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We are delighted to announce that the "Fergusa Dog Food Company" will be sponsoring our show on Sunday 21st May. All class winners, plus BIS, RBIS, BPIS & BVIS will receive bags of food.
To sponsor class rosettes, or a trophy - perhaps in memory of a much loved hound - please Contact Us
Please come and join in the fun from midday on Sunday 21st May at the Pink Tractor Field, Wisbech PE14 0RN
The schedule will full details will be published shortly. In the meantime, please use the Contact Us form, if you have any questions.
If you would like to donate to help PAWS help Wolfhounds in need - you can now do so via the WELFARE FUND button on the "Donate" page.
We are linked to Golden Giving an ethical way to donate to charities.
You can also help us raise money by remembering to choose Practical Aid for Wolfhounds- PAWS when purchasing items onine via Easyfundraising
On Thursday 8th September 2016, the woman convicted of cruelty towards two Irish Wolfhounds in August 2015, was again in court.
The RSPCA brought a further prosecution against her for breaching her 5 year ban on keeping dogs. She was also accused of the neglect of three rabbits, found in a shed. The rabbits, along with 22 dogs and puppies – mostly Irish Wolfhounds and Newfoundlands - were removed from her property in November 2015.
This was three months after the hearing at which she was banned from keeping dogs, when she claimed to have only 9 dogs on her property.
Great Yarmouth Magistrates handed her a 6 week suspended prison sentence and increased the ban to 10 years. This time she has been banned from keeping ALL animals. She was also ordered to pay £1,000 costs.
The Chairman of the bench told the defendant: “We don’t find you a credible witness in any way.” This comment reflects the fact that this woman was demonstrated to have used a number of false names and contact details, in order to conceal her true identity, thus misleading breeders into continuing to sell puppies to her.
She is known to have bought dogs from Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy and Russia, as well as the UK. Breeders are warned to be vigilant when selling puppies and always to ask someone reliable to carry out home-checks on potential buyers.
The RSPCA officer who co-ordinated the case said he would be “keen to hear” from anyone who, in the future, thinks the defendant might be breaking her order. Anyone with information should call the RSPCA on 0300 1234 999 and also complete the “Contact Us” form to give further details
The Irish Wolfhound Health Group has just revealed its new look.
The IWHG logo has changed, to identify them more clearly as an independent group and there will be a quarterly e-newsletter from 30th September.
The innovative heart testing scheme www.iwhealthgroup.co.uk/aboutthescheme has been improved, with a new facility for publishing results (on a voluntary basis) for all hounds who have undergone the full three-stage screening with a cardiologist, whether through the IWHG scheme or not. http://www.iwhealthgroup.co.uk/test.html
Please visit the revamped website - www.iwhealthgroup.co.uk to read more about the changes.
IRISH Wolfhound enthusiasts gathered on Sunday for their annual picnic at Southampton Canine Society show to celebrate the forthcoming launch of a new venture which aims to help dog and their owners in difficult times.
Practical Aid for Wolfhounds (PAWS), which will offer practical solutions to challenging problems related to caring for Irish Wolfhounds, is a not-for-profit organisation run by a number of dedicated owners and enthusiasts working on a voluntary basis. Entirely self-funding and relying on donations to cover costs, many of ‘Helping PAWS’ have previous experience with animal rescue and welfare work. The idea for PAWS came about as the result of a number of cases where owners were faced with Wolfhound-related problems that they simply could not fix on their own.
“Irish Wolfhounds have been very well served by the UK breed clubs, along with the long-standing and well-respected IW Rescue Trust and the innovative IW Health Group,” a PAWS spokesman said. “However, some breed-related problems were outside the remit of these bodies. So PAWS has been designed as a complementary service to run alongside these existing groups.
“Inspired by a variety of personal experiences, some of the founder members of the PAWS team have been working together on an informal basis, mainly within East Anglia, for many years. Recent events, including a high-profile cruelty case involving the breed brought by the RSPCA, have suggested a need for the network to be extended to cover the UK.
“There have also been several instances of Wolfhounds who have faced the prospect of euthanasia simply because of the practicalities of managing a temporarily immobilised giant breed dog. Recently, an appeal was made to raise funds to enable the well-known Ch Nellwyns Miss Pollyanna, owned and bred by Kathy Johnson, to access specialist rehabilitation following an accident which left her paralysed.
“It takes three to four people to lift and turn an immobile Wolfhound so most owners would not be able to manage this at home without a network of helpers.
“Donations poured in from Wolfhound lovers all over the world and an incredible £2,080 was raised in just four days. Sadly, it transpired that Polly’s spine was too badly damaged for there to be any realistic chance of recovery.”
In tribute to Polly and the depth of feeling her situation engendered, the PAWS team has set up a fund specifically to help Wolfhounds with spinal conditions. This will also support research into the causes and treatment of fibrocartilaginous embolism (FCE) and is known as ‘Pollyanna’s Practical Aid for Wolfhounds’, or Polly’s PAWS.
The PAWS team believes that no Irish Wolfhound should suffer because of the challenges associated with being a giant breed of dog; for ‘hands on’ and ‘need it now’ cases, a network of helpers with the potential to provide practical assistance and/or generate funds is a useful asset.
To find out more visit www.pawstrust.co.uk
You can leave us a message on Facebook - look for "Practical Aid for Wolfhounds"
The PAWS website is now live! An official launch will take place on the weekend of August 6th/7th.
On Saturday, members of the PAWS team will be at the Houndshow at Staffordshire County Showground.
On Sunday, we will be at Judi's Fun Day - PInk Tractor Field, Redmoor Lane, Wisbech. this annual Fun Day raises money for the Irish Wolfhound Rescue Trust. It's always a lovely family day out - with refreshments, tombola, raffle, stalls and of course the Fun Dog Show. Do come and join us and have some fun, whilst raising money for a worthy cause.
