WESWATCWinter2013 copy 2 - West of England and South Wales

Winter Magazine
Issue 80
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Website Address www.airedaleclub.org.uk
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Editorial and New Members
25th Breed Championship Show - November 2012
Puppy Diaries
From our Own Foreign Correspondent & Future Walks
Airedales in Literature & A Memory
Our Friends & Fun Day Charity
An Airedale in the Real and Virtual World
Rescue & Re-Homing
A Vets View
Publications
Dates for Your 2013 Diary & Coming Soon
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Editorial Comments
Well, here we all are in a new year - 2013. Let us hope that we can have some reasonable weather and we may
see that strange thing that people call - The Sun!!! Thank goodness the days are starting to draw out slowly and I
saw my first snowdrops today - they always give my spirits a lift when I see those.
We have some lovely articles from people in this current edition including a follow up to how Tupac is getting on
and Ann Griffiths - of our calendar fame - has produced a great article on ‘Giles and Butch’.
Looking back at 2012 as editor I would like to say a few words on a number of items:
Grateful Thanks
They go out to all the people who have made a contribution to our club in 2012.
• Jacky Cawston for the walks she organised. They are great fun so please see if you can come to one. You and
your Airedale would enjoy them.
• Ann Griffiths for the 2012 Calendar that went down a bomb. A record number of calendars were sold. We hope
that she is willing to do another one during 2013 ready for 2014.
• To our Rescue & Re-homing Officer who has lovingly found new homes for over 20 Airedales in 2012.
Sometimes in difficult circumstances. She is always looking for people who would like to go on the waiting
list for one.
• To all the people who contributed to the magazine in 2012. Without your articles and photographs there would
be no magazine.
• To the members who helped out on Show Days, Fun Days etc. This includes people who volunteered to man
stalls, do the catering and take pictures for the club for the website and magazine.
Website
At the beginning of 2012, the gentleman who had designed and set up our website some 10 years ago made the
reluctant decision to retire. Our thanks go out to him for all the hardwork he has put into the site. In addition his
patience with people who are not IT literate.
A new website has been developed by a committee member, Mark Downing. It went live last month. It has the
same web address - www.airedaleclub.org.uk. Please take time to look at it and if you would like to pass any
comments or suggestions then please email him at - [email protected].
The Future
I can advise you that the committee have agreed that the magazine will in future be placed on our website
immediately it is produced. This will mean that for those members who normally receive the magazine by email
they will still receive an email but instead of a pdf file there will be a link for members to ‘click on’. This will
take you straight to the magazine on the website. With no large file attached to the email this should guarantee
that members receive the email announcing the new magazine. Those members who receive the magazine by
post will still do so.
Finally I want to thank those people who have provided material for the magazine. However if we are to
continue to produce the magazine four times a year with the existing level of content I do need to ask you all to
provide me with material. Don’t worry about content as I am happy to edit etc. My contact details are as follows:
email [email protected] or my home address is - Bettws Barn, Warrage Road, Raglan.
Monmouthshire NP15 2LD.
New Members
A great welcome to the following people who have joined our breed club
Stewart & Mandy Patterson - Yorkley, Gloucestershire
Alastair & Alison Matthews - Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset
Louise Jones - Warminster, Wiltshire
Christian & Nicola Thomas, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Len & Norah Jones, Hartland, Devon
Richard & Debs Grimwade, Drybrook ,Gloucestershire
Jane Whitaker - Brixham, Devon
Susan Benz - Marlborough, Wiltshire
Emma Webber - St Austell, Cornwall
Kate Dare - Salisbury, Wiltshire
We hope you enjoy being a member and please feel free to send in articles, funny stories - anything you may
have about your Airedales that can be enjoyed by all.
It’s members that make our magazine and the club.
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Breed 25th Championship Show -2012 - 25th November
Our Championship Show was held again at the Tewkesbury Sports Centre as it is ideally situated for people
traveling from around the country and only some 800 yards off the M5 motorway. This year the show was judged
by Ms Dodo Sandahl from Sweden who is a well known judge and breeder of Airedale Terriers. Dodo has kindly
provided me with a full judges report for our magazine.
Our grateful thanks to Dodo for this and for her excellent judging.
Report of the judge - Ms Dodo Sandahl
I was very happy to accept your invitation to judge your Championship show. Great Britain is like a second
home to me and I love the British dog scene.
The weather was, well British, with storms, rain and severe flooding. Fortunately we missed most of it on our
drive to the show and the show venue stood well away from the flooded town centre. I found the show very well
organized and had excellent help from my ring stewards. A plentiful buffet was offered for lunch and it tasted
great. A big Thank You for a most enjoyable day!
