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01/28/19: Called Rainsville Animal Clinic. They never saw the Airedale Addie. They had seen Bella, Ms Daisy, and Winnie. Bella was last seen in 2015. The others prior to that, but they think both of them died. They never saw the Kendall’s Airedale, Addie, who they had for 2-1/2 to 3 years.
I’ll ask them if there was another vet they saw. But I don’t think so.
01/29/19: Barbara Kisslinger, the groomer who adopted Addie, called me and said that Jeni & Brian are great people and she would recommend that they get another Airedale. She and her husband kept Addie every time that Barbara had to go out of town and then when things got really bad and Barbara had to be gone so much, they adopted her. Her husband had really bonded with Addie, while their other dogs were more bonded to Barbara. She says they will take good care of a dog.
01/30/19: I emailed Jeni and asked if there was another vet who saw Addie during the 3 years they had her.
Back-dated to 01/12/19: Conversation with Jeni:
Had Airedale till May of last year. Her mother had gotten very sick and was in and out of hospital. Rehab facility 1 hr away. Leave work, go home, let dog out, and then drive 1 hour. Had her 2-1/2 to 3 years. They got her from someone else. Individual that she worked with and they couldn’t keep her and they took her. Probably 1 year old. Very well trained by other people. Mother passed away in Aug and lost her dad in Feb. Lost both parents within 6 months of each other.What is the height of your fencing? Buried Wire How long have you had it? Does it completely surround your house/yard? It is not installed yet. They have the underground fence. Neighbor to left has 10-15 acres and has cattle. His side is fenced.
We had an Airedale in past and loved her personality. (Both of my parents became ill last year and my mother passed away in August and my dad in February.) Long story short , I allowed our groomer to adopt her, due us being away from home so much. Tell me about this. How old was she? Where did you get her?
dog food do you feed? What did you feed your prev dale. She got broccoli and chicken together – She would only eat when she was hungry. Food was in a green bag. She had ear infection originally. They did not do any other training with her. She was amazing. The only thing she ever bothered in their house was chap stick. Do they have dog training. Met a girl who takes in rescues – strays – and she does training. Met her 2 weeks ago. She uses clicks and treats training.
She sent me the phone number for the groomer, Barbara Kisslinger, who adopted their Airedale.
01/28/19 JMC called and left message for Barbara to return call.01/26/19: From Craig & Chris Lincoln:
OMG! We just came from the kennel visiting Pete. He is a fabulous guy. Extremely friendly and very energetic! He has not messed in his kennel and is well mannered. They are going to try some introductions with other dogs this week. I am confident he is a gem! I only wish we had room to take him.01/25/19: Pat & Rick will pick up Samson from the Pender County NC Animal Shelter on Sunday, the 27th, and keep him as their own.
Pat reports KT is losing her sight. (She would be about 8 now.) Molly is old, about 15? Angel about 11. Shadrach about 6.
01/25/19: Called Karen to see if she could foster. By the time she called me back – 4 hours or so later – Pat and Rick had offered to adopt Samson.
01/25/19: Called the Wiebes, left voice mail
Called Diane Semar – she can pull Sunday or Monday and *possibly* foster short-term, very short-term.Messaged Lee Mason Gregory after she posted on FB that she could help. She cannot foster, as she has 2 female dogs.
Pat Banks offered on FB to help transport.
Lots of transport help, but no offers of fostering other than very short-term.
Husband died in Sept. after Hurricane.
His death was accidental. He was rushed to the hospital during the storm, she was stuck at work, because he had a bleeding ulcer. He came home and was only home for 4 days and they had a few shingles off on the roof. He insisted on repairing them himself with her protesting that he shouldn’t climb up there. He fell off the roof and died.She has Gabby who’s 7 months old. Golden retriever. Her son has 4-y-o Australian Shepherd and is fixed and was staying with her on and off. Gabby will instigate bitey face and wants to play with him. She thinks she might be too wild for a 10-y-o.
She is willing to pick him up and get him to a vet.
01/16/19: Offered Erin Laker, the 8-wk-old pup. She and Jamie declined. But keep them in mind in the future.
Jennifer & Jonathan Yobs
225 Kelly Ridge Boulevard
Harvest, AL 35749
jennifer.yobs@gmail.com jsyobs@gmail.com
571-232-255701/21/19 From Cindy Green:
Morning Jackie,
It’s been about 1.5 days with this handsome boy. I see more good stuff than bad stuff. In a nut shell I think he is a dog that primarily lived and interacted with the world in an excited state of mind. He does not know another way to process the world. This could be a result of continual unchecked rough play with his house mate/dog and constantly running a fence line or back and forth on a chain.
I think his dog reactivity is excitement and fear not aggression. At the same time that he charges forward and barks at the site of another dog he also pants and whines. When he is excited around people he will put mouth on as a means of interacting. He will also try to control a situation with his mouth such as when he is trying to avoid being handled on leash. But I feel pretty confident he does not bite with intent.
Underneath a few bad layers is a really sweet, gentle natured dog. He is very attentive when I get him calm. He has obviously received some training along the way that surfaces when he is calm. He loves playing ball and will bring it back and drop it at your feet. He is as happy about an ear rub as a treat for reward. He is great about being handled and loves being brushed. He was perfectly good boy when I brushed the mats out of his beard.
After spending about an hour yesterday working with him on the transitional leash to get him in a calm state of mind, we had a very nice pack walk with my two dogs.
I have reviewed his vet records . There is a discrepancy in his birthdate. The record from his original owner reports Oct. 2014 and the other vet records report Nov. 2013. I am going to assume the original date is correct and thus he is just over 4 years. Hopefully you will hear back on his last heartworm treatment and flea and tick control as I want to keep on schedule with those preventatives.
I am going to enter him in my Vets record system as George-Webster to help keep this string of records connected. And of course you know southerners love their two part first names. I also think George Webster is a southern gentleman in the making.
Did not hear back from the person that sent along a collar and leash so will hold on to that for now. He actually arrived with two collars. One had his rabies tag from original owners vet.All for now,
CindySent from my iPad
01/21/19: I know I updated this post to include my interview notes with Kelsey, but I apparently didn’t hit submit, so those notes are lost.
Kelsey and her husband both are going to be deployed this summer. Her husband is active duty and will leave in May or June and she is in the Reserves and will leave in June. Their 2-y-o boy will be cared for by grandparents – I believe the husband’s parents.
They love Molly and she is a wonderful dog – sweet, calm, great with their 2-y-o child, and very smart. She has had no real obedience training, but she is not destructive – except for her toys and digging – and is accustomed to staying in a crate for most of the day.
Molly is not spayed and is in her first heat so she must be spayed as soon as that’s done. Kelsey said she thought they could afford to get her spayed.
Pat Hairston was interested in her for Canines for Service and I told Kelsey about that.
Kelsey texted me 01/20/19 pm: “I’m sorry to bother you. I’m not sure what to do because my husband will not relinquish his rights to the dog. I know I signed the form, but he does not agree. I’m not sure what to do.” I responded that they have to work this out and asked what they’ll do about Molly. She replied that “he will make the necessary arrangements,” and apologized for taking up my time.
When I spoke to her on Sunday morning, I asked if her 2-y-o was sleeping bc she finally had time to call. She replied that his father had him. Made me wonder if they’re separated and he is using Molly as a pawn.
Pat suggested dogsondeployment.org and I passed along that info to Kelsey. She was grateful.
Moving this to “Waffling Parents.”
