ʻO ka hui ʻana o ka hound a me ka terrier i hoʻoluliluli iki i ke ʻano o ka Airedale. Paʻa loa lākou, akā maikaʻi lākou me nā ʻīlio ʻē aʻe ma mua o nā ʻano terrier ʻē aʻe. Hoʻopili maikaʻi ʻo Airedale me nā holoholona i ulu pū me ia a maʻamau e launa pū me nā keiki, ʻoiai hiki ke kani no nā keiki liʻiliʻi.
I ka wā mua, pale nā Airedale terriers i nā malihini, no laila pono lākou e aʻo a aʻo ʻia i nā poʻe mai ka wā kamaliʻi. He mau ʻīlio naʻauao loa lākou, akā paʻakikī iki a kūʻokoʻa. Mai ka wā kamaliʻi, pono lākou i ka lima paʻa akā mālie. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻīlio o kēia ʻano ʻaʻole makemake lākou i ka ʻili, akā ma muli o ko lākou kumu terrier, makemake nui lākou i ka ʻeli a me ka nau. No ka hauʻoli piha, pono lākou e kamaʻilio me nā kānaka.