All dogs were ok to handle, there were a couple of dogs with missing teeth, but all had good bites. I was very
happy to find great improvement in heads since I last judged the breed in Britain.
Dogs
MPD (4,1): Edwards’ Smockalley The Joker, mature for age, short strong body, excellent topline and tailset, alert
expression, good hard coat; 2 Turner’s Crillee Cool Raider, 7 months still a raw puppy, clean head with good
ears, lovely set-on and hindquarters, needs to settle in movement; 3. Toulson’s Toulsyork Fisty Filbert.
PD No entries.
JD No entries.
ND No entries.
PGD (3): Averis’ Saredon Last Samurai, upstanding and eyecatching with long clean head, nice strong muzzle, a
little erratic with ears, smooth topline, good bone, hard coat in good order, didn’t quite hold his outline on the
move so needs to firm up, RCC ; 2 Collcurr’s The Emporer, cobbier type of dog, well shaped but slightly short
head, strong body and bone, moved parallel; 3Morris’ Nedella Gambling Man.
LD (4,1): Gregg’s Bambusa Most Noble, masculine dog on the big side, excellent topline, deep short body, long
head with good ears, good angulation both ends, moves very well especially behind; 2 Brown’s Oceanaire
Beachcomber, standing gives a balanced picture, long clean head with excellent expression, short body, tied at
elbow so looses flow when moving; 3 Noyce’s Black Prince.
OD (5): Lee’s Ch Stargus Raiden, good size masculine dog, long clean head with excellent ears giving sharp
expression, attractive outline, short deep body with well set tail, strong bone, nice harsh coat in good trim,
moved well but hocks could be firmer, easy winner. 2 Collins’ Collcurr Courageous,well balanced neat dog,
mature short compact body, well shaped head, slightly narrow bottom jaw, moved ok ; 3 Toulson’s Ch Toulsyork
Delfy Dexter, could have placed higher but played up.
VD/B (1): Bullard’s Tiberetta Chelsea Bridge b, 7 years, nice feminine head, short compact body, rather stiff
ears, moved ok in front.
Dog CC - Lee’s Ch Stargus Raiden
Reserve Dog CC - Averis’ Saredon Last Samurai
Bitches
MPB (4,1): Three nice 6-month old babies at different stages of development, all very promising. Hampton &
Hall’s Muliebrity Oceana, steady puppy with nice head, excellent topline, excellent body for age, hard coat; 2
Oates’ Stabuks Immy, elegant bitch, higher on leg than 1 so will take longer to mature, lovely long head, slightly
bold eye, nice topline, good hard coat, just needs time; 3 Fernandez’ Muliebrity Rilletta
PB (1) Fernandez’ Muliebrity Rilletta, long pretty head with feminine expression, excellent topline and body for
age, good adult coat on the way but still a bit baby-fluffy, well handled by her novice owner.
JB (4,1): Turner’s Crillee Carry On Baby, good size, good head with perfect ear carriage giving an alert
expression, short compact body, good topline and tailset, moved true;2 Lee’s Stargus Valentina, feminine long
head, good expression, nice neckline, short back which should be firmer, excellent hindquarters, slightly steep
upper arm, nice hard coat; 3 Lee’s Sijuboo Take A Chance On Me;
NB (1): Sijuboo Take A Chance On Me, big bitch with good conformation, long head which could be more
elegant, excellent topline, strong body and bone, moved well behind.
DB No entries.
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Breed 25th Championship Show -2012 - 25th November - continued
UB (3) Hunter’s Hazenaide Seen In A New Light, well balanced short bitch, good head and expression, attractive
topline with high tailset, great hindangulation, moved very well; 2 Haly’s Vivavick Supercilious, balanced bitch
with good proportions, good head, lazy ears, excellent topline, sound mover but would like more animation and
drive; 3 Schurek’s Miss Magic.
PGB (10,2):Keay’s Jaymitch Gift Before Dawn, feminine with elegant head and good expression, nice topline,
good coat , well presented, excellent mover, beat 2 on better drive; 2 Hazenaide Seen In A New Light; 3 Collins’
Touessrok Super Sapphire of Colldale.
