Shawndee Airedale Owners
Shawndee Airedale owner comments:
Greetings Carol...I hope that this email finds you
well...Georgie is asleep beside me, as I send off this
email....He continues to be a lovely 'gentle giant"....his
temperment is amazing and I do love him dearly...school
will be done next Thursday, so he and I will be doing
"summer stuff" for the 9 weeks of
holiday....Everyone who meets him, is fascinated by his
laid back manner!!! We were out for an ice cream...just
once amonth, I take him, for a child size one..he does
love it...and sits perfectly still, while I rotate the
cone...so that he has no drips and no mess!!!!What an
Airedale....a woman came to the car window and asked if
he was from Shawndee..she could spot them..hers was at
home...guess that he is not as well behaved as
Georgie....I have just made him an addition to his
collar....as I needlepoint, I did a needlepoint collar
in black with his name in deep gold....it slips right
over the leather collar(rolled) that he wears...and he
does not seem to mind it at all.....people always want
to call him by name..so, this just makes it
easier....his favourite walk in the city is down at the
marina park, by the boats....I try not to take him when
it is too busy..but he does love going into the lake,
for a little "walkabout".....he would go for a
swim, but I need to keep him on his lead....when we
visit at people's cottages, he heads for the lake from
my vehicle.....and just lays down, in the water....very
funny fellow....
The puppy picture on your web site, reminds me of
Georgie, at Winnipeg airport...so precious!!!
Have a great summer Carol....enjoy those puppies, until
they go to their new homes...
Suzy (ThornesBurns)
Thunder Bay, ON
Hi Carol – You always talk about how Airedales
think, well here are some examples.
When it was cold outside, I let her out with her boots
on. One day she went out wearing four boots and
came in with three, so, many hours later, as it was
getting dark and was starting to snow, I figured I
better go out and find the boot or it would be buried
under the snow until spring. I put on my coat and
slipped on my boots and of course she came outside with
me. I said to her as we headed down the stairs,
“Come on, Corey, let’s find that boot.”
She took off, ran around to the front of the house, and
came back with the boot in her mouth! So, I said,
“well let’s go back in, then” and
without me motioning toward the steps, she ran up the
steps and waited at the door. Is she a
brilliant dog or what?
The last few nights Corey has been going into the
basement, in the dark, on her own. This is very
unusual behavior for her as she usually avoids stairs.
I tried to spy on her to see if she was trying to get at
the honey operation but she was very cagey. She
was strolling around as far away from the honey as
possible like nothing was unusual. Last night she
did the same thing and when she came upstairs I noticed
some suspicious drops on her head. When I touched
them they were sticky – honey!! So, I guess
she was going down for some dessert and licking up drops
on the floor! She always amazes me how she
plans and strategizes. When I tried to spy on her,
she knew she had to hide what she was up to!!
There are times when we have forgotten to put something
out of Airedale reach and she actually acts like she is
unaware and then waits for us to leave the room.
Then, she dives in and demolishes it before we came
back. Right now Jack has some bee candy in the
garage. She knows it is there and when we let her
out she always checks to see if the garage door is open
in the hopes she can dash in to get a mouthful before we
close the door.
We moved into our new house on Dec. 13. Corey
absolutely loves it. The front steps are quite
high and she sits out there for hours, surveying her
domain. She is like a new dog now that she has so
much freedom, a job to do (”guarding” us
from chickadees at the feeder) and lots of exercise.
The other day, Jack took her to the bee yard to
keep him company as he did some late winter tasks there.
When they were coming back down the driveway, I
swear I have never seen such a happy dog. She was
bounding toward the house, legs straight out front and
back, tongue out and smiling ear to ear. I went to
the door and whistled and she flew up the steps, into
the house, and just like in a dog food commercial,
skidded to a stop in front of her bowl and gobbled down
her supper. I know she was thinking, “Life
doesn’t get much better than this!”
She is 10 this spring. She still acts like a puppy
although she is bothered by some stiffness. I give
her glucosamine and it helps somewhat. Now that we
have moved I take her to Fred Lindenschmidt in Selkirk.
His brother is a good friend of my brother-in-law and
the three of them often go canoeing together.
Well, this was a pleasant way to spend part of my lunch
hour – writing stories about Corey.
Deana |