has any 1 had or knows or have seen work

[Guest deerhound hunter]

THE SIRE TO MY PUP WAS ABOUT 25/26 TTS AND THE DAM WHITCH I HAVE IS ABOUT 27 TTS JUST WONDERING HOW BIG TO EXPECT MY PUP TO GET HE,S ABOUT 23TTS NOW AND HIS 9 MONTHS I KNOW HE,LL FILL OUT BUT WITH THEIR BEEN AIREDALE INIT DO YOU THINK THAT WILL DOWNSIZE MY PUP,WHEN WILL HE STOP GROWING HEIGHT WISE

[blue staffy 145]

I have a family tree somewhere from gran parent and great gran parents down to cob which my dog is also bred from, she must of been from a different litter as she is 3ish maybe going on 4 i cant be sure, i spoke to the lad off here that told me everything about the family and gran parents with pictures etc! Ill try to find it but no promises as i may have deleted the pm was a while since we spoke!

 

My bitch

 

is that 1 of the pups out of cob x with greyhound ?

[blue staffy 145]

this is him now at 9 months

 

pup looking well

[Guest deerhound hunter]

this is him now at 9 months

 

pup looking well

CHEERS BLUE STAFFY ,HIS COMING ON WELL

[weasle 1,119]

A lad on here had a 1st cross Airedale/Grey, that i saw at work, we were out all day in some shit weather, and we got thoroughly soaked and bloody cold, the dog with it`s inherited Airedale coat was fine,!!!

It was a useful dog to have around on a dig too, sadly he does`nt have the dog anymore

 

I have been lucky enough to get one of Skycats pups, A 1st cross Airedale, right now she is only 11 weeks old but i`me impressed,

Already she has sussed Sit, Stay, retreiving is coming on great and no problems walking on a lead,

She has endless energy and is happily destroying my lawn as i type,

She will have two good mentors in my Bull crosses so fingers crossed....

 

Like you say deerhound hunter yours on has a dash of Airedale but from what i`ve seen of this cross it should`nt bring anything detrimental to your pup...

 

Mars..

The coat is a double edged sword though,i was watching a half cross run the weekend,first night was cool,but the second although windy was mild,and the dog was getting warm.I would say that unless you were in a very cold part of the country,the coat would be a disadvantage,most of the time.

[SLiP tHe DoG ! 129]

ive got a 15 month old dog with airdale in its breed , not sure how much though

[Mars 42]

A lad on here had a 1st cross Airedale/Grey, that i saw at work, we were out all day in some shit weather, and we got thoroughly soaked and bloody cold, the dog with it`s inherited Airedale coat was fine,!!!

It was a useful dog to have around on a dig too, sadly he does`nt have the dog anymore

 

I have been lucky enough to get one of Skycats pups, A 1st cross Airedale, right now she is only 11 weeks old but i`me impressed,

Already she has sussed Sit, Stay, retreiving is coming on great and no problems walking on a lead,

She has endless energy and is happily destroying my lawn as i type,

She will have two good mentors in my Bull crosses so fingers crossed....

 

Like you say deerhound hunter yours on has a dash of Airedale but from what i`ve seen of this cross it should`nt bring anything detrimental to your pup...

 

Mars..

The coat is a double edged sword though,i was watching a half cross run the weekend,first night was cool,but the second although windy was mild,and the dog was getting warm.I would say that unless you were in a very cold part of the country,the coat would be a disadvantage,most of the time.

 

I tend to agree to some extent with you weasle,....

Though that could be said of almost any breed, My own Now ageing Bull X will seek out a pond or stream when out lamping some nights,

So I.M.O. not just a problem for rough coated breeds...

[J Darcy 5,871]

A good mate of mine had a bull/grey X airedale/grey and it was a fair dog. He only used it really on quarry that bites back and i was lucky to see him work a few times back in the day and it was a good, honest worker. Black and about 25 inch ATS, a good head and not afraid of the dark. For him, the dog was ideal.

