Airedales

If anyone has an airedale, or has ever HAD 1, or even knows what 1 is,then you know how FUN they are to have around. A few years ago we aquired 2 airedales from my Uncle's friend who has a dog breeding business,and the dogs he breeds are airedales.(I'll upload a pic of my airedale for those of you that don't know what an airedale is.) Airedales are VERY intelligent dogs and having 1 is like have a toddler around the house. They're smart,funny,and can be very annoying as well as entertaining.

They get into EVERYTHING. Anyway,back to my little story,so we got 2 airedales from my Uncle's friend(a male and a female;brother& sister) which may have been a bad idea,because neither were fixed and the female came into heat a few times,but always b4 we were able to keep them apart,then this last time,our efforts weren't enough bocz 1 night,I suddenly heard some kind of animal and it sounded like it was right behind me,I turned around and found newborn pup on the floor. BOOOOOOOOOOOOY was my whole family SURPRISED to find that our dog had been pregnant all along. She only had 3 puppies that night. The runt of the litter unfortunately, died on us within a few days after her birth. =(

Then we were left w/2 puppies a male and a female,we ended up taking the female to a new home and we kept the male. He was born w/a white paw,which to me is very unusual on an airedale. So my mom named him ,Southpaw,also because it's his left paw that's white. So I am happy we kept him,because he is the FUNNIEST dog I have ever had. But airedales in general are anyway.

They notice when you rearrange the furniture in your house,or if you have some kind of animated toy that talks and moves(atleast Southpaw does) and they go ballistic over it. They will bark at pretty much anything. When Southpaw was a puppy(I can't get him to do this now) we were moving to our new house,and we had a mirror in the hall closet,that was full of stuff so he never saw the mirror,but when we moved our things out,the mirror was the last thing in there,and he walked over to, took a good look at it,and started barking,while backing away from it at the same time. Even now w/him older he'll still bark at strange stuff,stuff that most dogs don't pay attention to. On one of our walks we took,this 1 house had a yard light,more like a lamp post that's just the right size for a person standing there and it had vines growing alover it,and was standing half in a bush. Well he jumped back the 1st time he saw it and then started barking his head off-AT A LAMP POST!! Just last night,Southpaw barked at our most recent threat: a snow man!!

Yes a snowman. Not a real snowman of course,since this is Florida-snow? what's that? lol But 1 of those cute "frosty the snowman" blow up displays or something that goes in your yard for decoration. One of my neighbors had a snowman display not only in there yard,but way up by the walkway leading to the front door. Kinda far away for the dog to be freaking out. Mind you there wasn't anybody outside,so I knew the dog was BARKING at that snowman. This same dog is DEMANDING,even as a puppy,he would sit there patiently waiting for u get his food ready,sitting there straight and looking pretty,and if u take a second too long or more than he could stand,je would bark at you. LOUDLY. It's like he's saying,"WHERE'S MY DINNER??!" LOL I have become more familliar w/airedales and totally love them. I would like to have more airedales someday,but for now I can just deal w/the 1 I have now-the big BRAT! LOL


Below is a pic of Southpaw when he was a puppy(he was so cute) ^_^ and the 2nd pic underneathe is how he looks now,in his "Sexy" Pose. =) LOL