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02/05/19:
Karen, thank you for your note and for relieving my conscience. I am so sorry that Walter’s health is such that you don’t think you’ll be able to adopt.I appreciate your willingness to foster. We will absolutely keep you in mind if we have a smaller, easy-going Airedale that needs a short-term home. In the meantime, I hope you can get your Airedale “fix” through your neighbor’s dogs.
Jackie Cash | 901-438-5782
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On February 5, 2019 at 3:17 PM Karen WiebeJackie, you certainly did not slight me when we spoke. My husband really wants to do this, but he is unable to help at all due to mobility problems and illness. My position is that when he gets better and can drive and help I will agree, but not until. And frankly, there is not much hope that he will ever be able to drive or help.
So yes, we could foster but although we’d love to, probably not adopt. We have a 2.5-acre fenced yard and love the ‘dales, but at this point could only really consider a smaller dog that is well trained and ‘easy’ without issues. We have grandchildren and grand dogs who visit once or twice a year as well as a neighbor with TWO wonderful terriers: a Welshie and an Airedale.
Thanks for your understanding.
Karen Wiebe
02/05/19: Morning, Karen and Walter. After our conversation on January 25th, I thought perhaps I had slighted you. If I did, I apologize. We have had several Airedales in recent months that have been difficult to place because of behavioral issues or their inability to get along with other dogs.
As I understand it, you are willing to foster with the hopes of adopting. Please bear with me and remind me of what you are looking for in an Airedale:
Do you prefer a male or female?
What age range do you prefer?
I believe you had mentioned you want a smaller Airedale. What is the weight limit you’re looking for?
Tell me about what a typical day would be like with your Airedale.Please tell us anything that will help us match you to an Airedale.
We currently have three males: two are in training to become well-mannered enough to be placed in a home. One of those is nearing that level; however, he is a very strong dog at about 70 lbs. The other in training is still weeks away from being able to be placed. The third is a 3-year-old (65 lbs) who is dominant to other dogs, has been attached to the female owner, but not to the male, and is very mouthy, especially toward the woman’s grandmother (age 90) who has moved in with the family.
We may be getting a female ‘dale, possibly by the end of this week, but we know nothing about her because she is in a shelter and was found as a stray. (She is on stray-hold to give an owner time to reclaim her; however, before the shelter picked her up, she had been seen for 2 weeks hanging around the area. Sigh.) She will be spayed and brought up to date on vaccines before we get her and she will need a foster home for us to learn about her personality.
We do consider you as “golden” adopters who we know will provide a wonderful home for the right Airedale. We look forward to hearing from you and helping you find that Airedale.
Jackie
02/04/19: I spoke to Taylor last night and she has adopted a hound mix that showed up as a stray in her neighborhood. Maybe in a year or two, she’ll want an Airedale.
02/01/19 I spoke to Tracey McLeod:
I still miss Sid. Had only been in a new home in 2 months. Came home from a run, she didn’t meet her at the door. 11. She died in her arms.She and husband met late in life; he had not had dogs in the house. He cried hard when Sid died.
Finn is afraid of hardwood floors. Loves everyone and every thing. He has a blankie (a blanket he loves). They got him from Diana Fielder. Sid was also from Diana. She got Sage from Bristol Aires when she lived in New York. Finn is still intact and have kept him intact because initially Diana Fielder was thinking of showing him, but Tracey can’t strip him well enough for Diana to show. We talked about dog park and one dog came after him once – an Australian Shepherd – and Finn got tough back. Otherwise, he is a sweetheart and loves every dog he meets.
When she was younger they had a Backyard bred alpha. She was off lead before they left for church. Going after a jogger. Guy comes out of the woods and Tudor drug her dad on his belly going after him. She was head strong. Ate through a hardwood door. Went to boot camp for 1 month and they went for 8 weeks. Brought her down to manageable. Only afraid of a paillon. (Tracy is only 5 ft tall and weigh 90 lbs.)
Tracey and I talked a long time and I really like her. However, they have just moved into a new home and Finn is anxious about his new surroundings. I told her we should hold off at least 2 weeks to see how Finn adjusts to their home and not bring a new dog in on top of that.
Hold until mid-February.
