I'm thinking of getting a puppy Airdale. Is there any problems i should no about?
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we have an airdale and they make really good pets they are very placid and they dont moult. ours eats anything sleeps all day and is really good when we leave her, but she was a bit naughty when she was a puppy with chewing slippers etc so dont leave anything lying around.
Get an airbrush because otherwise the place will be coverd in air (sorry I mean hair).
Contact the kennel club for advice. They'll also be able to put you in contact with accredited breeders:
The Kennel Club
1-5 Clarges Street
Piccadilly
London W1J 8AB
Telephone: 0870 606 6750
Fax: 020 7518 1058
Maybe consider rescue? There's a few rescues below that may be worth contacting:
Airedale Terrier Rescue
Mrs D Brown, Doncaster, South Yorks
Tel: 01405 812232. Email dendaric.airdales@easicom.com
Mrs J Favell, Doncaster, South Yorks.
Tel: 01427 848221 Email: shadlian.airdales@virgin.net
Midland Counties Airedale Terrier Club Rescue
Mrs A Lockett, Nuneaton, Warwicks. Tel: 02476 350618
National Airedale Terrier Association
Mrs S Hicks, Doncaster, South Yorks. Tel: 01302 770704
North of England Airedale Terrier Club Rescue
Mrs J Callon, Quernmore, Lancaster. Tel: 01524 35493
South of England Airedale Terrier Club Rescue
Mrs P Mclynn, East Dulwich, London. Tel: 020 8693 9598
Only that they can be excitable, like many terriers and like a good scrap with other dogs.
You will need to cut the hair often too as they don't moult properly and will soon look like a teddy bear.
Of the dog whose owners care enough to do the screening for hereditary health conditions - about 12% have hip dysplaisa, 12% have elbow abnormalities, and 12% thyroid abnormalities. Now these are dogs who move and appear normal but when xrayed and tested are not. The testing for these 3 conditons costs about $450-500. TYpically the dogs being tested are:
(1) well-bred show quality dogs whose parents were selected for breeding because they passed all the health exams
(2) move and appear normal at age 2
(3) whose xrays (taken at the vets office) where submitted to the OFA because they looked like they might pass
(4) and whose owners wrote the check.
In dogs who does not meet (1), the incidence of hip and elbow dysplsia is 2-3 times greater.
Make sure the breeder has and can show you the OFA and Univ. of Michigan test results for the parents and that they passed all exams for hereditary health problems: will have a written contract with a health guarantee for hereditary problems; require that if for any reason you ever have to give up the dog that it comes back to them; and always be available for help, assistance and advice about your dog. Such a breeder will tell you if they don't think their breed is right for you based upon your needs. They want a perfect forever home for the puppies - not the money. (In 43 years in the dog show world, I have never known a breeder of that caliber who has made a profit on their dogs - it is labor of love.)
A puppy from such a breeder costs no more - and often less - than from a backyard breeder who doesn't do the health checks, knows nothing about the breed or bloodlines, doesn't give a guarantee, never wants to hear about the puppy again and has breed from mediocre or poor quality dogs.
IF A SERIOUS BREEDER OR RESCUE TELLS YOU THAT THE BREED IS NOT SUITED FOR YOUR SITUATION - BELIEVE THEM - NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU LIKE THE WAY THE DOG LOOKS
Go here to read about the breed:
http://www.airedale.org/
If you would like to adopt an adult, go here to the sam club's rescue:
http://www.airedalerescue.net/
Do give serious thought to adopting from an adult from a breed rescue. The clubs' breed rescues go to a great deal of trouble to determine the dog's temperment, personality, likes and dislikes (particularly kids and cats and other dogs in the household), health, and level of training. They make a huge effort to match the right dog to the right home - and if they don't have one they think will be suitable for your home, they won't place it. Great way to avoid the puppy training, newpapers, chewing...They have dogs that are purebred and sometimes part-bred (1/2 or so of their breed.)
Lots of hair, restless nights, piss and **** everywhere, barking morning till night, smelly food apart from that its a fantastic idea
Good Luck
call it katie in remembrance of me lol if u do tell me
I think they're great dogs, the thing you need to remember is that they are still terriers.
Terriers need more socialising than other breeds. Between 8 - 16 weeks I strongly reccomend puppy classes; terrier pups that don't get socialised with other dogs at that critical age tend to be scrappers.
We tend to expect it of Jack Russells; but with the bigger breeds like Airdales and Staffies its not funny! It makes taking them for a walk a chore instead of a pleasure.
Properly raised they tend to be great with your kids. They're fairly smart but more laid back than the smaller working breeds.
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