2022 Yearbook
SECRETARY'S REPORT 2022
Awaited
IRISH WOLFHOUND HEALTH GROUP REPORT 2022
We are pleased to provide an update on the IWHG activities and the ongoing research projects. Our focus has been to ensure we have cardiologists willing to work with us to ensure heart screening sessions continue and that projects which carry more urgency are progressed at pace. We are indebted to our large international network of experienced vets and individuals, as well as researchers and veterinary academics with whom we can call upon to give of their time, experience, and knowledge for the benefit of us all.
Heart Screening
The heart screening scheme welcomed six cardiologists for 2022, Serena Brownlie, Angela Bodey, Sheena
Milne, Dave Fisher, Sue Roberts and Dave Dickson. We are totally indebted to our cardiologists who provide a professional service when undertaking these sessions for us and the benefit of the breed. Anne Vaudin continued to undertake the daily running of the scheme and has done an amazing job organising the session planners during the year.
2022 saw an increase in price from £50 to £75 which was needed to continue to cover costs, taking into account increased cardiologist fees. In total we ran 19½ sessions through the UK. In total there were 241 attendees, some of these included second bookings for the same hound. There was a healthy attendance of super veterans, 13 attendees. Hounds aged over eight years were again able to have their first test of the year subsidised by the Health Group funds. One session was planned for Anglesey but unfortunately had to be rescheduled moving 15 attendees to a date in 2023.
Coupled with an increase in cardiologist fees, a lack of bookings for some of the sessions meant the scheme failed to break even and cover its running costs despite the increase to £75.00 per hound. If the scheme is to be sustainable and cover its running costs in the future, it must ensure that sessions are full.
This is your chance to get a three-part heart screen for a drastically reduced fee. It can cost between £250 and £650 for a private consultation and three-part screen so our breed is very fortunate to have this opportunity for heart screening. We pay the running costs of the scheme based on the charges of the cardiologists, which vary; the hosts who offer their premises for the sessions do so voluntarily, and for this we are very grateful. Although the running cost of the scheme determines the annual test fee, the Health Group is determined to keep costs to owners as low as possible. If you are a breeder, please tell your puppy owners about the scheme and encourage them to have their hounds tested.
Angela Bodey continues to be the custodian of the Health Group scanner; The Health Group are very much indebted to Angela for ensuring that it is regularly serviced and ready for action. Moving forward into 2023 the Health Group will continue to subsidise the cost of the first session per annum for all super veterans and the Irish Wolfhound Rescue Trust are again able to cover the cost for any Irish Wolfhounds rescued through the Trust. Dates will be published direct to the website when confirmed. We will still be using the online booking form, which has proven a great success and makes the booking process much easier and more efficient. The link for booking and dates is : www.iwhealthgroup.co.uk/dates-and-locations-.html
A reminder that the Health Group has facilitated the publishing of heart screening results. If you wish to add your results from any year, please use the link:
After nearly eight years Wendy Heather has stepped down from the Heart Screening Coordinator role. It is heart-warming to see how much passion the Irish Wolfhound owners have for the breed and its heart health and Wendy Heather has felt it a pleasure to be part of the scheme actively promoting and expanding it regionally. The IWHG would like to thank Wendy Heather for her dedication and work over the eight years leaving the framework for Wendy Reeves to take over as the new Heart Screening Coordinator in 2023.
It is worth reminding everyone that the IWHG heart screening sessions will not provide a diagnosis but an indication that, where necessary, an owner should seek further veterinary advice.
Funding
We would like to say a big thank you once again to all our fundraisers and supporters, we sincerely appreciate all your efforts and generosity. The support and commitment from those who raise funds for Irish Wolfhound related causes, of which the Health Group is a regular beneficiary, is amazing.
Easy-fundraising continues to be a good source of donations with a total of £646 received in 2022, so thank you everyone who raises donations in this way. You can check out “how to” on our website or by using the following link:
Mandy Addington raised £1,175 through the annual raffle in March 2022 which was split between a number of breed bodies and to support Victoria Bolkina’s relief work in Ukraine. The IWHG would like to congratulate Mandy and all those involved in the fundraising efforts and to say a heartfelt thank you for the IWHG donation.