LB (4,2) Johnstone’s Jecadie Dipped In Spice, feminine bitch with sassy attitude, excellent head with lively
expression, strong compact body, balanced outline, moved parallel with drive and a lot of temperament, I liked
her fire but no doubt a handful, RCC; 2 Hacker & Jenkin’s Sherifs Winter Jasmine, balanced honest bitch, lovely,
long head, not using her ears, nice topline and body, really hard coat, not trying very hard today, moved ok a
little close behind;
OB (8,2) Averis’ Katherina’s Land Sicilian Cherry Of Saredon, caught my eye straight away, excellent size with
good proportions, long clean head with nice eye and well carried ears, flowing neck and topline, high tailset,
presenting a nice combination of strength and elegance, moved true with excellent drive, steady temperament,
well handled. 2 Gregg’s Bambusa Dream Model, impressive young bitch with long head, good ears, excellent
topline, strong body, moved particularly well behind, hard coat, 3 Lee’s Stargus Antheia.
Bitch CC - Averis’ Katerina’s Land Sicilian Cherry of Saredon
Reserve Bitch - Johnstone’s Jecadie Dipped in Spice
Best In Show - Averis’ Katerina’s Land Sicilian Cherry of Saredon
Reserve Best in Show - Lee’s Ch Stargus Raiden
Dodo Sandahl, Sweden
Best in Show
Katherina’s Land Sicilian Cherry of Saredon
Dog C.C. & Reserve in Show
Ch Stargus Raiden
Best in Show, Reserve in Show & Best Puppy
Pictures were taken on behalf of West of England and South Wales Airedale Terrier Club by M. Downing.
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Puppy Diaries
In our Summer Magazine of 2012 we were able to share the start of life for Tupac.
Her owner promised to write a further article on Tupac as he was growing up and
getting into mischief, no doubt. Well I am glad say Tupac is back. Thank you
Nicky.
For those who were not members then Tupac is named after the one of the world’s
finest musicians. He had sold 75m records by 2010. Unfortunately he died
suddenly at the age of 25 in 1996.
Tupac’s back with an update !
Hello friends and fellow terriers it’s time for an update on what I’ve been up to the last few months since I last
wrote to you as I have been very busy.
Life is just full on and I find I need lots of time to rest and recuperate !
I am after all, a growing puppy!
I’m growing well and am quite handsome (although I say it myself). I have a scrambled egg with ham and
cheese for my breakfast every morning, followed by my dinner in the evening and mom still lets me have my
“sup sup” at bed time – Rich Tea biccies – the best!!! !
I am fully toilet trained and I’ve now learnt to cock my leg – that must mean I am a big boy now. I am very
proud of myself although mom and dad get very irritated when I feel the need at every tree, post, wall we pass.
!
So, what have I actually been up to in the last 4 months…..
I have to start by telling you that I LOVE TELEVISION!!! It’s great; I love
football, the Olympics and animal programmes. This summer there was the
European football championship so I got my very own vuvuzela (a squeaky toy
to you and me) which I would put in my mouth and run up and down from
outside in the garden, into the kitchen, into the dining room and into the lounge
to watch the football; I had a great time but I’m not so sure mom and dad thought
it was good; something to do with the noise.
Then there was the Olympics, oh WOW!! What great entertainment although I
have to say, the horses were by far my favourite.
‘Beckham - eat your heart out!
I was at nanny and granddads for my holiday in the summer and we would sit and cuddle on the settee until the
horses came on. I did get a bit confused though, when I jumped off the settee I could see the front of the horses
but not the back of them, where were they? I ran round that television a number of times, they couldn’t have
gotten away? Could they…..
When I was watching the Otters building their dens on the river I got so excited I
sneezed on the TV; nanny loves me lots so she didn’t mind she had to clean the screen,
in fact, she couldn’t stop laughing!! !
I go back to see Christine and Graham, my breeders every few weeks for a haircut –
see I told you, I’m a handsome boy!!
‘Vidal Sassoon had no
match on my hairdresser’
As well as having some nice walks in the evening and going different
routes with different smells, mom and dad take me to the park at
weekends and boy how I love that park!!! It’s amazing, there’s lots of
friends and I just get so excited. I’m allowed off the lead so I can go
and say hello and have a play; my favourite friend is “Bertie” who is a
little Westie, he loved to run round, then there was “Chloe” the black
Labrador who loved to do the puppy pounce with me.
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‘What have you been up to Bertie?’
Puppy Diaries - continued
On one walk in the park I came across three whippets who wanted to run round in circles! I tried to run round
with them but gave up and just did a semi circle each time so I could keep up with them!!! Ha ha ha Eventually,
after I had said my goodbyes to each one of them mom and dad tried to get me to go left but I saw them, two
more friends!! Yay I love walks in the park.
Oh no, oh goodness me, they’re running towards me, oh my, they’re huge!! I stuck my tail under my bum and
turned about face and run!! Arrgghh…... I then realised I couldn’t run fast enough so stopped to try and find
mom and dad, who were stood waiting for me with one of their knowing looks,
I’ve got to be honest, I was a bit scared and I didn’t know what to do. They were humungous bullmastiffs!!!
