There's Only One King of Terriers - The Airedale-YouTube.mov

[eye3zenden]

Love the slo mo! They're truly one of a kind! Long love the King! My 10 week old "Huxley" is an Oorang and biggest from the litter of ten, 14lbs @ 8 wks. I wish the beaches here in Melbourne didn't have the leash laws. Hope mine's as happy and healthy as "Piper"!

[locky5]

I have an 10 month old Airedale and he is great! This is a great video!

[KramerUSA]

Quick question for any airedale experts... I have a 5 year old and he is 125 pounds. I've been told by every vet he's been to that he is way over-sized, but he is very healthy. I'm wondering if there are giant forms of this Airedale breed or do they very in size so much that a litter can have some 65 pounders and some 100+ pounders. I've sized him up with many other Airedales in my neighborhood and they dwarf in comparison to him. It's astounding how massive he is.

[10majfar]

@KramerUSA Google search "Oorang Airedales" and click on the first result. Either he's an oorang or he just has a lot of Otterhound in him. Did you get him from a breeder?

[StefyStuff]

I'm confused, terriers are supposed to be a small hunting dog designed to go underground to catch small game. The airdale is a great representation personality wise, but I think the king of terriers should be the breed that is an all around representation of what a terrier should be! Oh well, it's still a terrier at heart and I guess that's what matters most!

[Regnbuesolv]

@StefyStuff It's more a clip to make the airedale owners (like me :D) smile and feel proud of their fluff ball lying in front of the fire ;) but trust me, they are kings of the TERR-itory. Like a terrier.

[StefyStuff]

@Regnbuesolv Ain't that the truth, a terrier at the size it's always wanted to be, I guess that does make it the king!

[10majfar]

@StefyStuff I think the rationale was to create a terrier-like dog that was a good swimmer and able to tackle larger and faster prey. My Airedale runs circles around other, shorter-limb terriers. He's got a vicious set of teeth, and a very long, muscular neck.

[BumbleDumle]

what a beautiful airedale, and beautifully composed clip!

[6684dj]

This is the best airedale video i have seen so far!! We have had 5 airedales and this one is similar to our dog Tripps!! It is unbelievable how much the similarities are!! It made me cry.Thanx for video

[steelmesh]

StSimonMarty should go troll a video about Hunting Airedales if he feels sooo passionate about the subject. What the hell does this video have anything to do with the 0.001% of the population who use dogs to chase down foxes.. Potentially getting their dogs injured, killed, or contracting some disease. My dog is a part of the family, not some disposable toy so you can watch a group of dogs legally rip apart some animal.

[Romamb]

lovely big dog :)

[Perlenfantasie]

What a wonderfull dog! i love my Bella!

[StSimonMartyr]

American Pit Bull is the real King of Terriers...

Airdale is a hound/terrier cross, and is neither fish nor fowl.

I wish they could really work, Id own one.

But instead I have a Drahthaar and Czech bred German Shepherd and they DO work.

[nm9730]

@StSimonMartyr they do work. CKC has tested them in trials and over 20 passed. they were breed to hunt and have been used to hunt many animals ranging from bears to otters. the thing with them was the working breeds were already dominant and many didnt like or think a terrier could be a working breed. there are still bloodlines with the strong hunting instincts just gotta find them. there is a kennel in cali that has a good blood line for hunting dales

[nm9730]

@StSimonMartyr no the apbt is not the king of terriers. as per pure breed standards are smaller than a dale at 19 inches at shoulders and 22-55 pounds. a dale is generally 23 inches at the shoulders and 55-66 pounds. any apb that is huge and has massive muscles is usually been crossed with an american bulldog to achieve the size and muscle. spot from the little rascals was a pit and that is what the breed should look like if not bulked up and have american bulldog in their blood line.

[StSimonMartyr]

Airedales are not true terriers in GRIT, Gameness or conformation.

Half hound, half terrier..the PIT remains the King in heart and in spirit

[nm9730]

@StSimonMartyr maybe read up on some story's about a dales "GRIT" like one in WWI that delivered a letter on the front lines after suffering a broke in half jaw and shattered leg and other wounds ran over a mile like that dropped dead soon after. gameness old saying was airedales wont start the fight but finish it they have tons of drive and determination. a pit is half BULLDOG half terrier! and most have more bulldog nowadays! fyi the dale fits the terrier personality better than the pit.