We are also very grateful to those of you who donate regularly by standing order or by just a one-off payment. We know these are challenging times financially and we would like to express our gratitude to everyone who raises funds for the group - no matter how big or small - as every penny is very much appreciated. All our income is from donations that we receive, and we would like to thank each and every one of you who contributes to the group in any way, be that by giving money or providing prizes or your time and expertise for fundraising activities - every penny counts, and we sincerely appreciate all of you.
The accounts for the year to 31st December 2022 will be published once they have been audited.
Projects
Bronchopneumonia
We see this as one of the most critical projects currently ongoing. Getting the message out to the veterinary profession that pneumonia in the Irish Wolfhound is recognisable, and importantly treatable but that is time critical in terms of the outcome of this condition.
Veterinary Surgeon and IWHG Heart Screening cardiologist Dr Angela Bodey and Professor Mark Dunning assisted in updating the pneumonia guides and these are available on the website. The guide has been approved by Nottingham University and carries their badge and provides a detailed look at the condition plus factors which can affect its development and outcome:
It is vital that this guide is available to all vets, and we recently asked our FB members to support us in our efforts by forwarding the guide and IWHG letter to their vets. The letter accompanying the guide invited vets to take part in a Teams meeting with Prof Mark Dunning. In conjunction with the letter being distributed the IWHG has also provided contact details of veterinaries to Prof Dunning to enable him to make direct contact with them. Thank you to those of you who responded to our request for help which we received from around the world.
Mark is arranging online meetings to discuss pneumonia with the veterinary professionals, and he is pleased that he has had many replies about the veterinary working group. If you haven’t done so already, please send us contact information of vets who have treated pneumonia or are interested in learning more and we will forward on to Prof Dunning. If you can help to get our guide distributed, please contact secretary@iwhealthgroup.co.uk for a copy of the letter and guide.
If you have had a hound with pneumonia and you haven't already done so, please complete the survey and attach the treatment schedule used by your veterinary surgeon. It is critical that we continue to gather information on this condition so please complete the study.
The University of Cambridge (AHT) – Osteosarcoma
Dr Maura Lyons has continued to have conversations with the University of Cambridge on the progress of this project following the demise of the AHT (Animal Health Trust) in 2020.
The project has sequenced in full, six wolfhound genomes, five from osteosarcoma affected dogs and one from an older hound unaffected by osteosarcoma. These six genomes are due to be made publicly available on the ENA (European Nucleotide Archive) sequence database:
We will provide an update as soon as we have more details.
Betterbred
In 2019, the Betterbred project launched under the direction of Dr Maura Lyons. The project aims to establish a baseline of genetic diversity for our breed and developing a tool for breeders to maintain the diversity which we have. In 2021 the Irish Wolfhound Health Group decided to encourage participation by sponsoring a total of 26 diversity tests from hounds identified as being as distantly related as possible from the hounds whose diversity has already been tested and stored in the database. There are currently 77 public dogs in their database, 21 sponsored by IWHG, with a further five test kits the IWHG will need to allocate. The important aspect is that tests should be for dogs which are least related to the dogs already taking part in the scheme. The aim is to cover the entire range of diversity that currently exists within the Irish Wolfhound breed population. The process from submission / invitation stage to the owner carrying out the swab, putting it in the post back to the US is quite straightforward. We will monitor the progress of this project and keep everyone updated.
Dentition
It is very common for Irish Wolfhound puppies in the 6-12 months age bracket to experience rapid changes in their dental occlusions as they grow. The breed has a single point on the Kennel Club's Breed Watch list covering the position of canine teeth in all dogs exhibited. The IWHG is preparing a letter to send to the Kennel Club hopefully to obtain acceptance that the breed watch point should be amended so that the Mouth & Dental rule doesn’t apply to puppies up to 12 months old. Caroline Sheppard is preparing information and photographic evidence to support this request. Going forward, we believe it can be demonstrated that some hounds’ teeth and jaws are still developing during their time in junior, so we will be asking the Kennel Club to consider excluding the ages of 12-18 months as well. We will keep everyone updated with our progress.