Zaine was the big bullmastiff and he was with Bella who was another big bullmastiff cross. Eventually Zaine
left me alone and went back to his mom and dad but Bella wouldn’t leave me alone; I think she thought I was
cute!!
Well, she is right. I wasn’t frightened, honest!! I just wanted to go and see
mom and dad to make sure they were OK. Wow, that was a close call.
I’m also very good at gardening and like to help dad cut the lawn as you
can see!! It’s rather a good game.
I’ve discovered the stairs so can cause a complete riot around the whole
house now!! Nanny and granddads stairs are quite low so I could run up
those onto a little landing before going up the next flight and attacking
granddad. The stairs at home are quite steep but I’ve learnt to handle them
too. Now dad gets an early wakeup call at the weekends; long gone are his
‘Dad - have you mown my toy?’ lie ins!! He he he
My favourite things are tissues and socks. I love pinching tissues out of my nans hand and out of my mom’s
pockets and as for socks, Brad leaves them all over his bedroom floor so I can have a party!! I don’t mind if
they’re wet or dry, clean or dirty! A sock is a sock and is good to carry round.
Some sad news my friends " you remember I told you about my new best friend at home, our cat called
“Rocky”. Well I am sorry to tell you that he got run over and passed away. Mom was very upset so I gave some
extra special cuddles. Me and Rocky had some great times.
He taught me a lot; not only to use my dog flap but how to catch rats and play with them. Often Rocky would
bring me a rat back into the garden and we’d play for hours, well, for as long as we could before mom realised
what we were playing with. It was great fun, I do miss my little buddy.
Anyway, must dash its “sup sup” time and you know how I love my rich tea biscuits! By the way, they are
McVities!! ! Only the best for Tupac!!
Over and out fellow terriers.
Life is GREAT;
Merry Christmas to one and all!! !
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From Our Own Foreign Correspondent
It gives me great pleasure to provide you with an article from the Airedale Club of Japan especially as 2012 was
their 15th anniversary.
I hope you enjoy the article and you can see that they are totally dedicated to Airedale Terriers. We are grateful to
the Airedalers of Japan for agreeing to twin with our club.
News From Japan
2012 is the year. Our 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Airedale Terrier Club of Japan.
It’s was our great pleasure to invite Dr. Valeria Rickard and Mr. John Rickard JOVAL for the Spring
Championship Show and the special seminar in May.
The handling seminar was given before the show. Valeria started her handling seminar with giving the
demonstration, and showed us some hints on it. Every participant had a lot to learn from her.
Everything went well at the show, and we could enjoy the whole schedule of the day with an amicable
atmosphere. Having teatime with Valeria and John after the show was one of the most pleasure for all.
The Results of the Spring Championship Show on the 20th May 2012 were as follows:
*Judge -Dr. Valeria Rickard
*BIS - CH.JAIDELD THE SWORDSMAN
*Best puppy - MOONDALE ANGEL RAZIEL
*Best bitch - CH.WILDERNESS I AM SUSAN
*Winners dog - WILDERNESS THE ONE JANNINI
*Winners bitch - AFTERNOON CATNIP OF TOPAZ TOWER
*R. Winners dog - CH.WILDERNESS I AM CASPIAN
*R. Winners bitch - FOUNTAIN ANGELICA ANGEL
New Champion - CH.WILDERNESS I AM CASPIAN
Best in Show
CH.Jaideld The Swordsman
We had a memorial seminar for the 15th anniversary of the establishment of ATCJ on May 27.
*Trimming Seminar:
Dr. Valeria Rickard
*Breeding Seminar:
Dr. Valeria Rickard
*Clicker Training Seminar: Mr. John Rickard
Each seminar was practical and full of the latest information and ideas. We were lucky to have a wonderful
opportunity to learn from them. After the seminar we had party at the Japanese restaurant, and talked a lot.
Here we’d like to express our sincere gratitude to Dr. Valeria Rickard and Mr. John Rickard for their friendship
and help, and we wish their continued success and prosperity.
‘A Gathering of Airedale Enthusiasts’
It’s was our pleasure to hold the ATCJ Autumn Championship show at 2 places, Gifu and Tokyo in November.