[Guest deerhound hunter]

A good mate of mine had a bull/grey X airedale/grey and it was a fair dog. He only used it really on quarry that bites back and i was lucky to see him work a few times back in the day and it was a good, honest worker. Black and about 25 inch ATS, a good head and not afraid of the dark. For him, the dog was ideal.

CHEERS DARCY...THANKS FOR EVERYBODY COMMENTS

[Guest deerhound hunter]

anybody else got any of these x or any pics

[Maximus Ferret 2,061]

 

 

Mine to has the look of an Airedale in her head... Although i`me begining to to think that mine must be part mole, going by how my garden looks....

 

Yis Mars..

This is my 15 yr old sons dog.Airdale by quarter wheaton three quarter greyhound.

[Guest deerhound hunter]

nice dog mate how tall is he

[Maximus Ferret 2,061]

24 inches to the shoulder.

This took her about an hour to dig when we were camping.

As a worker, well she's only starting this winter so it's hard to say much yet. She's been ferreting a couple of times and her concentration is good. She's learning to listen and she's ready for bolts.

Lamping is taking longer. She goes down the beam like a rocket then gets unsighted on the first turn. After a few outings like this I took her with my 12 year old collie greyhound and ran them as a pair and she got her first rabbit. She now needs to go on her own again.A bad sign is that when she loses a rabbit in cover she barks at it. I put this down to over excitment and hope she'll grow out of it when she's caught a few.

Edited October 12, 2010 by Maximus Ferret

[skycat 6,173]

I think that it is important to remember that the Airedale in the UK has not been bred as a working dog for well over half a century, so the only dogs/bitches which would have been bred from in more recent years will have been show only stock.

 

My Airedale came from imported Canadian/US working lines, which are a whole different kettle of fish to what is currently being bred from in the UK. In fact, although I've only seen a few 'pet' English Airedales, both mentally and physically they are light years away from my Redline bitch (Redline is a term which was coined for a certain strain of working Airedales in the US, most of these being smooth or broken coated)

 

Glad the pups are coming on well: my little darlings aren't quite so advanced as I've been mega busy of late, but they too have inherited the 'mole' gene Very sharp, and although I'm rearing two together both sit, come and walk nicely on the lead. Retrieving is something I do very gently, generally calling the pup to me for a fuss when I see it carrying something in its mouth, then letting it go again still carrying its prize. Both my pups carry naturally, but so does their sire.

 

Something I'll be intrigued to see as they all grow older is whether or not they look the same. At the moment my two seem to look far more Saluki-ish than the others. Time will tell.

[weasle 1,119]

I think that it is important to remember that the Airedale in the UK has not been bred as a working dog for well over half a century, so the only dogs/bitches which would have been bred from in more recent years will have been show only stock.

 

My Airedale came from imported Canadian/US working lines, which are a whole different kettle of fish to what is currently being bred from in the UK. In fact, although I've only seen a few 'pet' English Airedales, both mentally and physically they are light years away from my Redline bitch (Redline is a term which was coined for a certain strain of working Airedales in the US, most of these being smooth or broken coated)

 

Glad the pups are coming on well: my little darlings aren't quite so advanced as I've been mega busy of late, but they too have inherited the 'mole' gene Very sharp, and although I'm rearing two together both sit, come and walk nicely on the lead. Retrieving is something I do very gently, generally calling the pup to me for a fuss when I see it carrying something in its mouth, then letting it go again still carrying its prize. Both my pups carry naturally, but so does their sire.

 

Something I'll be intrigued to see as they all grow older is whether or not they look the same. At the moment my two seem to look far more Saluki-ish than the others. Time will tell.

just becouse a dog has a kc dosnt mean it can not work ,i know of one or two,that work very well and im not talking about flushing a few rabbits or pheasants,or fetching sticks of water.