02/04/19: Texted Jennifer Yobs to see if she would foster Petey. She’s teaching part-time now and their family has adjusted to just having Bart. She can help transport or go check on him, but not foster/adopt.
02/04/19: I texted James to see if he and Tamara are interested in adopting Petey. He called me back and said the timing is not right. They are getting a divorce and it wouldn’t be good to bring a new dog into a tense situation. They still are in the same home together and he can tell that it is tense for Martha, their ARG dale. He doesn’t think this will be final until May or June and he will let me know his new address. They will sell the house. Tamara is now going by the name of Cooper Huron. ?? He is trying to get full custody of Martha because he doesn’t think Tamara would spend enough time with her. He doesn’t know how this will work out.
On January 28, 2019 at 6:38 PM Susan Chinouth
I grew up with several Airedales and have had 3 of my own. Presently I have a 3yo spade female Zoey. I would like to volunteer for the 3 needs listed on the volunteer list:
Talking to people who need to give up their dog
Talking to people who think they want to adopt
Home visit assessments within an hour of my home (Johnson City,TN).
I have crated Zoey. My dogs have always lived in the house. I have a large fenced in back yard and my dog goes for daily walks and rides in the car. I know about the behavior change that takes over when you walk your puppy in the morning and again do an exhausted ball play session about 5PM to keep them calm. They need it. My dog has needed that for 3 years and she has finally calmed down on days when we don’t walk (super cold or rain).
I have lived through chewing and destructive property behaviors (decreased with exercise and toys), counter surfing for chewables/food(as a puppy), jumping up on people etc. I know of the bad tendencies that can last for 1-2 years. Drinking from the toilet, wet beard on your clothes, chasing squirrels/cats on lead. Pulling during walks (I have invented a halter that works for no pulling). I have an expensive Andis clipper and Zoey gets about 5-6 haircuts from Spring through Fall. She hates the bathtub but I tie her in there. After the bath she tries to rub on all the walls and the bed until I get her outside and she pulls quite hard! She refuses for me to trim her nails and becomes sort of hysterical. I have to pay for drugs from the vet to sedate her and 2 hours later hand her over for them to clip. She does well and it is $18.00 each time. Well worth my trouble to not get to be the bad guy.
My dale before her would get sandy hard marble like hairballs in between her large pad and her toes. These were so painful. Her hair was really fine and long and sometimes it would eventually get formed in there about 2x a year. When I would find it I had to muzzle her and tie her up and use tiny blunt snips to carefully clip the hairs off the webs, she was scared and the pulling of the balls painful. The hairs being only about 1/8 inch from her pad. I always had success with the removal.
Zoey eats the best dogfood at Pets mart. She uses a vibrating bark collar when she goes in the backyard. I have neighbors on 2 sides and they have dogs and we have a 2 story balcony where she can see them in their yards and she likes to be alpha obnoxious and tell those dogs what she thinks. I don’t like that. She also looks over the banister when no dogs are out and barks. I don’t like annoying the neighbors.
When we go on vacation she goes to a kennel that is actually an indoor house. The dogs rotate and go outside about 3x a day. Zoey has had alopecia (hair patches that lose hair) 1x last year and her hair grew back in the fall. At Xmas we went away for 10 days and her alopecia returned while she was at the kennel. She has 1 spot on either side! Poor baby. Maybe that comes from stress! Not sure. The vet had never seen it and I looked it up online and we diagnosed her together the 1st time! I have never had a dale with this!
There is a lot to understand with Airedales and the wonderful relationship is everything. She follows me wherever I go unless she is sleeping under my king size bed in the middle. I think she thinks she is “with” me there because I sit on the bed and look at the computer. She also dives under there like a varmint and hides from a bath, I can’t reach her. Than when she wants to come out she can’t clear her shoulders (doesn’t know how to duck down) and she screams histrionically like she is absolutely dying to alert me when I am in the other room.
My husband just bought this little robot 4 wheeler toy with remote control and he was using it for her and she loves it. It starts and stops and turns around and she can’t figure it out!
I sew many quilts and she begs me to pet her at the sewing machine, she is a real bother because she doesn’t give up like her heart is just broken every morning. Finally I turn toward her and she puts her 2 arms around my waist as I sit there and licks my face. I give her a good scratch.