The Results of the Autumn Gifu Championship Show on 11th November were as follows:
*Judge - Mr. Yoshiaki Kasuya
*BIS / Winners dog - Am.CH. JOVAL ANGEL'S HEAVENLY ERRAND
*Best puppy / R. Winners bitch - WILDERNESS SWEET KISS
*Best bitch / Winners bitch - AFTERNOON CATNIP OF TOPAZ TOWER
*R. Winners do - WILDERNESS THE ONE JANNINI
New Champion - Am.CH. JOVAL ANGEL'S HEAVENLY ERRAND and
CH.AFTERNOON CATNIP OF TOPAZ TOWER
The Results of the Autumn Tokyo Championship Show at Tokyo on the 18th
November were as follows:
*Judge - Mr. Hideo Yoshizawa
Best in Show
*BIS - Am.CH. JOVAL ANGEL'S HEAVENLY ERRAND
Am CH Joval Angel’s Heavenly Errand
*Best puppy / Best bitch / Winners Bitch - WILDERNESS SWEET KISS
*Winners dog - WILDERNESS THE ONE JANNINI
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From Our Own Foreign Correspondent - continued
Various activities of ATCJ can’t be missed.
*The regular trimming seminar at 3 areas
*Fun Day with Airedales
Walking in the Showa Park
Visiting a clear stream of the river at the foot of the mountain
(3000 meters above the sea) in Nagano Pref.
*BBQ at a river terrace
*Lunch at a German restaurant
It’s always our wish to make more improvement of the quality of Airedales, and we’ve been trying to let our
members have more opportunities to learn training, trimming and handling their Airedales. Each of us has a
responsibility to make and keep our Airedales sound and happy.
We wish all of our friends’ good health and progress with Airedales.
Takemi Sugimoto
Airedale Terrier Club of Japan
‘Congratulations to the Airedale Club of Japan on their 15th Anniversary’
Future Walks with West of England & South Wales Airedale Terrier Club
May 2013
Dartmoor
There will be a walk based in the Dartmoor Area. Further details will be announced
in the near future. It would assist if people could express their interest early. Contact
details are below
Late September or Early October 2013
Taunton Canal
A new walk is being considered along part of the Taunton Canal. There needs to be
careful research before this can be confirmed.
However if time is to be spent on research then we do need people to register their
interest as soon as possible.
Please contact Jacky Cawston on - [email protected] expressing interest or any questions you have.
Further details will be communicated on actual dates, venues etc.
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Airedales in Literature
I wonder how many people have ever thought of our beloved breed and their involvement in literature. We are
very grateful to a member, Mike Vawdrey, for this initial article. Do not be surprised to see a follow up in the
near future.
Airedales in Literature – 1. Partners In Crime
I was recently listening on audiobook to the late Margaret Yorke's
1977 novel The Cost Of Silence, a sharply observed saga of small
town life. The brutal murder of a disabled woman in the course of a
robbery sets skeletons a plenty rattling in the cupboards of several
more or less upright citizens.
This is not a straight crime novel for the identity of the perpetrator is
never in doubt. The real interest is how this crime impacts on the
secret , foibles and latent passions of a group of variegated individuals.
The subplot concerns the ways in which people relate to their canine
companions. Among a not inconsiderable supporting cast of canines is an Airedale called Gyp.
From what one can judge from his walk (run ?) on part he seems to be energetic and enthusiastic , even a touch
boisterous. Not far off the mark then ! Unfortunately a boy who is trying to overcome his fear of dogs finds Gyp
a little intimidating and relates better to a Black Lab...perish the thought ! Recommended for Ms Yorke's acute
but by no means unsympathetic observations of the ways of both dogs and their frequently flawed owners.
Susan Parry has written five crime novels set in the Yorkshire Dales where she lives with her husband. The
books make full use of this scenic area. She researches the settings in extended treks accompanied by her
Airedale – initially Elvis although I think that one has now joined his famous namesake and has been replaced
by A N Other. You will probably need to follow her on Facebook or Twitter to discover more about the current
incumbent(don't do social networking myself – sorry !)
Sure they must take the odd break so that they can have a 'paws for thought'. The main character is Milly(Mills)
Sanderson. In the first book she's holidaying with her grandmother while still at school. Later she trains as a
forensic archaeologist and returns to live in the Dales. In Purple Shroud - the most recent entry in the series – she
has a dog called Earl but the breed was not revealed in the first few pages I read on Amazon. More research
needed. Will report back - unless somebody already knows the answer ?? Susan Parry's books can be found on
Amazon etc and locally in North Yorkshire. For more info see her web site – www.susanparry.co.uk
Finally for this instalment, something of an enigma. While making investigations for this article I stumbled
across a book called Ivetha- An Airedale's Compendium by Bradd Allen Saunders(Create Space,2011). Ivetha is
an obscure street somewhere in America. Through a series of e mails, text messages, phone conversations and
extracts from books it charts the effect this little corner has on people who live there or who visit.
