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from Alley Cat Scratch
These link are what I feel are some of the best sites for Irish
Wolfhound information,
resources, pictures and/or detailed link pages. While these links all feature our Gentle Giants,
they do not do not cover all Irish Wolfhound resources
on the web. These are from all over the world and they are just a start
for you. There are
hours of exploring here and in the links from the sites. |
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Rescue Links
| Irish Wolfhound
Rescue Trust - West Coast
| These are the wonderful folk though whom I adopted my first
wolfhounds. |
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| Irish Wolfhound Rescue
contacts
| US and Canada (IWCA list) |
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| Bark Bytes' Irish
Wolfhound Rescue links |
| Irish Wolfhound Internet Trust
- All over the world
| This will help you locate Irish Wolfhound Rescue organizations all
over the world. Monies also go to research health issues. |
| Also contains information on how to join the various discussion list for these
gentle giants. |
| Get IW greeting cards and sculptures while helping support a very
worthy cause! |
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| Why rescue trust organizations first??? Take a guess? These
gentle giants should not be adopted into your home without great thought and
YOU understanding YOUR commitment to them. They are lovable, but they
do take dedication. Many of the links below will go into details
about determining if the breed is right for you. Take the time
to study up. |
National Clubs
| Irish Wolfhound Club of America
| Almost everything you want to know about the dogs, except how to get
them to quit thinking that they're really lap dogs. |
| Very in depth sets of links from organizations to health to regional
groups.. |
| Great merchandise in their e-store. Many things exclusive to the
club. |
| More IW rescue info here. |
| Irish Wolfhound Association of the
West Coast
| my local group |
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| Irish Wolfhound Clubs of
Australia
| Joint site for Irish Wolfhound Clubs of New South Wales, Victoria,
Queensland, and Western Australia.
| Memberships include New Zealand, South Africa and the United States of
America. |
| Includes member pages as well. |
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| Good place to start looking for
hounds down under. |
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| Irish Wolfhound Club of Canada
| Lots of info on IW, some heart melting photos, rescue info, a number
of health links. |
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*Hint* for viewing the links above: Many use frames. If you
follow their links, you build up frames within frames. Pick the link you
want to follow. Right click on your mouse. Select 'Open in New
Window'.
More Wolfie Links to explore
While I check these links fairly often, given that a lot of these are personal,
not all internal links will be working all the time, but they're well worth
checking out. These site have numerous links to further explore the Irish Wolfhound.
| Irish Wolfhound Web
Ring |
| Another
Irish
Wolfhound Web Ring
| Check out the sites! Many wolfie pictures. |
| Also checkout out the
Site
Hound Web Ring, especially if you've trying to find folks in
your country and they're not included the in the club list above.
Sometimes wolfies don't have their own separate club. |
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| AKC's Wolfhound
page
| Lists the base standard and general contact information. |
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| Irish Wolfhound
Discussion Group
| Home page for one of the main discussion lists on IWs. Large
FAQ. Lots of information. |
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| Red Branch Irish
Wolfhounds
| This award winning site has one of the best histories
of the IW that I found on the web. |
| Many, many links of organizations and people.
| Link pages and plain old snail address for organizations.
Very comprehensive. |
| Many Celtic history links. |
| Go to Read Branch's main pages for much more Irish information.. |
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| The Irish Wolfhound
| This European site dedicated to the image and the soul of the Irish
Wolfhound. This is the most comprehensive site I've seen that
honors the image of the wolfhound .
| They document IW books, stamps, coins, statuary, images, poems,
artwork, clubs, etc. |
| Want IW wallpaper for your computer??? They've got
information on how to get a wide selection. |
| Poetry includes the wonderful "Rainbow Bridge" . |
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| Irish Wolfhounds.org
| Very comprehensive site |
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| The Wolfhound Connection
| Large site with lots of wolfhound documentation, everything from of
photos to a stamp collection. Lots of fun things to explore with their
hounds. |
| The site is in both German and English. |
| They have a shop regular cards and a utility to build and send e-cards |
| The unique thing about this site is all of the web art -- backgrounds,
buttons, lines, etc. Wonderful Irish Wolfhound collection as well as
general Celtic and much more.
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| Also has some sub web site for more pics and fun. Fun puppy shots!
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| SUNSTAG Irish Wolfhounds & Southern California Irish Wolfhound
Fanciers Association (SCIWFA)
| This site has lots of wolfie pictures. Dixie has documented her
IW family tree in great detail. There are fun photos and many
young puppy pictures. Calendar includes lure coursing. |
| The SCIWFA club covers the southern most California counties - San
Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego and Southern Orange. |
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| Irish Wolfhound
Homepage - Hoflin & 'Dogs Online'
| 'Irish Wolfhound Museum' with free championship listings. |
| Classic Wolfhound pictures for sale |
| All kinds of links, both IW and other breads |
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| Tullaghan's Irish
Wolfhounds - in German and English
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| Torteval
Irish Wolfhounds
| Humorous site of a group of Channel Islands Wolfhounds
| requires Java script enabled but follow the links to the wonderful
pictures |
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| Site has a collection of features including:
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| Their Humor pages are not to be missed, start with
The Job
Centre and follow-up with sports and leisure. Be sure to click on
the links for the pictures that go with the stories. |
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| Really Irish Wolfhounds
- Czech Republic
| Nice write-up of their family and a unique collection of links of other
wollfie sites including central Europe. |
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| Hounds of Heaven
| Wonderful diary of puppies week by week from birth, including a weight
chart showing the fluffy bundles practically grown every time they stretch! |
| Articles include "dogs used in psychotherapy" |
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| Friends of the
Irish Wolfhounds - Italy - The Clan
| Follow the saga of a large litter being born. Many pictures. |
| Extra artwork is found though their homepage. |
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| Cearbhaill Irish Wolfhounds
| Two rescued hounds |
| Also check their 'table of contents' for more info. |
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| Irish Wolfhound Page -
In German
| Both art and cameo shots of their dogs, including the "black" Irish
Wolfhounds |
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| The Irish Wolfhound International
Magazine
| European magazine that covers shows, kennels and stores of interest from
all over the world. |
| All so check out: Tir na Nog in
German and English |
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| Wolfhound
Friends - in German and French
| Hoards of pictures of the dogs - great fun, many dogs.
| More to look at than read so the language difference does not matter. |
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| Great Flash photo album of Wolfhounds romping though the countryside.
| Takes quite a while to load over phone lines, but well worth the
wait. . |
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| Site also has a fine collection of Irish Wolfhound stamps (sonstieges)
and sketches (bilden). |
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| etc. |
Search www.yahoo.com for much more on
"Irish Wolfhounds". I found way over 7000 links.
| There are numerous companies that have all dog breed
merchandise. They print up everything from t-shirts to bumper
stickers; they make key chains to statues from needle point to stamps .
| To support the various IW organizations, check their merchandise
first. |
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Note: If you've got other good links on Irish Wolfhounds, please
write me. I'll be glad to add them.
Non-Wolfie Links I wanted here
Irish Costuming - Primer for Irish Wolfhound owners
(Lots of notes coming eventually. Write
me and I can get you started. Just tell me what time period and your
sewing level.)
More links:
Guide Horse Foundation
| These sturdy little fellows are under 26 inches so you see my
interest in comparing them to the larger Irish Wolfhounds. (Yes, they can
do some amazing things wolfies can't... even though they are so
much smaller.) |
| This is a great organization working towards helping folk with
disabilities. |
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Copyright 2001 - Cathleen MacDonald (Click for larger
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07/27/09
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