[StSimonMartyr]

Delivering messages isnt a courage test...

Most Airedales in war were suicide dogs, Starved and trained to go to tanks for food, and loaded with explosives which were then detonated. By Russians especially.

Airedales were never used in the fght Pits as they were a laughingstock.

The good Pits are GAMEbred, and are Used in the pits and to Catch Hogs.

Airedales do neither.

Nice pets though.

[nm9730]

@StSimonMartyr airedales were used in the pit do a bit of reseach about dog fighting of the late 1800 to early 1900's and they were used by mostly miners in mine dog fights. catch hogs? dales have been used to hunt almost ever type of game from bears, wolfs, lions ect in the early 1900's. you do realize that a hog dog is nothing special right? yes dales have been used as catch dogs that is nothing special you can find them if you do research.

[nm9730]

@StSimonMartyr oh here is the list of the most used catch dogs. American Bull Dogs, Ridgebacks,Deerhounds, Bull Arab, Staghounds,Bull Mastiff/Great Dane. hunting dales in the American West with bounty hunters as they hunted large predators such as cougar, lynx, bear, and just about anything else. E.R shelley said it pretty well

[nm9730]

@StSimonMartyr Shelley has had considerable experience in handling the Paul Rainey pack in Africa. Perhaps no man alive today has had more varied adventures with dogs in Africa than Shelley. Some Airedales, are more careful fighters than others and a careful fighting Airedale is most valuable of all fighting dogs when it comes to lions or the other big game of Africa. I admire the Airedale for his extreme gameness, but when I get one that is game and careful, too, I think I have a treasure.

[nm9730]

@StSimonMartyr i believe a famous breeder/handler would have just a bit more experience than you in regards to hunting. dales were used in more than blowing them up as you put it. the were medic dogs, sentry, search dogs, police and red cross dogs. i have no problem with pits, they get a bad rap from people that have bred them for the sole purpose of fighting which is horrible. but when it comes down to it the dale is the jack of all trades. used for every thing the pit has and more

[StSimonMartyr]

There are NO Hunting Aireldaes left. The Breed was a Flop in that capacity.

Again, Most Dales were used to find sick or dead.

Involves no courage, but trained with treats. The Dale is no jack of all tradesand no real terrier.

'Airedale terriers are a Failure. The result of my experiences of them is ..out of 14 that I have personally tried at badger and fighting ... I have never found One game - at least to my idea of the word"

Section of The Dogs Of The British Islands", JH Walsh

[nm9730]

@StSimonMartyr once again research. there are blood lines that are still a hunting dale people use them. shit i found 4 kennels. so a guy from cant use them on badgers but some one can us them on lions? bears, lynx, cougar, wolf, elk, moose. the most popular dog in the US in the 1920's was a "failure" sounds like some one cant train for shit. animals cannot have courage since that is only a human emotion/urge. animals work off instinct therefore no argument.

[nm9730]

@StSimonMartyr that book was published in 1887. the breed was the most popular in america in 1920's. so all those hunters were wrong i guess. sounds like some one was wrong. "The Dale is no jack of all tradesand no real terrier." so neither is a pit. being half bull dog half terrier and some what of a jack of all trades itself. read that chapter of the book. you have got to be kidding right? the guy sounds like a total idiot he seems to think they should be some what of a mindless

[nm9730]

@StSimonMartyr you see you have one quote that if you read wasnt even from your source it was a letter that he put in the book. he was proved wrong over the next 50+ years and continues to be proved wrong. the dale is good at about every thing. from a family dog to protection to huntin with a unique sense of humor all its own. all these people must be wrong. and as for not a terrier it takes after the terrier more so than hound. maybe ask akc if its a terrier? see what they tell you

[StSimonMartyr]

The Airedale does not compete in any US venues..protection, hog bay contests, blood tracking or Retreiving..because it cant.

The author wasnt proven wrong, it was based on his personal experience.

'They came to me with a great reputation for Gameness, but out of fourteen that I have personally tried at badger and fighting with a bull terrier of 241b., I have Never found one game - at least, to my idea of the word".