As part of the ongoing research it is hoped that we can identify whether genetics play a significant part in the dental development of Irish Wolfhounds, as opposed to the known hereditary factors which apply more specifically to jaw formation. This would eventually enable breeders to make more informed choices when considering the blending of certain pedigrees.
If you have a puppy where your vet has told you it has a mouth fault, please consider completing the survey on our website. If you are being advised to put your puppy through surgery, please do not hesitate to contact Caroline Sheppard, who can offer guidance to help you make a fully informed decision:
Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs)
This project is based on the database of heart screening results collected by Serena Brownlie over 30 years of testing our wolfhounds and curated by Malcolm Cobb at the University of Nottingham. We will continue to work towards progressing this and will continue to keep you updated with any future findings.
GDV/Bloat
This is still considered a very serious condition in Irish Wolfhounds so is well worth participating in the survey:
Livershunt/Epilepsy & PRA Reporting Survey
This survey enables the IWHG to monitor the prevalence of these diseases within the IW population. If you have experienced these conditions in your wolfhound, please fill out the survey with your experiences:
FCE / Puppy Paralysis
The IWHG relaunched the FCE Study in our 2021 winter newsletter. Caroline Sheppard heads this important study. It is often practical guidance that is needed immediately to get a puppy up and moving when they are diagnosed with this condition. It is all about learning from what has been done which helps a puppy and sometimes even understanding what things were done which weren’t helpful. We will continue to collect data on this project and provide updates either via our website or in future Newsletters:
Congenital Blindness
Congenital blindness isn’t a very common occurrence in Irish Wolfhounds but we are collecting case studies to see what conditions are thought to be the cause of the blindness and importantly how owners cope with their hounds and changes they make to their environment. If you have a hound that is diagnosed with this condition, please complete the survey on our website:
Megaesophagus (ME) in Puppies
Although not common in the breed in comparison to other issues which affect our puppies there is sufficient interest to have generated an opportunity for research with Professor Jared Jaffey at Midwestern University College of Veterinary Medicine. If anyone who has experienced ME in a puppy could contact Prof. Jaffey and provide details in order that an indication of frequency might be obtained. If anyone has an affected puppy being managed by diet and would be prepared to submit a blood sample for the ongoing genetic research, again please contact Prof Jaffey and he will send instructions to your vet regarding preparation of the sample. Contact details are Jared Jaffey DVM, MS, DACVIM (SAIM), Assistant Professor, Midwestern University College of Veterinary Medicine. Email : jjaffe@midwestern.edu
Breed Health Conservation
Dr Maura Lyons as the Breed Health Co-ordinator has continued to liaise with the Kennel Club regarding matters relating to large and giant breed health. Details of any relevant seminars and workshops are periodically posted on our website and our Facebook group for your information.
The Team
Kirsten Bruce has joined the team and although she is a newcomer to the breed she is enthusiastic about Irish Wolfhounds and particularly her two gorgeous girls. She hopes to help with the vital work the IWHG does and contribute to the health and well-being of the breed.
Surveys
A reminder for everyone to check out the surveys on our website and you can also find them listed on our
newsletters.
Webinars
We have successfully held three webinars; one in Oct 2021 on Vaccines and the second in April 2022 on Nutrition and Microbiomes presentations by Dr Jean Dodds. In January 2023 Dr Sue Armstrong presented a talk on Autoimmune Disease. The IWHG plan to organise more of these so watch out for FB posts giving details
Irish Wolfhound Health Group
IRISH WOLFHOUND RESCUE TRUST REPORT 2022
2022 was a very quiet year for the Irish Wolfhound Rescue Trust with just two adult males and one bitch requiring our assistance. The reason for one was a change in personal circumstances, whereby the owner was forced to downsize their home and was sadly unable to keep a hound of that size any longer. The second hound, although living a loving and caring home craved the companionship of other dogs since being rehomed privately. The Rescue Trust was able to place this hound with an experienced Irish Wolfhound owner who had other dogs. The bitch sadly came to us due to the owner dying suddenly, after some rehabilitation she is now in her forever home. All hounds are continuing to do well in their homes.
