Rescue & Adoption
Our Rescue and Adoption Committee was formed in 1987 under the leadership of Lou Swafford, its Chair for many years. Today it is chaired by Pamela McKusick, (Email) who is also the Airedale Terrier Club of America Rescue Coordinator and primary contact for Maryland and the District of Columbia. She collaborates with the ATCA Coordinators and Volunteers in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and the Delaware Valley. Our volunteers also work with the ATCA Rescue program, which covers all of the United States.
Many members of the ATCMW generously support this program through their donations.
Airedales available for adoption or fostering will be posted to this page. Please stop back often.
Newly adopted Airedale in his new home.
He's so happy!
Please consider a donation to our Rescue & Adoption efforts.
Airedale Rescue and Adoption Service, Inc. is a 501(c)3 charitable organization, and your donation is deductible for Federal tax purposes to the extent allowed by law.
Adoption Application ( (print) (complete on-line)
Fostering Application (link coming soon)
If you wish to make a donation by check, please make it payable to Airedale Rescue and Adoption Service, Inc. and mail it to:
Jeanne Esmond
726 Lions Pride
Herndon, VA 20170
For donations in memory of, please complete this form before clicking on the donate button.
For information about Airedale Rescue programs, please call
Pamela McKusick at 410-730-3144 or Jeanne Esmond at 703-826-3738.