A new preservation breeder of Irish Wolfhounds located in Houston, TX.
🎄Happy Holidays from Fireswift Irish Wolfhounds!🎁
Santa surprised us by asking Tiberia and Willow to stand in for his reindeer! I'm not sure how well Irish Wolfhounds would do as a draft breed, but rest assured that our ladies were definitely willing to help Santa out in a pinch!
We spent the morning at the creek with some of our friends from the Houston Irish Wolfhound Playgroup. We typically get together on Saturday mornings. Enjoy some fun photos!
Just wanted to share something cool I found!
I have been helping sort through my grandmother's belongings now that she has been moved into assisted living and I came across some framed photos of my family around my great-grandfather's time. Dave Oscar Grider is my mom's grandfather and grew up in Guymon, Oklahoma before and during the Great Depression.
These look like staghounds maybe? And maybe a golden? I haven't met much of my extended family and I don't have many left to talk to about this stuff, and I certainly had no idea what anyone might have been involved in dogs.
As someone who is a sighthound lover with wolfhounds now I am kind of excited to see that it kind of runs in the family! 😍
Announcement!
We are sad to announce that our attempt to breed Tiberia last month was unsuccessful. After two failed tries, we are undecided about whether or not we are going to try again with her or wait to try with a future wolfhound.
We will still be competing in local events and you will still see us in the Houston area conformation shows.
Please keep an eye on this space or our website: fireswifthounds.com for updates.
Thank you so much to American Lure Course Racing and the Doberman Pinscher Club of Houston for putting on another well-run event at Bayshore Park! It was a gorgeous weekend for running and our ladies had a great time! We're inching closer and closer to being one of the first Irish Wolfhounds to earn an FCAT title!
THIS WEEKEND! We will be at the Bayshore Park in Bacliff running FastCATs with American Lure Course Racing and the Doberman Pinscher Club of Houston.
Several people have asked about meeting our hounds so please come out and say hello! We are expecting Tiberia to come into season very soon so this may be our last outing before puppies!
See everyone there!
Did someone say Irish Wolfhound Month?? Have an IWH and want a discount on some treats? Message me!
A big huge THANK YOU to Hannah over at Bark on the Bayou: Treats and Chews for sending us a sample box of her Doggy Crack and Dried Beef Kidney snacks! It looks like March is Irish Wolfhound Month for sure! Our ladies Tiberia and Willow went absolutely nuts for them and even our cat Kazimír wanted in on the action.
Please check out Bark on the Bayou: Treats and Chews and give her treats a try!
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Fun times at The Creek!
We're getting closer and closer to the end of February when we expect Tiberia to be ready for us to try again for a litter of puppies. In the meantime, our crew goes out to the creek every weekend for some important exercise. Running in shallow water and sand helps keep our hounds in good condition for the FastCAT running events that we keep posting about.
Please enjoy some photos of our pack and their best friends at the creek.
This week's edition includes The Saga of the Dead Fish, in which my friend Becky tried to get a nasty stinky dead fish away from the dogs before someone ate it. Too bad a couple of them rolled in it first! 😱🤢☠️🐠
P.s. And thanks to my husband Cliff for standing out there with the camera while I'm standing around laughing at dogs.
The best thing about vacation is getting to go out to see friends more often than usual! Here are some photos of our crew hanging out at the Bill Archer Dog Park and the creek in Spring with our friends. I am proud of all the humans for social distancing properly!
I hope everyone out there is having a wonderful holiday season! Please enjoy some photos of our crew as we gear up for the new year! Hopefully 2021 will be kinder to us all than 2020!
We had a great weekend at Walter Hall Park this weekend running AKC FastCATs! Thank you so much to NASA Area Companion Dog Agility Club and American Lure Course Racing for hosting another well-organized event. Even with the Saturday afternoon portion rained out and having to make up our run on Sunday both Tiberia AND Willow earned new titles this weekend! Tiberia finished her DCAT on Saturday and Willow got her BCAT with her final run on Sunday.
We'll see you all in February!
Illustrated Standard: https://bit.ly/3nGjSIi
Captain Graham and breeders of his time felt the need to write a standard as a blueprint for then current and future breeding practices that would ensure continuity of type. The language they used was common to “stockmen” of the day, and aspects that were considered important, like “hocks low to the ground” were well understood. As we examine the Standard today, keep in mind that we are using Captain Graham’s words. What was left out of the Standard in Graham’s time was assumed to be common knowledge held by contemporary breeders.
The Back:
From the Standard: Rather long than short
What this entails:
In Captain Graham’s words: “body and frame lengthy”
The length of the back is found between the neck and the last ribs. A well-muscled back is desired.
The back includes the cervical, thoracic and lumbar bones along with the sacrum, or croup. Front and rear propulsion is transmitted through the spine. A short, flat or hollow back causes a loss of efficient movement.
A “topline” extends from the crest of the neck to the end of the tail.
From the Standard: Loins arched
What this entails:
The loin, found on both sides of the spine between the last ribs and the hip bone, acts like a spring and should be gently arched, broad and strong to enable the dog to draw his hind legs well under.