Applications for the breed continue to be strong, as is the usual, not all are suitable and most often change their minds after talking about the breed in more detail. The Rescue Trust are lucky in that we have previous rescue owners who are keen to remain on our waiting list or quickly return when sadly losing a beloved hound.
Since lockdown there has been an increase in enquiries for people looking to rehome their “Irish Wolfhound”. However, on closer inspection it seems it is not an Irish Wolfhound at all, or even bears any resemblance to a cross. Prior to lockdown these cases did arise, yet it seems much more frequent, one week five separate enquiries located in various parts of the UK made contact with the IWRT. It is upsetting to think what may have happened to these dogs, one being more Border Terrier than Irish Wolfhound, but sadly those people on our waiting list are looking for a much larger dog with the temperament of an Irish Wolfhound.
In some cases it is possible to contact applicants who have agreed to consider a cross Wolfhound, even if it may not resemble a Wolfhound at all, we try to help where possible. This did benefit one of the enquiries which was a very small lurcher slightly bigger than a whippet aged around ten years old, who by chance had rung me just as I had got off the phone to a potential adopter who decided that an Irish Wolfhound wasn’t for them and wanting something smaller and more mature. The stars must have been aligned that day as they both lived in the same county and rung within minutes of each other, the enquirer had been told they had a terminal illness and wanted to find the best home for their older dog. The new owner stayed in touch and a few months later sent me an email to say that sadly the original owner had passed away, but it was an honour to attend the funeral with the dog and thanked the IWRT for putting them in contact. It may not have been an Irish Wolfhound, but my gosh did that put some tears in my eyes.
I can not believe that five years have passed since joining the IWRT as secretary. In that time it has been heart warming to connect with so many people who have the same passion and love for this breed. I have made several new friends through rescue and I hope to see more of you now that Covid is not interfering with events. I shall hand over to the very capable Don Reeves.
Wendy Heather, Secretary
IWC SHOW RESULTS 2022
All IWC show results, together with photos and judges' critiques, can be found via the main menu.
KC CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE WINNERS 2022
* denotes Best of Breed (1) = no of CCs
Manchester, Mr M Cocozza
DCC Morris's SALGREY'S SAGREMOR TO AMARACH (IMP RUS) (1)
BCC Amoo's CH SADE RAINBOW * (10)
Crufts, Mrs S L Wilkinson
DCC Amoo's CH SADE PARIS * (15)
BCC Turini Salamon's CH/EUR/W CH SARABI DELLA BASSA PAVESE (4)
Irish Wolfhound Club, Ms J Gagne
DCC Amoo's CH SADE PARIS (16)
BCC Pinkney's HYDEBECK DREAM OF DREAMS * (1)
Hound Association of Scotland, Mrs P Mottershaw
DCC Heather's CH RAVENSBEECH REVENIO WHITEORCHARD (4)
BCC Amoo's CH SADE RAINBOW * (11)
