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The Irish Wolfhound is a breed of large sighthound that has, by its presence and substantial size, inspired literature, poetry and mythology. [3] [4] [5] One of the largest of all breeds of dog, the breed is used by coursing hunters who have prized it for its ability to dispatch game caught by other, swifter sighthounds.
Chicken the Irish Wolfhound is a young dog who spends his days with him mom at the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston, where ...
Dogs are not designed for that. Especially not Irish Wolfhounds. All About the Irish Wolfhound. Irish Wolfhounds are among the tallest of the dog breeds. Some legends about these creatures trace ...
Chicken is a two-year-old Irish Wolfhound, and like most members of her breed, she’s positively massive. Her adventures are chronicled on the social media feed aptly named @ginormousdog.
Gelert by Charles Burton Barber (c.1894). Gelert (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɡɛlɛrt]) is a legendary hound in a Welsh folk-tale.He is associated with the village of Beddgelert in Gwynedd in north-west Wales, the name of which was formerly believed to mean "Gelert's grave". [1]
A giant dog breed is a breed of dog of gigantic proportions, sometimes described as a breed whose weight exceeds 45 kilograms (100 lb). [1] Breeds sometimes described as giant breeds include the English Mastiff, Great Dane, Newfoundland, St. Bernard and Irish Wolfhound. [2]
Irish wolfhounds are large dogs that can grow to be over 100 pounds. They tend to be affectionate with family members and can be well-behaved around young children and other dogs, according to the ...
Captain George Augustus Graham (6 August 1833 – 21 October 1909) was a British Army officer, historian and dog breeder. He is best known for reviving the Irish Wolfhound from extinction and establishing the modern breed standard. [1] All present-day Irish Wolfhounds are descended from his wolfhounds, bred between 1863 and 1885. [2]