That is about all I can say. I know all about them and I think I would be a good asset to your volunteers.
Susan Chinouth 423-341-220102/01/19: Holly had her 2nd HW injection today, the 3rd is tomorrow. She’s doing fine and has gained weight. She’s at 60 lbs. Was 48 when they got her.
02/01/19: Holly had her 2nd HW injection today, the 3rd is tomorrow. She’s doing fine and has gained weight. She’s at 60 lbs. Was 48 when they got her.
From: traceylynnmcleod@gmail.com
To: Jackie Cash
Date: February 1, 2019 at 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: Airedale RescueSo nice talking with you Jackie.
I agree entirely, Finn needs to get settled into his new surroundings, and Hinkley needs more time to learn how to potentially live in a pack that has another member with four legs.It is possible that their respective energies would fit with proper manners from each.
Finn’s sock obsession and Hinkley’s swallowing obsession might not be a match. We have friends in Arkansas that had a large dog who would eat anything he could get his mouth on; he did not survive the last surgery.However, Hinkley being on the go, always busy should be a fit with the amount of daily activity we incorporate. If you have a well exercised Airedale you have a better opportunity to have a well behaved Airedale; not a given but better odds.
Thank you for the Facebook link and the tip on the CBD oil.
I’ll look forward to sharing updates in a couple of weeks.
Best.
TraceySent from my iPhone
On Feb 1, 2019, at 2:06 PM, Jackie Cash < airedalemail@comcast.net> wrote:
Thank you, Tracey. It was great talking to you and hearing about Finn and your previous Airedales. We agree that with all you have going on, having just moved yesterday, and Finn being unsure of his surroundings and the hardwood floors, that it would be best to give you all a little time to settle in before bringing in another Airedale.And, that gives Hinkley more time to learn to be sociable with other dogs. We’re working on it.
In a couple of weeks, I’ll get back in touch and see if the timing is right for a home visit and we’ll ask a volunteer who lives nearby to arrange your home visit.
In the meantime, let me know if you have questions or comments.
Thank you for having the heart and home for a rescued Airedale.
FB page we talked about – The Holistic Airedale and Friends: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1598131357164490/
On Jan 27, 2019, at 9:45 AM, Jackie Cash < airedalemail@comcast.net> wrote:
Good morning, Tracey. What a lovely message to read this Sunday morning. We love hearing from people who have known and loved Airedales and never want to stop. It sounds like your home would be perfect for another Airedale.
We would be happy to consider you for Hinkley, but first, you must submit an application, have a telephone interview with one of our volunteers, then have a home visit by another volunteer. Once we’re all satisfied that yours would be the right place for another Airedale, we’ll consider you for an Airedale who would fit in. That may be Hinkley. We’ll keep our fingers crossed.
Follow this link to our application http://intranet.airedalerescuegroup.com/adoption-application/
and we will contact you after we receive it. And Thank you again for writing.Jackie Cash | 901-438-5782
http://www.airedalerescuegroup.com
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On January 26, 2019 at 11:04 PM traceylynnmcleod@gmail.com wrote:Hi,
My name is Tracey. In 4th grade I wanted Benji and my father, who was raised with Schnauzers and always wanted an Airedale, added an Airedale to our family. We still laugh about all the Airedale antics that came with Tudor. Since then, all I have ever lived with are Airedales.
My husband and I live in Chattanooga. We have an only child, a 5 1/2 year old very laid back Airedale named Finn. We are moving into our new home at the end of the week. It has a small yard, and have been thinking about a sibling. Finn is super friendly and loves other dogs, big and little.
I’m fortunate to be able to work from home. About once a week, once every two weeks travel to Atlanta for business. Finn is used to lots of attention and exercise. He likes to “go see”, we all walk 4-6 miles a day at an energetic pace. He things he is Mayor of the blue walking bridge in Chatt. His favorite toy is his hedge hog; however he really looks forward to his monthly knuckle bone.
He lived with other dog; formerly another Airedale, female, and for a few months they both lived with a Bichon-Maltese mix, Harris, who found us. We looked for Harris’s family and found them; however they did not want him because he kept running away. Harris happily resides with my sister’s family in MN.
