An Táin Working Airedales - Tail Length

[foxhound45 167]

 

 

Don't be afraid of keeping the long tail on the Airedales, they still look the part and really serve a purpose when reading a dog as it works ahead of you on a scent line. The tail straightens out and the tip dangles just above the bracken, heather and brambles moving a distinctive way, a clear indication the dog has picked up scent.

 

I would just like to share a few other photos in case anyone is really thinking about starting their own working Airedales in the field.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These bitches are just over a year old and really starting to show their fire in the field.

 

 

Just a few to show that all the working lines aren't finished yet!

[General lee 979]

Keep posting mate I'm really fond of these dogs I'm glad to see them in the field and I can see myself with one of these they seem cracking dogs

[foxhound45 167]

Genral Lee.......ya know what.......working them and walking into the pens each day with them there is an great feeling. They get better and better every week.

 

i would really like to see large hunt terriers make a comeback, especially the Kerry Blue (lets not get into this debate again!), large Lakelands, Fox terriers, Irish and Wheaten terriers to name but a few.

 

They have a place in the field and between us all on this site we probably own the best native working bloodlines in the world.

 

This is one fiery bitch below and only just over a year old.

 

 

 

And another young bitch (unrelated) I have coming on....

 

 

I will try and keep the photos coming because I know how hard it is to find current photos of these big terriers working hard in the fields.

 

"Work em' Hard or Walk em' Home!"

Edited April 9, 2014 by foxhound45

[General lee 979]

Yeh mate I bet it is good seeing the work ya put in pay off its hard to find any info on these type dogs anywhere and it's a shame they seem to be forgot and dismissed by most people nowadays so it's nice to see the pics you put up

[koda 83]

like these could be a good possibility of one of these

[Griz 89]

Nice looking Airedale, but, goofy lookin tail!..... ......I have a bitch Airedale that looks just like that one.

[Mouser 18]

Have you ever looked at the "working Airedale terrier" message board. Plenty of folks in the U. S. Still using them to a degree. Henry Johnson helped with breeding the "Redline" they were a throw back to dogs with shorter/tighter coats and strong hunting instincts. Warning don't look them up, you will fall in love. I know Mr. Johnson top notch dog man calls them like he sees them.

[sounder79 80]

nice dogs,but they look rotten with that long tail,each to there own though

[foxhound45 167]

You wouldn't dock a hounds tail.......so why would you dock an Airedales tail.....because of looks?

[J Darcy 5,871]

Hounds tails don't curl right over their backs.......Those pig-tailed tails will attract injury when working proper cover. IMO

[fireman 10,858]

Dogs tied up in shitty looking sheds with scrap lying around them allways looks rough to me..

[skycat 6,173]

I must admit my Airedale's tail looks stupid curled over her back, but she has never injured it, even when shredding her face and ears in thick brambles. The fur and skin is that thick you'd need a hedge trimmer to clip the fur: it's like wire wool

Hardly a worthy prey for a tough dog, but shows what she's willing to do even for a tiny rabbit....which she retrieved from the middle of an old bramble:

[bigfatskinheadterrierman 10]

Hounds tails don't curl right over their backs.......Those pig-tailed tails will attract injury when working proper cover. IMO

have to agree jay

[General lee 979]

Dogs tied up in shitty looking sheds with scrap lying around them allways looks rough to me..

Maybe he should have took the picture with the dog on a bench covers with red carpet or on the bonnet of a sports car i was looking at the dog not where the picture was took

[fireman 10,858]

Maybe but the pics of the dog in the heather do look better than the ones of it with wet feet stood on wet straw in a damp old barn looking like it may even live in there eh