WELKS, Mr S Mallard
DCC Amoo's CH SADE PARIS * (17)
BCC Amoo's CH SADE RAINBOW (12)
Birmingham National, Ms C L Pinkney
DCC Amoo's CH SADE PARIS (18)
BCC Tebbutt's CH CAREDIG DESTINY * (5)
SKC, Mrs D Spavin
DCC Amoo's SADE PARIS * (19)
BCC HYDEBECK DREAM OF DREAMS (2)
Bath, Mrs S Hewart-Chambers
DCC Amoo's CH SADE PARIS * (20)
BCC Pask's BARONGLEN MISS MATILDA (1)
Southern Counties, Mrs C E Cartledge
DCC Amoo's CH SADE PARIS * (21)
BCC Turini Salamon's CH/EUR/W CH SARABI DELLA BASSA PAVESE (5)
Three Counties, Mr M Sanders
DCC Amoo's CH SADE PARIS * (22)
BCC Sumner's DUKESARUM MEG (AI) (1)
Border Union, Ms S Finnett
DCC Amoo's CH SADE PARIS * (23)
BCC Sumner's DUKESARUM MEG (AI) (2)
Blackpool, Mr K Pursglove
DCC Amoo's CH SADE PARIS * (24)
BCC Tebbutt's CH CAREDIG DESTINY (6)
Windsor, Mrs S Cole
DCC Webb's GOLDSWIFT MISSION POSSIBLE FOR INKLEYBOYS (1)
BCC Sumner's CH DUKESARUM MEG (AI) * (3)
Hound Association, Mr B Brace
DCC Tebbutt's CH CAREDIG DONOVAN * (7)
BCC Tebbutt's CH CAREDIG DESTINY (7)
East of England, Miss E Newton
DCC Amoo's CH SADE PARIS * (25)
BCC Pinkney's CH HYDEBECK DREAM OF DREAMS (3)
Leeds, Mrs V Phillips
DCC Heather's CH RAVENSBEECH REVENIO WHITEORCHARD (5)
BCC Turini's CH/EUR/W CH SARABI DELLA BASSA PAVESE * (6)
Paignton, Mrs H Barnes
DCC Amoo's CH SADE PARIS * (26)
BCC Sumner's DUKESARUM CHIARA (4)
Bournemouth, Mrs A Snelgrove
DCC Amoo's CH SADE PARIS (27)
BCC Heather's WHITEORCHARD AD ASTRA JW * (1)
WKC, Ms D Isaac
DCC Sumner's BALLYPHELAN AMADEUS * (2)
BCC Tebbutt's CH CAREDIG DESTINY (8)
Birmingham City, Mrs J McDonald-Ulliott
DCC Amoo's CH SADE PARIS * (28)
BCC Heather's WHITEORCHARD AD ASTRA JW * (2)
Richmond, Mr A Easdon
DCC Pateman's WHITEORCHARD ATLAS (1)
BCC Pinkney's CH HYDEBECK DREAM OF DREAMS * (4)
Darlington, Mr J Robertson
DCC Amoo's CH SADE PARIS * (29)
BCC Heather's CH WHITEORCHARD AD ASTRA JW (3)
Belfast, Mr D McCoy
DCC Tebbutt's CH CAREDIG DONOVAN * (8)
BCC Finney & Finney's RECAMIER DU GRAND CHIEN DE CULANN NAF (1)
Irish Wolfhound Club of NI, Mr O Knauber
DCC Finney & Finney's CH/IR CH ISNALERA GIMME SHELTER AT GULLIAGH * (5)
BCC Tomasovicova's CH QUEBRADITA ROAN INISH (3)
Irish Wolfhound Society, Mr S Bradley
DCC Sumner's CH BALLYPHELAN AMADEUS * (3)
BCC Holder & Howe's SADE ARAYA MASCOTTS JW (2)
South Wales, Mrs R Cramphorn
DCC Pateman's WHITEORCHARD ATLAS * (2)
BCC Holder & Howe's CH SADE ARAYA MASCOTTS JW (3)
LKA, Mrs L Ward
DCC Amoo's CH SADE PARIS (30)
BCC Turini's WINTAKA DELLA BASSA PAVESE * (1)
TROPHY WINNERS 2022 For more information about trophies see Trophies page under Our Club. For trophies won at IWC shows see under Show Results. | ||
ANNUAL POINTS TROPHIES | ||
Brabyns Trophy Samando Trophy Van Brunt Cup Sanctuary Cup | Best Living Stud Dog Points at Ch Shows Points at Ch Shows (D) Points at Ch Shows (B) | Pateman's GAELTARRA EIREANN GALEN Amoo's CH SADE PARIS Amoo's CH SADE PARIS Heather's CH WHITEORCHARD AD ASTRA JW |
GENERAL CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWS | ||