In Graham’s words, “ the loin should be a little full, but not so exaggerated as to give the hound the appearance of being dipped behind the shoulder, but just sufficient to give a nice, gradual sweep right down to the set-on of the tail, which should connect fairly well down.” This creates a nice set of curves beginning with the crest of the neck and ending with the bend of the tail.
Illustrated Standard: https://bit.ly/3nGjSIi
Tiberia you got mail!
This weekend we had a special guest! Wesley is my friend's baby Borzoi and he had a fun time hanging out with our two big ladies (and the two lil' munchkins.)
Also enjoy a couple fun shots of everyone as I played around with the new camera.
A big THANK YOU to Dog Gone Fun Agility, LLC and the Conroe Agility Training Club for holding the AKC ATT Evaluation this past Friday! Tiberia and I loved to see some familiar faces and make some new friends.
I'm proud to say that Tiberia earned her ATT title that night, as did many other awesome dogs! It was great to see everyone!
Look for us at Walter Hall Park in League City Texas next weekend with American Lure Course Racing at another FastCAT! Tiberia is super close to earning her DCAT title!
Another great weekend at Walter Hall Park in League City Texas running FastCATs with American Lure Course Racing.
Tiberia had three good runs, including one of her best ever times EVER, and then a super lazy run on Sunday afternoon. 🤣
Next month's event with ALCR will be hosted by the South Texas Collie Club. We'll see you there! Fingers and paws crossed, Tiberia will hopefully by earning her DCAT then!
We had a great time this past weekend at Walter Hall Park in League City Texas running FastCATs with American Lure Course Racing!
Tiberia took a spill on her first run of the weekend but I think I was more freaked out than she was. She wasn't hurt but she took it slow after that so her run times weren't great but we're still inching towards that DCAT title.
We're looking forward to next weekend, same time and place!
Here's a video of her first run on Sunday I believe.
Harp & Hound, the official magazine of the Irish Wolfhound Club of America, is published quarterly and is a distinct benefit included with an IWCA membership (https://www.iwclubofamerica.org/iwca-membership).
Filled with information, each issue contains club news, show results, regional news, articles on health, and special features on select themes of interest to readers. Harp & Hound proudly relies on member authors and photographers as well as experts in many fields to provide a quality magazine that is interesting, timely and beautiful.
Some fun pictures from the creek this morning!
Sad news. Unfortunately we confirmed on ultrasound yesterday that Tiberia's breeding last month was unsuccessful so we will not have any puppies this year. We are hoping to try again in the Spring. To those of you who already reached out to be placed on our waiting list I will be attempting to contact everyone individually over the next few days to let you know and see if you wish to wait until our next attempt. Feel free to contact me if you don't hear anything. We are super bummed over here.
If you are not interested in waiting there are some wonderful Irish Wolfhound Breeders around. A good place to start looking is on the Irish Wolfhound Club of America's Breeder Referral page here:
https://www.iwclubofamerica.org/finding-irish-wolfhound-puppy
Furthermore, looking for your regional Irish Wolfhound club on Facebook is also a great resource. For example, the South Central Irish Wolfhound Club covers Texas where we are located:
http://www.sciwc.org/home
For now, we intend to enjoy some cooler weather here in Houston and get back out to do some FastCATs and Lure Coursing.
Hey everyone! We just got back from picking Tiberia up in Georgia where she spent a romantic getaway with a lovely boy owned by Carnasserie, Irish Wolfhounds!
We are planning her ultrasound for around October 2nd to confirm pregnancy. Keep all your fingers and paws crossed for good news! 💞🤞
Good news!
We just got back from dropping Tiberia off with a wonderful breeder in Georgia, USA for a romantic retreat with a stunningly handsome stud dog! Provided everything goes well, we may have an exciting announcement to make in a few weeks! 💞👀
Had a good time out at the creek this morning! It's great for social distancing!
We made it into the Summer 2020 Harp and Hound magazine, which is published by the Irish Wolfhound Club of America! This is our second appearance! We are honoured that our picture was chosen to feature alongside so many other essential workers.
I hope everyone out there is staying safe!
Just got some gorgeous art of my two girls from Frida over at https://www.facebook.com/colorfulfoxartist/
10/10 definitely recommend!
Just got word that we received an Excellent rating from Gooddog.com! Feel free to stop on over there to check it out!
We are planning an upcoming litter for Fall 2020. The breeding has not yet taken place but as soon as it does we will be posting information about both the dam and sire, so keep checking back!
We are also pleased to announce that our puppy application is live on our website for those who want to be put on our waiting list so please check it out at fireswifthounds.com!
Hello everyone!
Please consider following this page for updates from Fireswift Irish Wolfhounds, located in Houston, TX, regarding our upcoming litters. We hope to have puppies born in Spring 2021 and are currently accepting puppy applications from prospective buyers.
We are in the process of building our website and getting information up about our goals and our dogs. Please feel free to contact us with questions you may have.
Thanks!
Rebecca
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