5/02/2006 - 10/16/16

Our Stella was an old soul.  Her beautiful brown eyes reflected love, patience and wisdom.  She was convinced that everyone who met her loved her.  And they did.  

Stella worked for a living.  She patrolled her big back yard for squirrels and critters in the wood pile.  She took her job seriously and rarely missed a day.  She loved digging craters in the yard, burying bones, riding in the car, the beach, roaming dog parks, and her boyfriend, Tipton, a standard champaign poodle.  

Stella had a cat named Jessie who misses her terribly.  They were pals through and through.  

Our big girl injured her back after launching herself off the deck in pursuit of squirrels.  She went to rest in our arms at home on her favorite bed, surrounded by candles, her cat, her newest bone and all her toys.  

We are heartbroken. 

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Our dear Miss Sadie crossed the rainbow bridge yesterday. She gave us 11 wonderful years. Going to miss her head tilt, nuzzling and all her wonderful Airedale traits. Thank you Connie Turner for entrusting us with her care.  — with  Dwight Motz .

Dear Connie,

We adopted Lulu from NWAR back in 2006. You coordinated the adoption for us, and we were so blessed to be able to adopt Lulu. She was just about 1 1/2 at the time, and was scared and timid. In time she opened up and became our girl. She was a member of our family, and brought every single one of us great joy. Lulu succumbed to cancer on 8/31/16. Even at the end, she was our darling, lovable bear. We are heartbroken, and will always be grateful to you & NWAR for allowing Lulu into our home. She was an angel.

Sincerely
Marianne & Bill Tucker
Carmel CA

My Sadie lost her struggle to Cancer yesterday. I had to take her and put
her down as she became so emaciated and weak. She was diagnosed with
lymphosarcoma in January and she had been taking prednisone and tramadol for
the last 3 1/2 months. The medication kept her comfortable and we got to
extend her quality of life a little while longer as she continued to chase a
ball, but wore out pretty fast. I wanted to thank you for allowing us to adopt her. She was the best
Airedale I have ever owned. I know she got off to a pretty rocky start on
Mercer Island, but she was really never any problem for us. My Boys Matthew
and Daniel loved her very much. My wife cried very hard last night as she
told me that when she moved here from Japan; "Sadie was the only friend she
had besides me" She truly had a blessed life with us and my neighbor Bob daily would sneak
over and throw tennis balls for her. She would have been 10 this July; oh
how we wished all dogs had longer lives. Today I feel like I lost my best
friend, but it was an honor to be her master.

I have provided her picture for your remembrance page.

Thank you again.

Very Respectfully,

Tim Stewart

My Emma came to me in September, 2009.  We first met in the darkened parking lot of the Motel 6, in Eugene, Oregon. 

Emma had been tied to a tree for 5 months before being rescued.  She was only 15 moths old when I adopted her so you can imagine the trauma this little one had been thru.

Emma had the cutest smile that showed up when she was happy.  Her whole body would wiggle into that smile.

Emma loved lakes, mud, streams, anything with water.  She also loved Roy (her rescued brother) and me. 

Her favorite song was Happy Birthday.  Emma and Roy would sing along at every opportunity. 

Just about the only thing that Emma did not like was having her photo taken.  She was so camera shy. 

Emma passed away on February 21, 2016, it was a Sunday morning.  She died at home, on her bed and in my arms. 

Emma was loved and is dearly missed.  She was one of the best.

Pauletta Smith