The Dale is not game as many terriers are. It is a hound cross & why

[nm9730]

@StSimonMartyr do you not read? there are dales that are AKC cert in retreiving as of 09. they compete in schutzhund again read. witch guess what is protection, tracking and obedience. read more for i have already gave you these answers. blood tracking dales have a med nose and have been used as trailers on most every type of north american big game. sounds like it cant track either huh holding titles and doing it in the past and present.

[nm9730]

@StSimonMartyr read letters sent in by the hunters of the early 1900's. i believe those who hunted with them for a living would be a good source would they not? yes he was proved wrong. says they are not GAME enough for a badger but lions and bears they have plenty hmmm. you do realize that being a jack of all trades dosent mean you are the best at any of them right? it means you are basically average in most aspects. and that is exactly what the dale was breed for a all in one dog

[StSimonMartyr]

Best tool for the job? No

Popularity alone had them being used, some breeds had even yet to be developed and have proven far better and more popular hunting dogs, like the Deutshch Drahthaar for instance, or Jagd Terrier.

Or the Cat and Black Mouth Curs.

I dont think average is a fair description...they are pets.

At last yrs Natls, 90% of dogs failed a coon drag test of 300 meters.

[nimlil]

@StSimonMartyr Sounds like you read one article vs thousands of articles and and competitions where they compete at the highest level. Now sometimes they are a little harder to train due to thier selective hearing but once on thier game they are on. They are incredibly strong pound for pound and quite determined. They don't like repedative training as they can get bored from it so it can make some people frustrated if they can't work with that. But everyone has thier favorite breed they like.

[StSimonMartyr]

That article was based on experiences with 14 Airedales...

Im sorry mate but they are very overrated and as a breed about destroyed.

Tey live off a tired reputation almost 100 years ago. Other breeds eclipsed them.

[nimlil]

@StSimonMartyr Well, I have personall experiences with over 50 of them as well as having read hundreds of modern day articles that seem to say otherwise. Sounds like the article you are refering to is an old one. Also if you want to go tru Terriers then Pits qualify less than Airedales. Regardless, to each thier own. All dogs and breeds are great in each thier own way. Right now I have a mixed Lab/Shepherd/Newfie and who knows what else cross that we rescued who is a wonderful family member.

[StSimonMartyr]

Yes, but youve never pitted them against badgers, cougar or coyotes..or other dogs for that matter , and the author and his interviewees DID...

They are lovely dogs but need an insurgence of grit erhaps from outcrosses.

[nimlil]

@StSimonMartyr There are countless articals about them being used for killing badgers, Hunting wild Boar or using a pair to tree cougars after hounds corner em. If you are interested, best to look up breeders that breed for hunting instead of the usual show breeders. There are plenty. These breeders use Airedales today for this purpose and swear by them. Obviously most breeders for show do not use the dogs for their intended usage.

[StSimonMartyr]

Truthfully, there arent.

Those pitted against Badgers proved abysmal and other dogs were then used.

Boar-Curs, Jagds, Plotts even Drahthaars are used much more widely by hunting establishment in USA, Australia and USA.

And they were neer used much in hound packs, as many were dog aggressive, ran Trash game, werent cold nosed, they also ran hot and lacked good endurance.

Very few hunters actually use Airedales any longer and theeir reputation is old and tired. Many dogs eclipse now them.

[nimlil]

@StSimonMartyr Well I guess we will agree to disagree. I have the experience vs your reading a couple of articles. I can and will atest to thier gameness vs other breeds, some that are much larger. 1st hand experience with tackling a full grown black bear as well as a coyote. Will say my latest cross breed also punished 2 coyotes but he is literally twice the size. Regardless, the airedales I have worked with and/or owned have shown as much game as my old Kerry's and Welsh, just not so wound.

[StSimonMartyr]

Airedales are not Game in any sense...certainly not in the pits, not in serious protection roles and not hunting.

If you want a game terrier, look at a gamebred Pit, a Jagd, a Patterdale.

Those are game dogs.

Ive hear firsthand from owners of Airedale from Hunting kennels run FROM coyotes and javelinas.

Ive hunted 35 years and have never seen airedales in any packs.

