Pupsicles
During one of our regular visits to the Montgomery County show, in Pennsylvania, a fine upstanding dog caught our eye. That dog was Am Ch. Highpoint’s Dakota (left)and we decided we would like to use him to introduce new blood to our lines. We attempted this by bringing frozen semen from ‘Dakota’ to England to produce puppies by artificial insemination. This would prove to be the first time this had been acheived in Airedale Terriers in the UK.

We applied to the English Kennel Club for prior permission as required, and permission was duly granted to inseminate two bitches; Shadlian Uessay(below) and Shadlian Tiga. Sally (Shadlian Uessay) was the first bitch in season and on the 10th May 1999 she gave birth to 5 PUPSICLES, three girls and two boys.

Of these pupsicles:-
‘Cece ‘ (Shadlian High Tea) went to the USA to begin a show career with Dick Leslie (Highpoint) who co-owned Cece’s father Highpoint’s Dakota. Her little brothers and sisters remained in England. Webster (Shadlian Aimin’ High for Daedal),see below, went to Rodney and Isobel Eastall and enjoyed a very successful show career over a number of years.

In July 1999 eight pupsicles were born to Shadlian Tiga(above). Three boys and five girls.

Of these pupsicles:-
Katie (Shadlian Safarian Ms Brown),see right, went to the USA to begin a show career with co-owner of Highpoint’s Dakota, Diana Dozier, and lives in Seattle with her co-owner Abbe Stashower. She became a Champion with 3 majors during 2001.