Irish Wolfhound doing a balancing act

Aiax the Irish Wolfhound is balancing on a fallen treetrunk.

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[nikigurl08]

Its a shame they don't breed them to be healthier.

[varghundpunktse]

I hope all breeders aim for better health, I know the one I got Aiax from does. But it takes time to get results since you can't exclude every dog with a problem from breeding, then the gene pool would be to small and we would have other problems. Instead we have to try and make the best combinations we can and slowly breed away from disease but keep a large variety in the genes of the breed.

[crossnsf]

she id dum to do that with that dog if it fell of that log the wrong way there it a good chance it could break a groth plate it is coman in this breed when i bought mine i had to sign an agrement to not let it on the bed or any thing up off the ground

[varghundpunktse]

I firmly believe that if I teach my dogs to have good balance, and make sure they get to exercise so their muscles are strong and fit, then they are much less likely to get injured by running or jumping.

Of course I'm talking of adults and near adults here, not puppies.

I let Aiax do this trick because he was (and is still) well balanced enough to do it, and we of course trained this on logs lying flat on the ground to begin with.

[WADUP4]

Any one can clearly see you love your dogs, so dont listen too what anyone is saying. You look like a great owner and clearly from what you're saying you are very experienced and I completly agree with what you wrote. I agree with you that they are not made of glass and any owner that is scared to let it have abit of adventure, does not deserve to have one! Who knows what thay guy is on about up there haha keep up the great work u obviously care alot for your animals.

[lokotron1]

here is a question to all Irish woldhound lovers. I was given an IW in adoption, as a pop. she is 1 year and a half, and she remained a medium size dog. lets say, she is 30% smaller than a german sheperd bitch. I have observed multiple videos and she has all the characteristics of a IW, only she is dwarf! is this possible?

[Penguinscanfly8467]

where was the dog in the vid? all i saw was a horse

[fenshwey]

Its a massive tree trunk to us, its a match stick to him ^_^

[candidomoreno666]

@varghundpunktse the problem is no one wants to do it right if you make the right combinations it works and every one wants to make their own line and inbbreed

[sarahhh567]

He's a gorgeous IW. How do you pronounce his name?

[thedude44963]

hey people i used to have what i think was a irish wolfhound mixed with something but ive never been able to spot it can anyone help please pm me lol be she was a good dog i will send a pic thanks for your time

[nikigurl08]

@Libbyjokelly Well you certainly are lucky! And its nice to know that not everyone loses their Irish Wolfhound at such a young age! It shows there's hope for the breed to be healthier, we just need to keep these breeds away from puppymills!!

[Libbyjokelly]

@nikigurl08 my irish wolfhound is 7 and a half, if you look in the video I have posted of mine she runs around like a maniac and doesn't have any health problems (except she is allergic to a certain type of grass).

[Libbyjokelly]

once our irish wolfhound got on the counter, we have no idea how, but my mom walked into the kitchen and she was just standing on the counter!