They run hot, run trash, lack nose, lack gameness of even a good Plott, and many are dog aggressive which is abad fault

[nimlil]

@StSimonMartyr We are going in circles. I will just say not all airedales are game. but the ones I've owned/worked with don't back down or run ( the coyote an bear both found out ). They do not how ever listen when you want them to, they do have thier own time table. They also are easier to live with then some other terriers as they aren't so wound. Having lived with 3 types of terriers previous I do have first hand experience. I will say I have not lived with an APBT but am looking at a Bull.

[StSimonMartyr]

The hardest and'gamest' of Airedales tuck tail & run FROM danger.

They are NOT Catch Dogs for Hogs like Pits, Bulldogs or Dogos.

Even Jagds will catch hogs 10X larger. Airedales wont. Even those the same size.

They may tangle with Coyotes they outweigh by more than double but that is about all of their usefulness.

The Breed is a laughingstock and in shambles.

Im being honest, the breed needs a resurrection with serious hunting breeders if its to ever restore any greatness it once had.

[nimlil]

@StSimonMartyr All I can say is you should't get an Airedale as they don't seem to be the dog for you.

[nimlil]

@StSimonMartyr Sorry to say but you again have no experience in the matter. With no hands on your comments hold no wieght. There for not valad with no reason to continue. The airedale in question was not twice the size of the coyote nor twice the size of the bear. There was no backing up in any of the ones I owned and I have the comparisons to back it up. My present dog is easily dbl the size but there is no terrier in him. And with a bear present he is much more cautious than my terriers were.

[nm9730]

@StSimonMartyr animal. while dales are extremely smart and independent thinking, hard to train if you dont know how to train a dale many even today do not. they even have an official society. hunting and working airedales. there arent any left i thought. the dale won master hunter title for the akc in 2010 so they must not hunt....

[nm9730]

@StSimonMartyr Airedale's hunting heritage was summarized in 1916 by Warren H. Miller (longtime editor of Field and Stream) in his classic book The American Hunting Dog. "On the borderline between the bird dog and the fur dog stands the Airedale," Miller wrote, "...the dog that can hunt both ... and the one who can and is being successfully trained to hunt everything alive that can be hunted."

[nm9730]

@StSimonMartyr not a jack of all trades my ass. they have been trained and have been certified in police work (englands first police dog), bomb/drug detection, hunting, protection, military, sentry, search and rescue. great physical ability, an intellect that is all its own. it took 25 years for akc to let them go into hunting field trials. in 2009 they let them in. in 2009 the first master hunter title was earned.

[nm9730]

@StSimonMartyr schutzhund cert, "the airedale competes at the very highest levels of international competition with the german shepherd and belgian malinois, despite its much smaller total population. this is the only breed to regularly do so" there is also a dale that have advanced tracking Fh higher than vpg3 tracking. another may be the only dog from the us to be titled in both working and sporting.

[nm9730]

@StSimonMartyr “The Airedale” declared Teddy Roosevelt, “can do anything any other dog can do, then lick the other dog, if he has to.”The American Hunting Dog (1926), “Tackling bear or cougar, routing out woodchucks, jumping rabbits, tree marking squirrels, pointing grouse and quail, running pheasants, and retrieving any and all of them – the Airedale properly trained has done all these things in hundreds and hundreds of individual instances.”

[Matilduck]

Perfect choice of music for this fun video. Made me smile the whole time!

[SuperDogHater369]

where do you get ur dog groomed? the dump?

[MrPenis1989]

@SuperDogHater369 bit rude

[10majfar]

@SuperDogHater369 LOL.... that's how they are supposed to look. My Airedales coat isn't as curly so he doesn't look as goofy, his hair is mostly straight except for his head, neck, and limbs. But yeah haha that's how Airedales normally look

[MrIMBECILE1]

GREAT DOG!!!

[LTACS]

The King

[TalkShowKelly]

Come rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail; nothing, NOTHING, stops a 'Dale!

[katicakes17]

This is a wonderful video, it cheers me up no end, all that energy and sassiness.

[TheMetallicrat]

Lol I have an airedale named Piper too!

[johnnydutchman]

Our Airedale made it to 16!!!!!

[bootsandsaddles]

Lovely video of a lovely dog :)

I am thinking of having an Airedale; do you experienced with them think they would be ok in a home with horses, or would they want to hunt them for lunch? lol

But I love your film, he's great.

