aksclix Posted March 2, 2022 Share #1 Posted March 2, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) Been getting out a bit lately during weekends.. Met this majestic Irish Wolfhound. This picture doesn't quite do justice.. wish I had more time to shoot portraits of this guy.. SL2+24-90 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 12 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/330320-irish-wolfhound-on-the-street/?do=findComment&comment=4393246'>More sharing options...
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david strachan Posted March 2, 2022 Share #2 Posted March 2, 2022 A good exaggerated perspective...a fine picture. You've given this pooch more than enough justice...really nice. I've known some Irish Wolfhounds and always loved their gentle manners. One which lived after being diseboweled after a kangaroo raked its belly during a hunt. ... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
idusidusi Posted March 2, 2022 Share #3 Posted March 2, 2022 What a lovely specimen, I have only ever been around one and I concur the one I met was a gentle giant. It is a long time ago, I was not much taller! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianman Posted March 2, 2022 Share #4 Posted March 2, 2022 They are incredibly gentle… I still miss mine every day… we lost her 6 years ago. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted March 2, 2022 Share #5 Posted March 2, 2022 A lovely eye-level picture. I also am taken by their gentle nature. I like dogs and I remember walking down a street in New Zealand some years ago and a woman with a fully grown Irish Wolfhound was walking the other way. As we passed I stopped to look at her magnificent dog so she stopped too. The Wolfhound lightly reared up on its hind legs and placed its front legs one on each of my shoulders and looked down at me. With any other dog that I didn't know I'd probably find this intimidating but I didn't with the Wolfie because its demeanour wasn't at all aggressive or challenging. The woman was horrified and apologised profusely and said that the dog had never done it before etc etc but I was quite happy (and to be honest warmed by the dog's reaction to me). I patted it briefly, she calmed down, they walked on and sadly I never saw it again. I've 'known' other Irish Wolfhounds since and they have all had the same gentle nature. Pete. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianman Posted March 2, 2022 Share #6 Posted March 2, 2022 The “problem” with Irish wolfhounds is when they greet you in the morning and jump up and down with their claws on your bare feet… it certainly wakes you up and it’s something you’ll never forget, but I would gladly go through it every day if we could have her back! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aksclix Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share #7 Posted March 2, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) 5 hours ago, ianman said: They are incredibly gentle… I still miss mine every day… we lost her 6 years ago. I was surprised their life span is barely 6-10 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted March 2, 2022 Share #8 Posted March 2, 2022 58 minutes ago, aksclix said: I was surprised their life span is barely 6-10 years. Regrettably it's related to the size of the dog and the size of its heart and it applies similarly to all dogs. I had a soppy Dobermann (loved him to bits) who lasted for 12 years and was the longest-lived Dobermann ever in New Zealand when he went. Sadly, by that time he was well past his expiry date and I was forced to do the decent thing by him. The toughest decision I've ever had to make and it still wells me up 35 years on. He didn't know he was a Dobermann (I'd never told him). Pete. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aksclix Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share #9 Posted March 2, 2022 20 minutes ago, farnz said: He didn't know he was a Dobermann (I'd never told him). Pete. 😌😌 thanks for sharing that story.. I can imagine how hard that would’ve been which one do you have now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianman Posted March 2, 2022 Share #10 Posted March 2, 2022 1 hour ago, aksclix said: I was surprised their life span is barely 6-10 years. Yes, ours, Hylwyth, was just past her 7th birthday and had bone cancer. Losing a dog is always difficult, but so young was a blow. The dog we had before her was 12 but as he was a rescue dog and we had decided to get the oldest dog from the center (we were incapable of making a choice) he was already 10 when we got him… so it’s a if we lost a 2 year old dog. He was lovely and very loving too. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted March 2, 2022 Share #11 Posted March 2, 2022 33 minutes ago, aksclix said: which one do you have now? Alas, circumstances have taken charge. Pete. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aksclix Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share #12 Posted March 2, 2022 11 hours ago, david strachan said: A good exaggerated perspective...a fine picture. You've given this pooch more than enough justice...really nice. That’s kind of you.. thanks 😊 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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