Welcome!

This site is dedicated to the Irish Wolfhound,
the world's tallest breed of dog

Trooping the Colour
Kardorama Postcard

I am in the process of making this site as comprehensive as possible; covering the attributes and characteristics of the Irish wolfhound; its care, including nutrition, exercise, and training; its health and the major disorders to be found in the breed, and how best to deal with them particularly with regard to alternative therapies, which are my special interest.

If you want to search the site for something specific, this can be done through Google. Go to www.google.com and click on Advanced Search, then enter your search criteria in the relevant boxes and put irishwolfhounds.org in the Domain box, then click Google Search.

The most recent additons to the site are updates on vaccination and on the Regimental Mascots pages, plus details of the Kennel Club Registrations for the period of the First World War.

At present I am working on the history of the breed in as much detail as possible, covering the legends and myths of the far distant past but paying much more attention to the more recent past, from the time of Captain Graham and the resuscitation of the breed to the late 1970s, and including some details of the care, kennelling, and feeding of those early hounds, and how the Irish wolfhound was described in early publications, including books and periodicals from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. There is a long list of publications included in this section, beginning with one from 1811, and some of which are extremely rare.
I am including separate pages on all the major kennels in the U.K. and the latest additions are Eaglescrag, Cotswold and Bournstream. I am also making major changes and additions to some of the other kennel pages, so far having completed Raikeshill, Boroughbury and Ouborough. As with the rest of the site, the kennel pages are changing as I come across more information or pictures.

There is a detailed index of what is available in this area on the history page, and also on the Site Guide, both of which can be located from the column to the left.

For quite a few years now we have had rescue hounds and at present have a seven year old bitch, Ruby, who came to us in early October 2003.

Ruby early summer, 2004

There are links to many sites of interest given on each page and, in some cases, under each subject. There is also a page of links to other Irish wolfhound and Sighthound sites, but if you scroll further down this page you will find ways of discovering more on some Webrings.
A full list of the subjects contained on this site can be found on the Site Guide.