We are planning Airedale Terrier puppies in spring 2024!

Please note that we breed working-line Airedale Terriers and thus we are looking for active owners who preferably want to do dog sports with their dog. Active and loving family homes that are looking for a puppy with a healthy mentality and a sound exterior are also very welcome. In every litter, we will find puppies with different kinds of temperament and mentality, and by getting to know our pups and by doing puppy tests on them we will match the puppies with the right owners. 

The dam of the litter will be the wonderfully kind workaholic Nani. She possesses all the qualities we are searching for, and more. She is the perfect family dog being friendly to all people and other dogs. She truly loves children and would like to be around them all the time. Even though she is always ready to work or run after a ball, she also possesses the important “on/off-button” being able to calm completely down when she is not working. She is a delight to take wherever, whether it is on the bus, to a café, or for a barbeque at the neighbor’s. Take her skiing, bicycling, walking in the mountains, or for a run – she’s up to whatever. In working she has great concentration and is able to hold her focus over a long time. She has a great food drive and goes thru fire and ice for a good tug fight. In a very short time, she has accomplished a lot in regard to dog sports, and easily got her rally obedience class 1, 2, and 3 titles and diplomas, and will begin competing in the elite class. She has also started obedience trials and trains Nosework/Smeller.

She is a very healthy dog and has never had any health concerns. She is a female on the higher end measure in at 61-62 cm, but she is also quite athletic being 23 kg. She is no show dog prospect having the typical working line exterior being a little longer in the back and having a bit rounder croup than the typical show dog standard. All in all, she has every quality we are searching for in a dog and is an obvious choice for continuing our line of family dogs and working dogs combined. 

The sire of this litter will be published later, but feel free to contact us if you want to know more sooner. 

 

If you think that you would fulfill our REQUIREMENTS FOR PUPPY BUYERS at the bottom of this page you are more than welcome to contact us.

We recommend that you contact us early in order to be placed on our waiting list. Puppy buyers who are planning long ahead and shows persistence in their search are highly appreciated and thus have a higher chance of being accepted as a buyer of one of our pups.

INFORMATION WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO ANSWER WHEN CONTACTING US

♦ Who are you? Where do you live, what is your life situation, what do you do for a living, etc?

♦ What is your experience with dogs in the past? Have you had a dog before, do you have a dog now, have you practiced any kind of dog sports before, etc?

♦ What is the reason you want an Airedale Terrier/Rhodesian Ridgeback and what ambitions do you have with the dog? Do you want to train and compete in some dog sports? Going to confirmation shows? Or do you mainly want a companion dog?

♦ How do you solve the puppy period in regard to the puppy should not be left home alone for longer periods the first half year or more? Do you have the opportunity to take the dog to work or in a car, family or friends who look after it, etc.?

♦ Do you have any experience with trimming coats from the past (Airedale Terrier), and how do you plan to solve this? Do you want to trim the dog yourself, or do you have a plan for sending it to trim with others?

OMPLASSERING
Iblant finnes det unge og eldre hunder til omplassering hos oss, og hos andre kennler.
Kontakt oss dersom du ønsker å vurdere en omplasseringshund fremfor en valp!

AIREDALE TERRIER:
Look here for more information about our F-litter HERE. This is the last litter of our wonderful Isi.

RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK:  
We are expecting our next litter in the end of July 2017, look HERE for more information about our G-litter. This will be the first litter of our princess Ninja. 

If you are interested in more information, would ask to be placed on our waiting list, and think that you would fulfill our REQUIREMENTS FOR PUPPY BUYERS below, you are welcome to contact us. 

 OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR PUPPY BUYERS

It is very important to us that we know that our puppies will have a good, active, and permanent home in their new families. We believe that an active dog is a happy dog, so we expect that our puppy buyers understand that the dog will need mental and physical stimulation throughout its life. We expect you to understand that you have to put time and work into your puppy and young dog to get a well-behaved and balanced adult dog and understand that the dog needs rules as well as positive learning. Our puppies could by many be perceived as very active in the first years, but with the right training, the puppies will be easy dogs with humor and great attitude even in adulthood. 

We want to ensure that our puppies come to a caring and loving home and who will keep in touch with us on a regular basis throughout the dog’s life. We expect our puppy buyers to use time and energy to follow up on their dog’s versatility and strength, take care of them, and give them everything they need such as time and love, veterinary care, quality food, physical and mental training, attend puppy courses and further training. It is very important that our buyers have thought long and well about the responsibility it is to own and care for a dog. We expect that you set aside time for your puppy in the beginning. Before being left home alone for long periods, the puppy should become known in its new home, be houseclean, and feel safe. You must have the opportunity to take a holiday or to have the opportunity to have your puppy with you at work (in the office, in the car, etc) in the beginning. For the next few months, the puppy should not be alone for a long time and you need to find solutions for this if you can’t stay home or bring the puppy to work.

