A boy and his dog
Rescue is a great thing - we try to do as much as we can with Airedale rescue. Every once in a while, with Dave’s occupation as a vet, we see wonderful dogs come through the clinic that have been found running the streets, abandoned for a short time or for far too long. We see dogs that never got a fair shot at having any kind of home from the start and these dogs are very hard to rehab, especially after years of abuse and/or neglect. It is absolutely heart-shattering to see these animals.
Then, every once in a while, we see amazing cases of rescue adoption with happily ever after results. We’re often successful in finding homes for rescued Airedales and other breeds. In a couple of cases, we’ve been the recipients of rescued animals. Currently, we have Abbie, short for Abandoned. She was a parvo Dachshund dumped at the clinic as a 4 month old in the throes of parvo - she was a brown bag of skin with ribs showing, white gums, not certain to pull through. My daughter fell in love with her and now she’s Abbie short for Abercrombie Spoiled. The Airedales love her and lie down on the floor, belly up, and let her jump on them. They seem to delight in her short legs.
The second rescue we have is Sandy the Boxer. She was found roaming the streets of Houston and a client picked her up and brought her to the clinic. Like Abbie, she was in bad shape physically, but she was older, about a year and a half. She spent some time with Dave at the clinic and was found to have a sweet temperament. Like most vets, Dave is fond of a number of breeds (Airedales at the top of course) and Boxers are one on the list. And more importantly, our son had been begging for a Boxer. Short story - Sandy came to live with us and has been a joy. She and our son do agility and obedience. She also hikes in the woods with me. Neat, neat dog. She usually has her guard-dog face on. She gets overcome with joie de vivre on occasion and I finally caught her on camera smiling. Here’s a picture of our rescue Boxer and son: Sandy
