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ask (terrierman) or (airedale from ny )on the traditional working airedale site how to contact matt thom as for the last few years he has been hard to get hold off ,he still at odd times go's on the site but only when he go's to town

Airedales are a very popular breed here in Hawaii I dont think weve never had one in our pack. They are mostly cross breeds here but there a quite a few pure breds as well. Our main tracking dog is part Airedale Terrier.

Very interested in Mr. Thoms line as well if someone has any contact info please feel free to PM me here.

Aloha!

Rigger, what part of utah Are you from? I got my airedale from Ryan Olsen, he can be found on the traditional airedale board. Other than there the coyotegods site would be a good place to ask around.

Hey
Thanks to everyone about there info and all the PMs I have received
It has been a lot of help. I have been able to talk to Matt Thom on
the phone the other day. He is going to have some pups around the
14th of Dec (He thinks). I am looking forward to hear from him.

But thanks again for all your help

Rigger.

if you join the Traditional airedale proboard, you will get all the information will you need. And they have a network of the type of airedale your looking for. A special section that is dedicated to just the airedale breeders that breed for the hunt your looking for.

Sorry to be the cynic here.
I hear talk of how 'gritty' they are, but all I see are singing dogs, not biters..

I think their reputation is unearned and living off wives tales for half of century.
I hunted with some crosses, owner no longer has them, not gritty enough, not nosy enough.

The Cross ruins a good hound.
If one has a gritty hound, he donest need a dog such as an airedale.



Here is 4 on 1, lots of standing around. Would you feed these?






2 on 1, a sniffer and a barker

This is imo, a better representative of a Terrier- Jagd Terrier






Regarding warm weather, breeds like them are a double coated dog with heavy undercoat, trimmed or not, they still will run hotter than a hound or a more slick coated coat, even a Jagd.

Breed has a good but familiar story and history.

This is what it looked liked when it was bred for hunting and a utility dog to earn its keep






Todays dog, 'pre cut'




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Im not trying to demean the serious breeders at all, only point out what goes wrong with breeds becoming popular, overbred, and with no restrictions on breeding.

I can surely understand how one can get down a a breed or line of hunting dog when they have a bad experience. But it is a big mistake for one to paint any breed of hunting dog with a wide brush as sorry especially when one has limited experience with the breed. A few internet pictures or an I knew or heard tale don't always tell the whole story.

I started out in the heyday of the dog jockey, if I had a dollar for every sorry hound I got taken on I could buy myself a pretty nice present. I owned and hunted with a good many Hounds of all breeds in my lifetime, if I dwelled on and just went by every shy, track jacking, dog aggressive=tree fighting, gutless, retarded no account hound I owned or saw owned by others I would not mess with them. I know better than that as I have also owned and hunted Hounds that were and are as good as any. Hounds are one of my favorite breeds and I will always have a couple around until I can't hunt coon or rabbits anymore.

I have owned and hunted Airedales since the sixties and yes I have had plenty of sorry ones and yes some were produced by me. By the same token some of the best all around hunting dogs I have ever had were Airedales, I don't believe there is a more versatile hunting dog alive when you get a good one. There are some pretty fair hunting bred with guts to spare Airedales to be had if someone wants to take the time to look for them.

There are never guarantees with any breed but your odds getting a decent hunting dog can be increased substantially. My best advice to anyone buying any kind of hunting dog is to do your homework and get references you can trust!

Al Kranbuhl

The airedale breed is becoming two different breeds in my opionion. The pictures of "modern day airedales" are pictures you picked off of google images. If you go to an actual hunting airedale sight etc. you can see a difference. None of those airedales have a serious look in their eye. There are many breeders out there that are breeding (although it is diluted) lines that are in those early airedales you posted. The "barking airedale" is just baying the badger. Badgers are very fierce animals. And the "tail sniffer" is actually grabbing hold of the animal. And for the picture of the four airedales surrounding the coyote, its incredible that they even caught up to it. They were originally used for colder climates and that looked as if it were in the desert. They were just tired. There is a follow up picture to it also and it shows the airedale killing the coyote. That is on matt toms site. And for the airedale not attacking the trapped coyote i have no explantion for. I do realize i am a newbie and im not looking to start an internet fight at all. I mean everything i say with the upmost respect. But there are airedales out there that can get the job done. Altough the vast majority of them are not even close to the level they were on fifty years ago. But you can blame the sport of "showing dogs".