Airedale Terrier Moment of Birth
Airedale Terrier Moment of Birth
Last pup at 11:50pm. Annie, the San Diego Airedale Terrier is proud Mom of nine!
Airedale Terrier birth
Airedale Terrier newborn puppies
Airedale Terrier puppies are born with their eyes shut, I understand that they open them in about two weeks after birth. Also, when they are born they cannot hear, their hearing develops in about two weeks.
Airedale Terrier Moment of Birth
Luckily, their sense of smell is very acute. They can smell their mom and their mom’s milk as soon as the mom enters the enclosure. Now, they can’t really walk yet, so they drag themselves around trying to reach one of mom’s feeding stations.
They feed for about a half an hour to 90 minutes and then start to fall back to sleep. The whole cycle repeats itself about every 2 to 3 hours. Also, they do whimper, but no barking yet.
San Diego Airedale Terrier
Airedale Info from: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The Airedale Terrier (often shortened to “Airedale”), also called Bingley Terrier and Waterside Terrier, is a dog breed of the terrier type that originated in the valley (dale) of the River Aire, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is traditionally called the “King of Terriers” because it is the largest of the terrier breeds. The Airedale was bred from the Old English Black and Tan Terrier (now known as the Welsh Terrier), the Bull Terrier, the Otterhound and probably some other Terrier breeds, originally to serve as a versatile hunting and all around working farm dog. In Britain this breed has also been used as a war dog, guide dog and police dog. In the United States, this breed has been used to hunt big game, upland birds, and water fowl, and serve in many other working capacities.
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