Manchester Sulhamstead Chall. Cup Perpetual Chall. Trophy Crufts Champion Urla Cup Sulhamstead Ch. Salver KC Challenge Cup Non-Champion Cup (D) Non-Champion Cup (B) WELKS Lady Gardner Beaker No 1 Cup No 2 Cup Veterans Cup Sulhamstead Chall. Cup Birmingham National Bailey Booth Stro. Bowl SKC Bracken Plate Bath Noel Nichols Memorial Blackpool Sulhamstead Chall. Cup Ouborough Chall. Cup Border Union North West Shield Windsor Challenge Cup Typical Head Cup Sulhamstead Chall. Cup East of England Knightellington Cup Knightellington Cup Hound Show Sulhamstead Chall. Cup Van Brunt Cup Paignton Clonara Cup Leeds North West Shield WKC Ystwyth Cup City of Birmingham Buckhurst Trophy Richmond Knightellington Cup Knightellington Cup | Best Dog Best Bitch Best Bitch Best of Breed Best Opposite Sex RCC winner if not Ch. RCC winner if not Ch. Best Post Graduate Best of Breed Best Opposite Sex Best over 5 years old Best Junior Best of Breed Best Junior Best of Breed Best of Breed Best of Breed Best of Breed Best Head Best Junior Best of Breed Best Novice Best Junior Best Bitch Best Dog Best of Breed Best of Breed Best of Breed Best of Breed Best Dog Best Bitch | Morris's SALGREY’S SAGREMOR TO AMARACH Amoo's CH SADE RAINBOW Overseas winner - not awarded Amoo's CH SADE PARIS Overseas winner - not awarded Webb's GOLDSWIFT MISSION POSSIBLE FOR INKLEYBOYS T Sumner's DUKESARUM MEG Ashby's ASHGROAVE ALFIE BUMBLE Amoo's CH SADE PARIS Amoo's CH SADE RAINBOW Heather's CH RAVENSBEECH REVENIO WHITEORCHARD Heather's WHITEORCHARD AD ASTRA JW Tebbutt's CH CAREDIG DESTINY Amoo's CH SADE PARIS Anderson & White's WHITGLEN THE REAL THING Amoo's CH SADE PARIS Amoo's CH SADE PARIS T Sumner's DUKESARUM MEG Overseas winner - not awarded Overseas winner - not awarded Amoo's CH SADE PARIS Sheppard's GAELMARQUE TREASURED BY GOLDSWIFT Morris's KILLOUGHERY RINGLEADER Tebbutt's CH CAREDIG DESTINY Tebbutt's CH CAREDIG DONOVAN Amoo's CH SADE PARIS Overseas winner - not awarded J & P Summer's BALLYPHELAN AMADEUS Amoo's CH SADE PARIS Overseas winner - not awarded Overseas winner - not awarded |
NEW CHAMPIONS 2022
Ch Dukesarum Meg (AI)
Date of birth: 29 March 2018 Breeder/owner: Mrs T Sumner
First three CCs awarded at: Three Counties 2022, Border Union 2022, Windsor 2022
Photo: Tony Minett
Ch Hydebeck Dream of Dreams
Date of birth: 1 June 2018 Breeder/owner: Ms C L Pinkney
First three CCs awarded at: IWC 2022, SKC 2022, East of England 2022
Photo: Tony Minett
Ch Whiteorchard Ad Astra JW
Date of birth: 31 October 2020 Breeder/owner: Miss W Heather
First three CCs awarded at: Bournemouth 2022, Birmingham City 2022, Darlington 2022
Photo: Petra Tomašovičová
Ch Quebradita Roan Inish
Date of birth: 27 March 2019 Breeder/owner: Ms P Tomašovičová
First three CCs awarded at: IWCNI (1) 2021, IWCNI (2) 2021, IWCNI 2022
Photo: Tony Minett
Ch Ballyphelan Amadeus
Date of birth: 14 March 2017 Breeder/owner: Mr J & Mrs P Sumner
First three CCs awarded at: Leeds 2019, WKC 2022, IWS 2022
Ch Sade Araya Mascotts
Date of birth: 6 February 2018
Breeder: Mr C & Mrs J Amoo Owner: The late Mr D Howe and Mrs M Holder
First three CCs awarded at: WKC 2019, IWS 2022, South Wales 2022
KC BREED RECORDS 2022
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