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The Official Publication of the Airedale Terrier Club of Canada Inc WINTER 2003 Chula the Flying Airedale Owned & trained by Ann & Tim Geib Photo by Steven Donahue • 2 King’s Herald Winter 2002 - 2003 The Airedale Terrier Club Of Canada Fall Boosters An entry of 10 Airedale Terriers made the day exciting and fun, it BEST OF BREED was extremely hot and most of the Airedales and all of the handlers, Ch. Paradym's Got Game, Am. Can. Ch. Oakrun's Blue Jay Of would have preferred being at home with air conditioning rather Paradym x Can. Ch. Paradym Double Diamond Breeders: Sarah then being out under the hot sun. One or two of the Airedales Kee, David Sproule, Kelly Wood. Owners: Pamela Bruce and Kelly showed good sense by wanting to stay under the tent in the shade Wood rather then "Go Around" for the judge. Thankfully there was a BEST OF OPPOSITE SEX slight breeze which brought some relief. Ch. Paradym Tried And True, Am. Can. Ch. Oakrun's Blue Jay Of The judging table looked impressive, with the club medallions as Paradym x Can. Ch. Paradym Double Diamond Breeders: Sarah "keeper trophies" in place, John Ross Vice President of the club Kee, David Sproule, Kelly Wood. Owners: Sarah Kee, David handled that chore. Sproule, Suzanne Tristani. Our judge, Mr. Jack Kearly of Nova Scotia, awarded WINNERS DOG AND BEST OF WINNERS BEST OF BREED to Ch. Northcote's Madam Justice, Breeder: Terry A Krackerjack Glory V Hugadale, Ch. Terrydale's Int'l Affair x Am. Alloway and Esther O'Connor, by Ch.Kingaire Northcote Iceman ex Can. Ch. Oakrun Beyond Myth V Hugadale Breeder/Owner Ch Northcote No More Heart Ache, Owner: Terry Alloway. Maragaret A. Saltzman BEST OF OPPOSITE SEX was awarded to Ch. Digaires Winterhawk WINNERS BITCH Murphy, Breeder: Shelley Primeau, by Ch Jafeica,s High Voltage C Traymar Aireforce Shelby Cobra, (Ch. Terrydale's Int'l Affair x Ch. ex Aerial Maneuvers at Eerie, Owner: Shelley Primeau & R. & N. Traymar Love's Helluva Showgirl, Breeder: Margo Dupre, Kenneth McCallum. Wall Owners: Pat Reed, Bob Reed, Margo Dupre WINNERS BITCH went to Gardenaire Blue Ridge, Breeder: James BEST PUPPY Brown, by Ch.Lord Robin of Kingaire ex Ch Aerie,s Northcote Nike, Ashcliff Mister Fahrenheit, Ch. Aireforce Earle Grey x Traymar's Owner: John Hoffman and Cathy Grant. Zoot Zuit Riot, Breeder: Larisa Vilensky, Margo Dupre Owner: BEST PUPPY was awarded to Junior Puppy Bitch, Ashcliff Wild Larisa Vilensky, Igor Pustylnick Angel, Breeder: Larisa Vilensky & Margo Dupre, by Aireforce Earle Grey ex Traymars Zoot Zuit Riot, Owner: Larisa Vilensky and Igor Pustylinski In the Obedience rings OT CH X Kingaire's Burnt Toast AGI, and best friend Sheena McKeegan took top Airedale Terrier honors earning HQS in Open and HQS Airedale Terrier in Trial, well done BEST OF OPPOSITE Sheena and Toast. Toast was breed by Esther and David O'Connor, SEX by Ch Lord Robin of Kingaire ex Woodales Narration at Kingaire. Ch. Paradym Tried Presentation of "keeper trophies" the bronzed medallions was And True made by Obedience Trial Chair Debbie Adkinson. Sheena is trialing Toast in earnest this year, Toast is amassing points galore, they hope to make it to the top ten obedience dogs in 2002. We wish them every success. WINNERS DOG AND The announced general meeting of the club did not take place, it BEST OF WINNERS was canceled due to illness. It is planned to hold the next general Ch. A Krackerjack Glory meeting of the ATCC at Fun day a notice of meeting date and place V Hugadale will be mailed to all members once it is prepared. Roy Aitchison, the Floating Specialty Show Chair for 2003, has all the details planned and hopefully under control for the Floating Specialty to be held in Kitchener/Waterloo in May. Great auction items, exclusive auction items for the wine and cheese and many more surprises for all those attending. Get those coats ready and join us for a fun filled weekend. Valerie Adkinson, Ontario Director ATCC The Airedale Terrier Club Of Canada held its fall booster in Mississauga, ON. Terrier judge was Mr. Benny Blid of Sweden . The Caledon show is one of the largest of the year in Canada, featuring many specialties and supported entries. The terrier group was approx. 