The puppy must be socialized and trained so that it will learn to work as a family dog, and the owners must learn to handle the working capacity and self-assuredness in the dog. We demand that the new owners attend puppy classes and preferably advanced courses with the dog. This is the most important investment one can do when having a puppy and young dog and it will give socialization with other dogs and people. It gives an excellent and important starting point for a good working relationship and happy everyday life.

You must be able to give your dog quality food, veterinary care when needed, vaccination, and insurance. We require that you give your dog a good and loving home, where it becomes a part of the family. We do not sell puppies to homes where they need to stay outside or in kennels. We also require your dog to bee HD and ED x-rayed between 12 and 20 months. We also require that you attend a dog mentality assessment when the dog is 16-24 months old.

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM US?

Our breeding plans are planned based on long-term goals and thoughts, and we only breed combinations and individuals we believe would give the types of dog we will own ourselves.  Mentality and health is our main concern, and we would never compromise. We believe that a dog with good nerves who could handle every situation being presented to it during working, hunting, or everyday life, also would be the perfect companion and family dog. They should be their family’s pride and joy, the protector of the house, and the best friend of their owners and family.

Different quality assessments are used as a base for our breeding program: mentality assessments, working trials, exterior judgments (shows), and health controls recommended within the breeds. We want to preserve and strengthen the good qualities and improve what could be better. We don’t strive after breeding show champions, but our main focus is on mentality and health. We put the bar high concerning what qualities we feel fit for breeding. We want to see “Wayosies” happy and with loads of self-esteem, dignity, and attitude, unafraid and playful, moderate guarding instincts, and with a willingness to cooperate and please their leader. 

Our puppies are raised in the family. The puppies are raised inside our house and are disposed of all the sounds, smells, and impressions from a normal home. We also take our puppies in the car daily when they turn 6 weeks old, visit other places, and let them get to know other environments than our home. We have many visitors as the puppies grow up so that the puppies are social and comfortable around people. They are handled a lot by us and learn that it’s OK to be turned on their back, picked up, have their claws cut, etc. They will also meet children and other dogs. We play a lot with the puppies, giving them an interest in playing, grabbing, and fetching. This would give the new owners a good start regarding obedience training, and also in a hunting situation where the dog has learned at an early stage that it is fun to retrieve. So many important lessons are learned at this age, and we do our utmost to give the puppy the best start in life before going to their new homes. The work the breeder does in this period is extremely important for your puppy and its further life. We do our best to give your puppy the very best start in life before it arrives at its new home.

We do our utmost to make sure the combination of parent dogs is a good one, and that the parent dogs are found to be as healthy as can be at the time of mating. We have searched the pedigrees and found the combination to be a good choice and we are doing the combination because we have high hopes it would give us healthy dogs, wrapped in a healthy body structure and with a healthy mentality on top. However, as we, unfortunately, have no control over the many genes that are involved in the process of building every single individual, we can not make guarantees that the dog will live a long and healthy life. Off course it is our goal, but everyone with knowledge of how nature works knows that making a new life always will have some risks, whether it is with animals or humans. As with humans, dogs can be affected by several health issues such as different types of cancer, allergies, locomotive disorders, immune disorders, disorders in the heart, different kinds of eye disorders, etc. Some issues are genetic, some are environmental, and some are a combination of both. Before planning a litter we make sure the parents are tested for whatever is possible to test for within the breed, and our puppy buyers could trust us when we say we are doing the mating with a clear conscience and a belief it will be a success. Still, in the end, only nature can tell what the result will be. We are glad to say that we have been quite lucky with our offspring, and even though some individuals have encountered health issues, the vast majority are living long and healthy lives. 

We breed carefully and always follow the Norwegian Kennel Club’s ethical ground rules for breeding.

When you buy a puppy from us you always get:

  • Pedigree and registration papers from the Norwegian Kennel Club (FCI member club)
  • Purchase contract
  • Wayosi puppy pamphlet (in Norwegian) with information and valuable tips for caring for your puppy and grown-up dog.
  • The puppy has been dewormed and vaccinated according to the recommendations, has gotten an identification mark with a chip, and has a valid health certificate.
  • Food for the first few days at home and a blanket with the smell of the mother and litter siblings
  • Life-long support from us with access to our closed kennel group on Facebook.

We write in our purchase contract that we require the dog to have HD and ED-x-rays when it is between 12-24 months, and that you set aside time when the dog is 16-24 months old to attend dog mentality assessment (MH) or behavior and personality test (BPH). It is important for us as breeders that you follow the requirements, as this is a measure of how the combination has turned out and it gives us a view to further breeding plans. In addition, you as an owner will have great value to see how your dog handles different situations presented to it and learn more about the mentality that your dog possesses.