I read the first few pages on US Amazon. Mysteriously a dog did crop up but it wasn't an Airedale. Further
sniffing out needed I think – nose to the ground on this one. Not an easy read I suspect, although there have been
some enthusiastic reviews. Somebody did include it in an on-line list of books about Airedales among books
which were factual and/or practical. So the connection must be lurking in there somewhere.
Happy reading !
In Memory of "RUSSELL" CAWSTON
15th February 2000 - 4th October 2012
"Not a day goes by when I don't think of you,
Nor hardly a place I visit, where we had not been together
You were my other half, but it was time for you to move on......"
Photo taken 28th July 2012
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Our Friends
I am always looking for photographs of our Airedale friends from members. People would love to share your
love of them.
If you would like to send them in then please email them to [email protected]. Thank you in
anticipation.
‘Love is a many splendid thing’
‘Can I have your ball?’
‘Mum , I want to keep them all.
Oh Please, please!!’
‘ O.K. Dad.
I will learn how to drive it’
NOWZAD - WESWATC Fun Day September 2012
We are pleased to advise you, perhaps belatedly, that WESWATC raised some £280.50 for the wonderful charity
NOWZAD.
For those who would like to know more about it then please go to www.nowzad.com. Many, many thanks for all
those people who helped and came to this annual event.
Next years Fun Day is on the 8th September. The committee has not yet made a decision as to the charity that we
will support this year.
If you have any ideas then please email the club secretary - [email protected]
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An Airedale in the Real and Virtual World
Welcome to the real and virtual world of people, dogs(Airedales) and cartoons that I
said was coming in the last magazine. We are very grateful to Ann Griffiths who has
done all this research and work to bring you a lovely article. In addition I am sure you
will recognise the traits of an Airedale in the cartoons. Welcome to Giles and Butch.
Ann has promised a follow up article in our next magazine so this is - ‘your starter for
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BUTCH
It was a couple of years ago now, when a friend remarked that a certain famous cartoonist had been an Airedale
owner, and moreover, had incorporated his dogs in his regular cartoons. I was interested enough to do a little
research, to remind myself of the artist’s work, and to gawp in wonder, that for nearly fifty years there has been
an Airedale in my subconscious that I wasn’t fully aware of until now!
Butch, well there was more than one, belonged to the artist Carl Giles - 1916-1995.
Most of us older readers will remember the Giles cartoons published in the Sunday Express, in annual books, and
on Charity Christmas cards, in particular for the RNLI. For those too young to know, or, for those whose
memory is fading, here’s a quick resume.
Carl Giles entertained us with his cartoons poking fun at a wide spectrum of people,
rarely giving offence and without any malice. His cartoons provided a witty yet accurate
comment on social and political life for over fifty years. These cartoons, featured in the
Sunday Express, were built around a famous ‘Family’ - led by a demon of a Grandma
that nobody should mess with. (I don’t think they make them like her any more)
The humour in the cartoons illuminated British life more vividly and accurately than
any pages of text could describe. The Family in his cartoons, consisted of Granma,
Mum, Dad, Aunt Vera, grown-up daughters, and umpteen children, including twins, and
I’m not sure who they belonged to, plus various family pets, including Butch.
With Grandma
The original Butch, in the real world, appeared around the time of the Second World War , a black spaniel,
named after a friend who had comforted him when a puppy. Over the following years the original Butch had a
number of successors each taking on the name as the previous dog departed.
The last three were Airedales. While other dogs appeared with the Family in the cartoons, it is the Airedale who
became firmly established. Butch was not only an Airedale in Giles’ real world, but was also the artistic creation
in the virtual world of an artist who brought smiles to millions with his humour.
Butch during all those years slipped between the Family household in the cartoons, and Giles’ own household in
Suffolk. Butch had a much more comfortable life in Suffolk than in the Family’s suburban home where anarchy
often reigned. The safest place, most of the time, was under a chair or table, or TV, or behind a
settee.
He was often in trouble with the police, but as a family dog was happy, upside down, at
Granma’s feet, watching football on TV with Dad, checking out visitors, chewing Auntie’s
best slippers. He borrowed the children’s toys and ate their firecrackers, stole golf balls, tore
trousers, cuddled up with those sitting on the floor, and joined the general mayhem,
including bouncing on a trampoline.
Butch is shown with all the attributes of an Airedale, getting very wet in the rain, up to no
good with the children, upside down with legs in the air relaxing in the garden, being
brought back from an excursion to see a female dog, and even comments about earning his
keep with the rise of the cost of a dog license. Now who remembers buying one of those?