150 dogs entered. Unfortunately, the Airedale entry was lower than we might like to see with 8 entered 3-1-2-1 King’s Herald Winter 2003 3 • Hunting for Recognition ATCA Hunting Nationals Prove Airedale Ability Article and Photographs by Chris Halvorson Article originally published in Just Terriers www.justterriers.com Summer, 2002 CH. M..J.'s the as the ultimate “three-in-one” gundog. Right Stuff, JHV, SHFur “On the border between the bird dog and fur dogs,” wrote is owned by ATCA Field and Stream editor Warren H. Miller in The American President Steve Gilbert Hunting Dog (1926), “stands the Airedale, the one dog who can and Bonnie Gilbert of Lima, OH Isaac repre- hunt both….Tackling bear or cougar, routing out woodchucks, sents the Gilberts' dedi- jumping rabbits, tree marking squirrels, pointing grouse and cation to the dual-titled, quail, running pheasants, and retrieving any and all of them — versatile Airedale. the Airedale properly trained has done all these things in hun- dreds and hundreds of individual instances.” The breed’s courage, made even more legendary by its war dog service in World War I, helped make the Airedale the most popular breed in the United States in the 1920s. But over-popularity took its toll. The nation’s population moved from the country to cities, and hunting became recre- ational instead of a necessity. Specialized sporting breeds replaced the Airedale in popularity in home and field. There has always been, however, a group of Airedale Long before the American Kennel Club invented their Hunt fanciers who appreciated their breed’s hunting nature. That Tests, Airedale Terriers were practical and competitive hunters. group coalesced in 1985 with the formation of the ATCA’s The Airedale Terrier Club of America (ATCA) is an AKC-mem- Hunting/Working Committee. The Committee’s petition to the ber Parent Club which has played an active role in preserving AKC for admission of Airedales to AKC Hunt Tests in 1985 was and promoting Airedale hunting abilities through its 17-year refused, but hope for future admission was suggested if the development of a Parent Club Hunt Test program. The goal has ATCA would first develop a Parent Club Hunt Test program. always been to win wider recognition of the Airedale as a ver- Steve Gilbert, now serving as ATCA President, was instru- satile hunting terrier, with a official record of such appearing in mental in starting the first “Hunting Working Weekend” in 1986 a dog’s AKC pedigree. For the past three years the ATCA’s and seeing that annual event develop to the current “Nationals” Hunting/Working Committee has been in negotiations with the and regional offshoots. From the very start, the H/W Committee AKC for admission of Airedales to AKC Hunt Tests and/or the was careful to follow every suggestion proposed by the AKC. development of an alternative Hunt Test for all multipurpose They brought in sporting dog experts to conduct their work- dogs, including those terriers who don’t fit into the earth dog shops. They invited AKC observers. By 1994, they offered an mold. official ATCA Hunt Test program under guidelines approved by These have not been easy negotiations. Although the the AKC. The three-prong program consists of an Upland American Kennel Club stresses the importance of its Game (flushing) Test, a Retriever Test, and a Fur Test. Each Performance Events program, Airedalers have found them- test is offered on the Junior, Senior, and Master level. In addi- selves stalemated just when progress was called for. And yet tion, a dog that qualifies in all three segments receives the the dogs continue to hunt while the people talk — with much at Versatile title, also offered on Junior, Senior and Master level. stake for terriers in the future. By 1996, the effort expanded with regional Hunt Tests offered Earliest records in Airedale history suggest the breed was in Michigan, Wisconsin and Kentucky. developed in the mid- to late 1800s from a blend of many And so the groundwork was well-established for the 17th breeds, but most tellingly, a cross between the old English Black Annual Hunting/Working Nationals weekend, which took place and Tan Terrier and the Otterhound. This created a dog that on March 22nd through 24th, 2002, at Buckeye Game Club could win the water rat hunting competitions enjoyed by the near Columbus, Ohio. The 60 Airedales entered represented a Yorkshire farmers who lived along the River Aire. The farmers cross-section of the breed: from champions to obedience and also found these same dogs useful on barnyard vermin and for agility competitors, companions, former rescues, and farm poaching birds from wealthy landholdings. And so the original dogs. function of the Airedale Terrier was to hunt everything that The importance of this gathering wasn’t lost on the own- needed to be hunted. ers, some driving in from as far as Nebraska, New York, By the early 1900’s, dog writers characterized the Airedale • 4 King’s Herald Winter 2003 Wisconsin, Alabama, and Alberta, BC. Among those attend- This year eight Airedales qualified in the Junior Fur Test. ing were six ATCA Board members, including the current and last There were four Senior Fur qualifiers and three Master Fur qual- past president of the Parent Club, reflecting the support the hunt- ifiers.

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