Havapoo puppies and dogs in Wilmington, North Carolina

History / Why Ellie needs a new home Ellie came to the Airedale Rescue Group in February 2026 with a 2 year old Airedale as a ‘bonded pair’. After placement, the Airedale was found to be seriously ill along with significant trauma. Ellie has much affection, intelligence, and high energy along with usual puppy traits of: a lack of boundary training, need for attention, and dominant puppy behavior. After 6 weeks of placement time, the ARG brought in a professional dog trainer. As suspected by the Airedale's dad, the trainer confirmed the two dogs were not a ‘bonded pair’. The trainer provided a professional opinion about Ellie’s behavior, future training advice, and the household dynamics considering the Airedale’s illness and recovery. Unfortunately, Ellie’s personality and behaviors are not compatible for 1) the Airedale’s continuing treatment and recovery, and 2) the amount of time needed and available for training after providing for the Airedale’s care. If the Airedale was not ill, then Ellie could have stayed but considering what is best for both dogs, the decision was made for Ellie to have a new foster household and find a new home. Personality She is a very sweet girl with lots of affection and very smart. She loves new people. She is food and attention motivated. She has an incredible amount of energy. If you think Airedale’s do lots of zoomies, wait until you see her! She is very smart, curious and easily distracted -- like a usual one year old puppy. She wants lots of attention and affection. She can be like “velcro” around you. She is crate and house trained. She is working on not pulling on the leash. She does an anxiety/submissive pee. She goes into her crate willingly and on her own to take naps. She will whine and scratch if you are later than she thinks, or if she wants out. Sometimes the whining rises to frustrated barks. It does not appear to be separation anxiety; just that she wants out. She knows some basic commands, like “sit”, “come” “in your crate”. She picks up on what you are asking very quickly, however, she does have her own opinions about whether she feels like doing what you are asking. She has a particular look and you can see she is assessing the situation. She usually can not resist a treat though. She likes to carry her toys in her mouth though she has difficulty dropping the toy to take a treat. She is very observant and interprets eye-contact as attention confirmation. She is a busy-bee and checking out everything with the usual puppy attention span, including all bags in the house and all things in the yard. She does remember and though distracted, she often returns to what she was doing. She does multiple zoomies and makes zoomie loops past the neighbor yorkies as a game to get them to bark and chase her along the fence in the back yard. She is working on not pulling on leashed walks, and on not rushing the door. She is doing well with these, she just needs some patience and consistency in training guidance. She wants lots of attention and can be dominant in her ‘ín-between’ positioning for attention, pushing her way next to the person to create separation from the other dog. Her other tactic is to start nipping the other dog to get them to leave then she tries to get the attention from the person. She is curious about everything, impulsive with mouthing the objects and often likes to make them into her toys. So things around the house need to be put up and out of her reach until she outgrows this stage. If she is bored, she will find things to entertain herself (and likely not things you would approve of). That behavior can rise to a destructive level so she shouldnt be unsupervised more than 5 minutes. (Yes, that time was tested so exceed it at your own discretion) She will usually come when called but not always, so can not yet be loose in an unenclosed space. It is believed that with obediance training and consistent reinforcement, she will grow out of all these puppy behaviors. COHABITATION With people: She is everyone’s friend as long as they actively give her attention, then she is on to the next person. Sometimes she does a submission pee when meeting new people. She does jump up on new people and if allowed, she will crawl into your lap with lots of licking and even up to your face with paws on your shouldes! Because of her size and present behavior, she should not live with elderly, fragile, or mobility-challenged folks, or with small kids who might dislike her occasional jumping. There was a 9 month baby (who was used to dogs) at the house that Ellie licked but then started to lightly nip at the baby's fingers, so living with a baby also needs further careful evaluation. Ideally, she requires a household where someone understands the doodle personality and intelligence. She needs to be able to exercise between one and two hours a day for her energy level. She needs boundary training and more obedience training. With dogs: Ellie seems to do well with dogs. She likes to play running chase type games. She also does the typical puppy dominance so needs more socialization and an older dog to teach her ‘dog rules’. A friend’s dog came and stayed for several days, and there were no major conflicts. With cats: Uncertain. She has a very strong prey drive as seen with rabitts. She has seen the neighbor cat through the fence and wasvery excited. Medical: Up to date on all vaccines. No medical issues to date. Current on flea/tick and heartworm preventive medications. She now has a chip. No food allergies seen and presently eating Blue Buffalo Chicken and brown rice adult formula. Summary Overall, Ellie is a super sweet, and loving, intelligent, athletic dog. She thrives on knowing there is someone special dedicated to her and playing with her.