Posts by Starting Over Airedale Rescue

Just wanted to give you an update on how Chassy is doing. She has adjusted very well to her new home. She loves her backyard and is very protective of her home and Janet especially. She demands we take her for a walk everyday but that can be hard when it gets very hot. Chassy…

After fostering and transporting for ATRA for many years, Marlene and David Ware teamed up with SOAR in the same capacity, and they haven’t looked back. Why volunteer? For them, the answer is simple. “How can one not?” asks Marlene. “This is something not all families can do, but it’s needed.” The Wares not only act…

Hello, my name is Darla Dickensheets from Hillsdale, Michigan and I first fell in love with the Airedale Terrier in the mid 1980s. I was fortunate enough to have my first girl, Brandy, 14 years before losing her to cancer in 1998. Two months later I rescued my boy, Zeus, who stood a tall 28″…

I live and work in Indianapolis, Indiana. I am a legal assistant for a major law firm. While we do not have any children, Brad and I adopt dogs to love. We presently have a couple of older dogs (14 and 12) who just happened to walk by our house at the right time. I got my…

Hi, I’m Carol Vanderlaan. My father introduced me to Airedales when I was a child because he wanted his family to enjoy what he (and later I) considered to be magnificent creatures. There’s something unique about their intelligence and independence, and yet they have an entertaining, almost clownish side that makes them utterly irresistible. When…

Hi! My name is Bev Langley and I’ve owned Airedales since I was 15 years old. Our first family pet was a wire-haired fox terrier and our second family pet was a 12 week old Airedale girl who was all legs and that’s when I fell in love with Airedales. I currently have two Airedales – Emma, who…

As one of the three founding members of SOAR, I was delighted and proud when we were incorporated as a non-profit rescue organization in 2009. One of the great joys of working with SOAR is that all of its volunteers are highly valued and treated with the utmost respect, and that it does such a…

SOAR Airedale Assisted:Rescue Group:Amount: AnnieAiredale Terrier Rescue & Adoption$250 Annie, the Airedale, had to undergo emergency surgery on her back to address a ruptured disc that left her paralyzed in her back legs. Leading up to this point in her short 6 years of life, Annie, the Airedale, was placed into the hands of Airedale…

SOAR Airedale Assisted:Rescue Group:Amount: MattiNorth Carolina Airedale Rescue$500.00 Matti’s story is below in Pat’s own words: “Matthias, affectionately known as Matti or Matti Chet, came to us in March of 2013. He had been dumped in a horse pasture in Loris, SC and tagged by NC Airedale Rescue. Rick and I tagged him to test…

SOAR Airedale Assisted: Chewy Rescue Group: Starting Over Airedale Rescue Amount: $550 SOAR got this e-mail from one of our volunteers. “Wanted you to know that one of our own SOAR dogs – Chewy and his mom were attacked by 2 pit bulls while walking in their neighborhood on Sunday late afternoon.The pits were behind…