Trouble
If your licence goes up to £10, in future the slippers will be delivered
right here
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An Airedale in the Real and Virtual World - continued
Now while I hope you enjoy the snippets I have found to decorate this article and
maybe jog your memory, and I never knew Butch appeared so often, I have to
admit that I discovered an Airedale fact only the real ‘Golden Oldies’ would
know.
Giles referred quite often in the 1970’s cartoons I rifled through to the Family’s
‘Supreme Champion’ getting into trouble. I had no idea until I stopped scratching
my head and checked out that the Airedale Terrier was none other than ‘Best in
Show’ at Crufts in 1961. Ch Riverina Tweedsbairn was the champion’s title.
May I invite you to join me again, continuing the Giles connection and with a few
more cartoons. Let me take you once again down memory lane to Crufts 1986 when
Mary Swash handled Ch Ginger Xmas Carol, another Airedale who won best in show
and put Butch back in the frame!
‘Of course I won
with my Trot’
Here are a number of wonderful cartoons of Butch from which I am sure you will see our
Airedales in them. I certainly do.
Soggy Dog
Painting
Carefree
Shoes
Baby
Howling
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Rescue & Re-Homing
Hello I am Lynda the rescue and re-homing coordinator for WESWATC.
Looking back on 2012 it's been another busy year with many Airedales moving onto new homes. They have all
had different reasons - no two the same !!! Many thanks to those of you who have offered temporary foster
homes and those who have offered transport assistance.
If anyone would like to join my waiting list to adopt an Airedale, as I am always looking for a loving home for
them, then please contact me, either phone 01291 690590 or email: [email protected] Many thanks.
I thought as a change to previous issues of the magazine you may enjoy seeing some of the Airedales that were
re-homed in 2012 and have started a new life.
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A Vets View
How Worms Affect Animals
Worms have successfully parasitized animals for tens of thousands of years, and will continue to do so despite
our attentions. They succeed because they are very fertile, producing countless numbers of eggs which survive
climatic extremes; they derive nourishment and shelter from the host species usually without causing too much
harm (parasites do not flourish if they cause the host to die); and they have adapted to circumvent challenges
(most recently, for instance, when we humans invented chemicals to kill them, they responded by becoming
resistant).
Why bother to treat animals for worms if they don’t cause much harm? Well, I suppose we humans are fussy: we
like our animals in good condition, we don’t want some of them to die and we don’t want to become infested
ourselves. Animals develop immunity if they are challenged in small doses, but will suffer and die if the system
becomes overloaded, especially if they are young.
We enclose farm animals and have to be careful with stocking density; if too high, the stock will become
exposed to heavy worm burdens before they have achieved sufficient immunity. Horses have the same problem.
Before we harnessed and saddled them, herds of them lived out on the prairie, wandering hundreds of miles in
search of food, experiencing minimal parasitism.
Owned horses now have a different lifestyle and are dependent on the owner minimizing their own worm
burdens by pasture rotation, ‘poo picking’, co-grazing with another species, and chemical treatments, as
appropriate.
Young puppies and kittens suffer a triple whammy as worms have adapted several systems to find a way into
them; crossing from mum via the placenta before they are born, flowing through mum’s milk after birth and
ingested in mum’s and their own faeces.
If worms are permitted to develop to excessive numbers, they will damage the organs in which they live (eg gut,
lung or liver) and cause the animal to become unthrifty, which may ultimately lead to its permanent demise. The
worm life cycle in simple terms involves the ingestion of eggs or larvae, their development within the host to
egg-laying adult stages, then the excretion of eggs onto a suitable environment.
Sometimes an intermediate host (like a flea or small snail or another mammal) is essential for onward
progression, and if access to this intermediate host is prevented, worm development will fail.
Examples of worm disease in primary hosts include physical blockage, and sometimes rupture, of the small
intestine in puppies; blockage of intestinal arteries leading to colic and gangrene in horses; and blockage of the
bile ducts by liver fluke in cattle and sheep.
Accidental hosts include man (or, more usually babies and young children) who come into contact with worminfested faeces deposited behind the sofa by untreated cats and dogs; sometimes the developing larvae migrate
through a child’s body towards the eye, causing blindness.
Years ago, advice regarding the prevention of worm infestation in horses and farm animals was a blanket treat
several times a year, with greater frequency during the summer. We now know that the ‘blanket’ system
contributes to the development of drug resistance and that a targeted approach involving faecal worm egg counts
is more sensible and cost effective. In addition, wormers that are used in dogs and cats now have a reduced
efficacy.