[katicakes17]

@bootsandsaddles: My father trained horses and dogs (including Airedales) in the US Army Cavalry before WWII. They seem to be naturals together, but of course, an Airedale needs to be well trained. I grew up with one, and my own, Buster, just passed on last year, at age 13.5 yrs. He was a fabulous dog right up to the end, when he chased off some fellow in the park who wanted to get his hands on me. Buster just made it clear that the guy was not going to get to me. I'll never forget him.

[NWes76]

@katicakes17 We had Airedales when I was a little boy and they were very fierce protectors. I'll love them forever.

[katicakes17]

@bootsandsaddles: also you might to see "simon plays with horses" on youtube, (search for simon and airedale). It might answer all your questions.

[mariopine100]

love the video!! I own two airedales they are awsome dogs!!!

[LTACS]

glorious

[patriciapompeii]

Now this was a full BLAST TO WATCH. Love Piper. What a Lover this Piper is!!

[julibarassi]

LOVEEEEEEEEEEE PIPER!!!!!!!!!!!! He sure has a lot of energy!!!! of course, he's the King of Terriers! =)

[reenfasthorse]

Omgosh! My airedale loves running around in the snow! Just this morning we, AZ, got some snow and sure enough I saw my dog playing in it...he came up to me with a snow covered nose:)

[theodore671]

I used to have a great airedale puppy called Teddy but, unfortunately, i relocated in france so i had to sell him :(

[SensieSanzashi]

Great video, perfect selection of music, Yep, that's an Airdale to the letter! I'm sure you've heard the joke, "what's better than owning an Airdale..."? Well it's true, two are definately double the pleasure! Lucy and Jazz are the life of the party!

[portair12]

Thanks for the quick answer. Thats a beatiufull place, and the snow makes it better. I had a bad experience with my last dog, a golden retriever. He was a male, 'very alpha', and bad temper. I wasnt lucky with him. He received training for a long time but he only got better in some situations like basic instructions. Well, what i want to say is that i now think twice before getting an animal. I love AT. But never had one. Im more inclined towards a bitch now, i have to say. On the web, i saw lo

[portair12]

Great vid. Where is this place? I want an AT. But i dont know whats best male or female? Thanks

[PaxAmor1]

@portair12 That's Rockport, Mass. on a beach called Long Beach. In my experience the males tend to have a little more personality and warmth to them but that might be an overgeneralization based on the small sample of dogs that I grew up with. We had 4 or 5 males and 2 females over the years.

[pencomx]

This is the best Airedale video on the net.

I'm waiting for my Airedale pup from a Spring 2011 litter. This video helps to make the waiting easier.

[zebbydee22]

What joy they bring to us... but how me miss them when they are gone xo Love to mine wherever they are, Daggie, Eoiny, Gael, Tammy, Jackson, Sally, Mhairead

[jca5645link]

Fantastic video!

I'm crazy about AT, but I'm doing good to keep my Mini Schnauzer in line. I'd need a month of training from C. Malon to handle an AT!

[Keseshufa]

This is my dream, I have a Welsh Terrier(same as Airdale but smaller) and he is my best friend and i love snow, being there would be awesome.

nice video and nice happy song

[jeffreyorich]

I adopted two airedale sisters, Bella and Baeden, this january. They are my firts airedales, and even though they have been and can still be a challenge, I love them both more than any dogs that I have ever had. My wife and I call them Poppy's puppies. They are hardheaded but loving, and never a dull moment. I am a forever airedale fan now, and I really don't think that I can go back to other dogs!

[Wilburnator]

I love your video. I had two Airedales, a male and a female, for 13 years. I lost them both in the last year. This video really shows the spirit of the breed...

[MyFriskyAiredale]

ahaha ! loveeee it! hes adorablee :)

[RickSchnellmann]

Great job on putting together this video, Great footage, editing and music/theme. Really cute. And what beauty of a Dale. His happy go lucky, clownish character defines the breed.

[TumblingDice66]

@RickSchnellmann: Thanks! This is my brother's dog, Piper, and he is such a fun dog that I really just wanted to get him on film and show off what great dogs Airedales are.

[jbugger66]

Ahhh, this is great! Airedales are the best!

[johnhintlian]

Piper's a winner

[vsm112062]

I really enjoyed your video of your dog happily playing on the winter beach. My Airedale puppy enjoys the cold outdoors.

[TumblingDice66]

@vsm112062 Thanks!