We’ve been talking about a sibling for Finn; however we are not interested in a puppy, too large an age difference. We would love to speak with you about Hinkley.
Tracey
770-331-868501/30/19: Really nice man on the phone. But didn’t have time to finish our interview because he was working on something for work. His Bella, the 84-lb boxer-pit-mix, sounds amazing. No other dogs have ever been in the house with them! He’s had her 9-1/2 years. They go visit his niece and she has a dog and the two of them run and play together. Bella is devoted to him and they are together almost all the time. I asked how she would react to another dog wanting attention from him and he is concerned about that as well. He is going to try to get a friend to bring a dog over and see how she reacts. That won’t necessarily be the best test. At the dog park, she is fine with other dogs, but grabbed a smaller dog after it kept chasing and nipping at her. She kept trying to get away from it, but it wouldn’t stop. She finally turned around and grabbed it by the neck and shook it and it limped away. The owner took responsibility and said he probably shouldn’t have let his dog keep chasing her. So Robert doesn’t go to the dog park except early in the morning when no one is around. They walk into the woods on a long 20-ft leash because Bella likes to get away from him to go potty alone.
I found this statement on his application to be just perfect for an Airedale: I like the light you see in their eyes when they understand what you want, although they may often decide they have other ideas.
He told the trainer he was going to get an Airedale maybe and she said please don’t bring it to me. He went to this trainer for obedience and advanced obedience, but didn’t do CGC. Bella is very attached and won’t let him walk away from her and out of the room (as required for CGC).
She doesn’t like other dogs barking around her. She will put her paw on a small dog if it keeps barking at her.
Star Mark dog collars. Plastic tips on inside -like a prong collar but not metal – stopped pulling. Hates cats.
Wants to have a friend over to bring a dog over to see how that dog and Bella would do.
We had to cut short the interview so he is to call me back. I have lots of other questions to clarify on his application. He says he probably is not looking to adopt soon, but is thinking about the future. Bella is 11 and part Boxer, who have lots of cancer, and she’s 84 lbs. I told him let’s get him approved and then when he’s ready and we have an Airedale, there will not be a delay.
01-14-19 (Backdated) Pat has tried to reach this applicant by email and by phone with no response. She will try again in a few weeks, because the applicant says they are moving.
01/28/19 from Cindy Green:
Hi Jackie,
The big George Webster has been with me for just over a week. I usually give a foster dog about 2 weeks to settle in and get with the program.
This big guy is definitely a hard driving, go-go dog. He is the dream dog for someone that is interested in dog sports and otherwise a handful for most people.
His biggest challenge is impulse control so really taking to slow. This weeks lesson has been 1. teaching him he gets no affection or touch until he sits and relaxes and 2. He cannot pass through a door way or be released from crate or run until he sits and relaxes. He really struggles to get it together especially early in the day when he is full of energy but is a quick attentive study. When he finally “earns” is ear message he practically purrs.He is a bull in a china cabinet in the house to date so we spend a lot of time outside where he seems happiest. We just started place work today so that should help him in the house. He sleeps in his crate at night but like most high drive dogs he does not sleep a long night. He wakes ~ 4:30 -5:00 am and will softly whine until Bruce or I get up. The more exercise he gets the better he is about sleeping the night. Will work more on the whining in time as he gets more adjusted to a routine.
He loves to go for a walk, play ball and is very good with some verbal obedience including recall. He has tremendous focus, is bold, not bothered by any noise or anything around and is perpetual “happy boy”.
However he goes into high excitement at the site of new people and dogs. This will take a lot of time and patience to work through but from working with him to date I feel it is pure lack of impulse control – no aggression at all.
He is fine with my dogs but I supervise interactions with him on loose leash as he is a rough “paws on” player. If one a my dogs gives him a “snarly no” over his roughness he quickly drops and play bows just wanting to engage. He has just never learned to interact with people or dogs in any other way but excited, forward movement. Couple that with his high energy and he is a handful for most people.George W. is a really great dog! He will need someone pretty committed to working him physically and mentally to bring out his best. And his best a very good stuff.
Cindy