Your veterinary surgeon should be contacted for more specific advice.
This column has been written by Alastair Mitchell MRCVS - a director of Usk Veterinary
Centre. For further information please visit their website - www.uskvets.co.uk
We are extremely grateful to Alastair and the Usk Veterinary Centre for agreeing to allow us to
reproduce this article in our magazine.
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PUBLICATIONS
The Club have a number of books available for purchase by members or non members.
For orders please contact Paul McCarthy at - [email protected] or write to him at Bettws Barn, Warrage
Road, Raglan. Monmouthshire NP15 2LD. Prices for postage to U.K. are shown below.
It is all about Airedales - Emma and Aaron and how they are the invisible guardians of
Charlie and Rose - another two Airedales who are lost during a wild and fierce storm.
.Price is £26.50 incl postage
CLARK MALCOLM GREENE
We are also pleased to advise you of the following offer from an American author - Clark Malcolm Greene. He has
written two books on his Airedales.
The first book is called - ‘ DOG IS GOD SPELT BACKWARDS’ and the other book is called - ‘THINGS I
ONLY DID ONCE’.
He has donated 2 books of each of the titles with the proceeds to go to the Rescue Funds. Once these are sold then
you can still buy a copy through his website address of : www.dogisgodspelledbackwards.com. You can also get
more information on the books on his website
Prices are £15 plus postage
A Ride in the Sun or Gasoline Gypsy MOTORCYCLE TRAVEL CLASSIC BACK IN PRINT AFTER 60
YEARS
It is about a lady, Peggy Iris Thomas, she sailed from Liverpool to motorbike across
North America and Mexico some 15,000 miles in 1951. She took her Airedale, Matelot,
who rode on the back of a BSA Bantam. I am also reliably informed that as Matelot had
his tail undocked, it used to hang low by the engine. Every few days the motorbike
would stop and Peggy had to strip the carburetor to get the ‘hair’ out of it’!!!
Price&is&£9.99&incl&postage
Diary of A Barking Mad Dog Owner
by Jackie McGuiness
This is a new book by a new author which is all about her Airedales that she and her
husband have had for some 30 years. It took her 6 years to write the book and a
further 2 years to get it published. The book is written in the form of a diary. When
asked by someone what the book was like, she told them after some thought to think
of ‘Bridget Jones’ Diary’ but without the sex.
&
Price&is&£9.84&incl&postage
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DATES FOR YOUR 2013 DIARY
OPEN SHOW
Our Open Show is being held on the 24th February at Hewish and Puxton Village Hall, Maysgreen Lane,
Hewish. Nr Weston-Super-Mare BS24 6RT. It is just off Junction 21 of the M5. Doors open 10am and showing
starts 11am. Our judge this year is Gerard Morris. There will be refreshments available and a raffle.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
This will be held following the Open Show on the 24th February at Hewish and Puxton Village Hall. The approx
time for the AGM will be 2.30pm. All members are welcome to attend.
Crufts 2013
The Crufts Show is taking place this year between the 7th March and 10th March at the National Exhibition
Centre, Birmingham. Airedale Terriers are being judged on Thursday 7th March. To find out more details go to
www.crufts.org.uk
TRIMMING AND SOCIALISING
Come and learn the traditional way to groom your Airedale as well as having the opportunity to
socialise your Airedale and meet likeminded people.
All club members welcome. Non-Members welcome but will be asked to join the club on the day.
FEBRUARY
APRIL
JUNE
AUGUST
OCTOBER
17TH
MARCH
17TH
21ST
MAY
19TH
16TH
JULY
21ST
18TH
SEPTEMBER 8TH -FUN DAY
20TH
NOVEMBER 17TH
NO CLASSES IN DECEMBER
The Trimming and Socialising are held at Winscombe Community Hall, Sandford Road, Winscombe, North
Somerset BS25 1JA starting at 2.30pm and finishing at 5.30pm. There is a break for refreshments and playtime
for the Airedales and their owners. Costs for the trimming tuition is £2.00 with unlimited tea or coffee at 50p and
30p per portion for cake.
We will be holding our annual FUN DAY on the 8th September at Winscombe Community Hall from 11am until
4pm.
Further enquiries to Ruth Millar on 01278 641190
Advertising
In order to support the cost of publishing this magazine and to assist our members we are seeking advertising. If
any member or businesses would like to advertise then please contact the editor by email at
[email protected]. We suggest a cost of either £10 per page or £5 per half a page.
Coming Soon
• An Airedale in the real and virtual world ......Part 2 .............!!!
• Flying..................!!!!
• An Attack of the Vapours!!!
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