Irish Wolfhound | Pedigree Chums™ The Dog Bingo Game

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The Irish Wolfhound we know today was rebuilt in the 1800s by Captain George Augustus Graham, from the last of the old Irish wolfhounds crossed with Scottish Deerhounds, Great Danes, a Borzoi and a Tibetan dog. The old ancient hound it came from, used to hunt wolves and guard halls, is now extinct. Tap a circle inside to keep digging.

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LegendGelertThe legend of Gelert and Llywelyn the Great AnimatedChiefThe Fox and the Hound

Likely life span

Learn more about the dogs that went into making the Irish Wolfhound

c. 3000 BCOld Desert coursing dogs

c. 3000 BCAncient eastern sighthounds

c. 600 BCOld Mastiffs of the East

c. 500 BCOld hunting dogs of the Celts

Borzoi

Tibetan village dogs

AncientCeltic Hound

c. 100Dogs of the Alan horsemen

c. 100Gaulish coursing Hounds

AncientAncient wolf hound

AncientAncient Mastiff

AncientCeltic Coursing Hound

c. 400Alaunt war dogs

AncientRough northern sighthounds

AncientOld British Bandogs

MedievalScottish Deerhound

c. 1500Great Dane

late 1800sIrish Wolfhound