Memorials & Tributes
Below is a list of memorial and tribute donations made to National Airedale Rescue along with special stories for some of them. The first few listed by year include all the donors for that year along with links to any special stories. You can also search for a special story using the filter. If you would like to have your memorial or tribute listed, click here for instructions.
Donations to the June Dutcher Airedale Memorial also benefit the ATCA Rescue Committee and National Airedale Rescue. Click here to learn more about this memorial.
There are also two additional links to remembrances on other memorial sites that support Airedale rescue.
Use the filter below to search for a particular memorial or tribute. Type what you are searching for, then press the "enter" key.
Colbaire Reis-Pedersen
In very fond memory of Colbaire much loved by Miriam and Pat. Colbaire was fostered by us for two years while we waited for the right home. He was an 8 out of 10 on the shyness scale so was not right for the average adopter. We fell in love with Colbaire but then Miriam and Pat said they were ready for dog number two. About two to three years previously they has adopted Gwyneth, a youngster from us that was a 9.9 out of 10 on the shyness scale. The work they did with her was fabulous so we knew they knew how to bring the best from Colbaire. What a wonderful match. Colbaire and Gwyneth were regulars at the Airedale Holiday stroll and among the best behaved.
We grieve along with Miriam and Pat and wish them the best.
Cookie was a huge part of our family and we miss her every day.
Ken and Karyn
Donations to the ATCA Rescue & Adoption Committee
in Memory of David Nevin
- Michael Edmiston - In prayerful memory of David Nevin April 6 2006.
- Susan & Philip Heinz
- George E. Booth Co., Inc
- Linda & Kermit Ball
- Mark & Anne Keeton - In fond memory of Mr. David Nevin of Nevinaire Airedales. David was a fine & honorable man & he and his wife, Pam, gave us the most wonderful furry friend a heart could wish for.
- Joanne Greenwood
- Melanie & Dale Hanson
- Nathalie Martine
- Jane Levee & Don Gillem
- Alan & Donna Marsh
- Aaron & Tracey Brown
- Rick, Angie, Andrea & Michael Ryan
- Elisa Dodds
- Diane & John Turba
- Judith Schulte
- John & Donna Light
- Sheila & Donald Mores
- ORVATC
- The Rock Carvers
- William Westhaus
- Hyde Park Electronics, LLC
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Cooper Hill
Cooper came to us in October of 2016 from Oklahoma Airedale Rescue. He was a "ranch dog" but decided immediately that he liked the comforts of a house much much better. He was very sweet and loved to be petted and talked to. He even liked the attention at the vet's office.:) We lost him on August 3, 2020; and he is truly missed. Ruth Ellen Hill
Duchess Fyvolent
I've had several dogs throughout my life but none as sweet and goofy and loyal and goodnatured as sweet Duchess. We rescued her just over three years ago and we've always been confounded by the thought that someone abandoned her. The worst of our imagination suggests that she was just used as a dog for breeding purposes and then let go when she outlived her usefulness to the breeder. We watched as the shelter came close to giving her away to a family with young children who were trying to ride her as they first encountered her in the petting area. We've experienced nothing but pure joy from every moment she was in our house. In three years, she never so much as growled at anyone. In the morning, when she was hungry, Brittany would prepare her breakfast but she would wait for me at the top of the stairs, worried about me until I could join her. When a dog trainer with two large German Shepherds, allowed his dogs to greet me in a training area, Duchess ran between and bumped both dogs from their path, making sure that I wasn't in harms way. She was defiant but never acted with any hint of aggression. She wasn't overly affectionate, a true aloof Airedale. You had to earn her love. She allowed herself belly rubs, and sometimes when I would stop, she would scratch her paw at me for more. It was a little glimpse into her soul, as if an involuntary confession that revealed her true gentle spirit and her appreciation for the attention. If I rubbed her ear just the right way, she let out a soft moan and her eyes would slowly close and the moan almost always turned into a snore.
I heard that little snore for the last time last night. She died right in front of me today at the vet, on National Dog Day. An unexplained reaction to the vet taking a biopsy of a cyst. Our hearts are truly broken tonight but our lives were forever changed by her and we truly treasure the years we had with her. She traveled with us to the mountains, to the snow, to the desert, to vineyards and to beaches. I can't speak to her life before she met us, but I know this dog had the best three years any dog could possibly have.
August 26, 2018
Robert Fyvolent
