alone, though she states her boyfriend/fiance hopes to move up from FL in 6-9 months. She has spoken with a neighbor whom lives behind her and owns a horse farm (another concern) about possibly walking the ‘dale during the day for potty breaks. She is not in a position in which she can leave work, come home and let the dog out.
She has had a total of 4 Airedales over her lifetime. She did not participate in obedience training. She stated that her ex-spouse said he may come and help her train but that she is not likely to use professional training. She related that her ex did most of the training when they were married.
She has 4 acres. A horse farm is behind her. She is not fenced. She would consider an electric fence. I read to her the bulleted points regarding no fence, electric fences and kenneling a dog.
She has maybe a slight leaning towards preferring a male. She would prefer a puppy but realizes that’s a long shot. Knowing that, she would prefer a 2 year old or less.
My concerns are as follows: She has no fence and doesn’t plan to fence. She also has no plans to formally train the dog. Those two things in combination don’t bode well. I worry about a dog running over to the horse farm, chasing the horses and then a tragic accident. (I know a fence isn’t mandatory. I’m not fenced but my Amos is trained and trained well.)
She works full time. It’s a lot to ask of a neighbor to take something like this on 5 days a week.
A puppy is out of the question in my book. My gut feeling is that she needs a ‘dale that is well trained that someone just has to give up because of a change in living situation, new baby etc.Personal references were unremarkable. Both felt she was a “good dog mom.” She was diligent regarding veterinarian care. One related that she didn’t recall the ‘dales going places with she and her husband at the time as they traveled together often. One reference said that she had a good relationship with her kennel, that it “was a nice place.” This same reference stated that she didn’t remember friends “bringing their dogs over or anything like that. They pretty much had free reign as we lived out in the country so they didn’t need to.”
That’s all I’ve got. The ball is in your court now! I feel for Trish as I know she really wants a ‘dale. It just has to be the RIGHT ‘dale. We owe it to the ‘dale.
I hope I did ARG justice with my 1st application review. Let me know if you need any more information.
Thanks,
Kelly
Another good article about spaying & neutering:
https://www.petmd.com/dog/care/spay-and-neutering-dogs-101-everything-you-need-know?utm_source=NewsletterSubscribers&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=031919Newsletter&utm_campaign=Newsletter03/16/19 So far:
Lynn O – 2 Female Adults (her adopter will drive down and pick them up!)
1 Female Puppy
1 Male PuppyChris Bettis – male puppy
Cathy Biersack – male puppy
Carol Tschida – female puppy
Sherry Beebe – Male or Female Adult – doesn’t matter
Andrea Wiener-Chase – Female Adult
Mandy Dugan Galbraith – Female Pup
Tish Moran – Either sex pupFrom: Ben O’Conner
To: Jackie Cash
Date: March 16, 2019 at 5:24 AM
Subject: Rescue Info for Ben’s CurlyShe was born 3/5/11 and had her last litter 3/16/18. She’s leash trained. She gets along with everybody, but won’t tolerate inappropriate touching from puppies for very long without flopping them.
I forgot to mention that my one year old had made a puppy cry several times and chase them, but she’s gotten a lot better over the last several weeks to the point where I can trust her with them.
Curly’s coat is not as thick as the others. Vitamins have helped.
Regards,
BenFrom: Ben O’Conner
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2019 6:10 AM
To: ‘Jackie Cash’
Subject: Rescue Info for Ben’s Year OldShe was born 2/27/18 to my mommy Casey who recently retired to NYC. She’s been skittish for most of her life. She’s still skittish/submissive around everybody except me and her pack. You won’t see a lot of ear perk or tail wagging until she learns to trust you. She is not leash trained, but she’ll follow along and comes when called most of the time. Treats help. I use sliced up hot dogs or bread. She responds to Puppy. She has an ping pong ball sized edema on her right front elbow. Dr. Fung drained it when she spayed her 12/26 (Rabies shot too). She recommended a softer bed and protecting it with a piece of pool noodle held on with a ace bandage or similar. She believed that it would resolve itself in 3 weeks or so. I tried that treatment, but it was too much of an attraction for her pack mates to ignore. It’s gotten a little smaller. It doesn’t seem to cause her any lameness or discomfort.
Regards,
Ben
From: Ben O’Conner
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2019 5:48 AM
To: Jackie Cash
Subject: Rescue Info for Ben’s Puppies3 boys born 10/31 to Jazzy, 2 boys born 11/3 to Stout Lee and 2 boys born 11/16 to Little Girl equals 7 boys total. 1 girl born to Stout Lee and 2 girls born to Little Girl equals 3 girls total
If you’ve a way to tell puppies apart from each other, then bring it ‘cause I’m running short on collars. I know them though by now and/or have collars on the one’s that I don’t know by sight. I’ll have them sorted and crated for you.All puppies are off the porch running with the pack except Mr. Blue (Little Girl’s) and Ms. Purple (Stout Lee). Ms. Purple is clearly the biggest girl, and just as clearly the most timid. She’s grown weary of fighting the puppy wars and submits to the others. 2-3 of the bigger boys protect their self given right to eat first. All of them play together. They’ll play rough, but I’ve never had to intervene with more than a sharp verbal rebuke to leave the dog alone or let that dog up.
They all sleep with each other without me having to keep anybody apart or together. I put them in their kennels by whatever order they choose and/or I pick them up. 1-3 to a kennel depending on puppy/kennel size. Giving them enough room so that they can lay down without touching each other cuts way down on the growling. I don’t tolerate growling. Everybody runs out the door eagerly. Most will run back in too, but not everybody. None of them run away. They’ll all come running with a whistle or at meal time
I think that one of Jazzy’s boys may have a Grizzle & Tan coat. Everybody else is Black & Tan.
Regards,
Ben
