Usual stuff.... How much exercise do they need a day? How good are they with training? (Recall in particular!) Are they good with dogs and people/kids? General temperament? Pics
I have never lived with an Airedale but I know a few. They are generally a good natured dog with people and other dogs. Not big scrappers. They make great guard dogs in that they are large and have a deep sounding woof. They don't need excessive exercise but they are very strong dogs so they need to be properly trained. They were used as war dogs to carry first aid kits through the trenches in the first WW. I would have one but could not have 6 as I have six other right now Grooming is proberbly the main draw back to this breed
This to me sounds perfect and I really love the look of them too. The grooming is something, but Alfie being long haired (well a sorta mid-legth scruff bag) you get used to getting into a grooming routine Thanks for the reply!
The grooming is not so much the brushing but Airedales have what is called a broken haired coat. The correct way to treat this coat is to strip the hair out. The airedale has a lot of hair to strip out. I used to do one and it used to come in full coat and it took me about 8 hours to do sometimes
Like hand stripping like you do with borders? That doesn't put me off actually - it may be a lot of work but I wouldn't mind
Well border people don't shoot me down but Borders are considered an easy strip. But that might not be such an issue if you want to keep in pet trim
Haha I get what you mean, thanks for the info though! I don't know much about the breed but am interested in finding out more I wouldn't be showing it, and prefer them slighlty hairier as opposed to very neatly shaved
I agree. A border seems to give up its dead coat easier than other wire coated breed. I wouldn't like to have to keep an airedale in a show coat
