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Shawndee Airedales

Shawndee Airedales 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….”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…”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…

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Are you looking for an Airedale terrier, or a Russell?

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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 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,