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The Modern Irish Wolfhound Handbook

Behaviour, training and everyday life, from choosing a puppy to the senior years

Most breed books tell you an Irish Wolfhound is a calm, gentle giant. Then you bring one home and meet the real thing.

The tallest hound with the softest heart. This book is about that dog, and what to do about it today.

I've been training dogs for over 30 years, and I wrote this the way I'd talk to you if we were stood in a field together.

Inside the book: 130 pages, 18 chapters, 2 formats (PDF and EPUB). Try this today: small things to do with your dog at the end of almost every chapter.

What's inside

  • Where the Irish Wolfhound came from, and what a sighthound in a giant body means now

  • Is an Irish Wolfhound right for you? The honest version, including size, cost and a shorter life

  • Hearts, bones, liver shunt, bloat, and what the research actually says

  • Exercise, home life and your puppy's first week

  • Socialisation, adolescence and training foundations

  • The chase, the giant puppy and the gentle teenager: Irish Wolfhound training challenges

  • Sighthound instincts, safe running, enrichment and family life

  • Common behaviour problems, and how to stop small ones growing

  • Irish Wolfhound myths, and living well with your dog into the senior years

What's inside The Modern Irish Wolfhound Handbook: three real pages from the book, fanned out

There's an Irish Wolfhound checklist at the back to keep coming back to.

Who it's for

Anyone thinking about an Irish Wolfhound, bringing a puppy home, living with a teenager who's forgotten their own name, or sharing life with an older dog.

About the author: Renee Patience with her boxer Kookie. Qualified behaviourist and founder of Paws Academy Dog Training & Behaviour, Mayo. Over 30 years training dogs, Dog Trainer of the Year 2025 at the National Ireland Pet Awards, competed at Crufts and Olympia.

What you get

A PDF and an EPUB in one ZIP file, emailed to you straight after checkout. Read it on your phone, tablet, e-reader or computer.

The Modern Irish Wolfhound Handbook

€9.99Price
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