Somebody asked me about the mars combs for my Dale. I totally stupided out. There is no number on them and there is a third one I cannot find.

Guy at the flea market didn’t know the breed but I did. $30 steal!

It's been about a year since the last of our older dales passed. Needed some Airedale craziness in our lives. This one weighs as much as the last two combined already. Very sweet pup cuddly and sensitive for an Airedale. Mad the guitar was getting too much attention so helped herself up.

Hobbies include pretending she didn't hear her name, very gently and carefully sneaking things off the counter to destroy, gently playing with a kitten who weighs as much as her paw, lap time and belly rubs, and sounding like a horse is galloping through the house.

I’ve got a great local purveyor who sources amazing meats from nearby small producers. I got an order of chicken necks, backs, and feet to make stock, and added the hearts and livers for Stella and Franklin.

I roast them up and add a few morsels to their meals.

(Yakitori chicken hearts are delicious.)

Hello, we have a lovely one-year-old Airedale boy, and he makes us smile and laugh everyday! We love him so much!

However Airedales are a bit more rare in our country, and we have a hard time finding people who can give us breed specific advise.

Our lovely boy has a tendency to scratch, and we cannot really figure out why... Our vet says it doesn't look like allergies, but that we could try to track what he eats, but we see no pattern. He mostly scratches around his ears and nibs at the root of his tail. We have also seen some scratch markings in 'groin' and 'armpit' areas (sorry, I don't know if these are the names), but perhaps we just notice them here more because the coat is thinner? It's not at all all the time, but I think I also just noticed it and then now I focus on it a lot. He doesn't seem to be bothered at all, but we want to make sure he is okay.

So now I started to wonder, if it could be because we are not doing the right thing with his coat? We rack the underwool with the tools recommend by people in the Airedale community, but could it still be too dense and therefore trap moisture leading to skin infections? We have tried talking to groomers in our area, but they don't have experience with Airedales and don'tknow exactly what to do.

We are going to the vet today (for his vaccinations), but perhaps we can get some more views on what could be the problem, then we can discuss it with the vet too :)

In advance, thank you for advise!

What specific brushes are best for an Airdale's coat? I'm having trouble keeping the undercoat under the wiry coat untangled. Like, around the rump and outside portions of the back legs.