Breeding Plans
Breeding quality animals is a
LOT
harder than you think!
Breeding quality animals is a labor of love ... NOT a for profit venture.
Responsible breeders spend hours studying their breed standard, their breeding stock, pedigrees, genetics and veterinary medicine. They spend lots of money showing their animals to others to confirm that they are actually worthy of being bred....not every animal, not every purebred animal ... not even every champion animal should be used for breeding....only the best! They spend lots of money to perform health screens on their dogs before using them in a breeding program. They breed when it is a match that they themselves want a puppy from and then they very carefully screen the potential homes for the best match for the remaining puppies.
The seven hurdles we deal with for quality babies include:
1. Planning a breeding
2. Making sure the potential parents pass their health tests
3. Actually getting a breeding
4. Confirming conception
5 Maintaining a healthy pregnancy
6. Safe delivery of healthy puppies
7. Watching their development and evaluating each puppy
to make the best placement for each individual
I have inquiries by phone and email almost daily as well as about 60 hits a week on this site. Interested people have called and emailed from all over the country and even outside the US regarding our Irish Wolfhounds. We feel honored that the quality of our dogs and the effort we put into producing healthy, sound examples of this most special breed have been widely recognized. It is impossible for us to place a puppy in each home that wants one. I know this is frustrating for those of you waiting ... all I can say is, it will be worth the wait. Most of us who have wolfhounds waited a long time for our first. I waited more than a year! Don't be fooled into taking any available puppy, just because you can. There are many slick websites out there, but that doesn't mean they are committed to the breed beyond getting your money. Ask about their history in the breed. Ask how they determine whether their dogs are breeding quality. Having papers only means, assuming the information provided to AKC is truthful, is a pure bred. Being "pure bred" does not automatically mean "well bred". Ask about health testing. Ask how you can know that they will be there to mentor you after the sale.
Red Flags that something is just not right include: asking for a deposit before the breeder has a puppy available for you, offering you a puppy without talking to you about the breed and making sure you are a suitable home and that this is the right breed for you, no health testing done on parents, puppies leaving the breeder before 10 weeks of age, no or very few titled dogs in the puppy's pedigree, registration with a registry other than AKC or a foreign equivalent. CKC (Continental Kennel Club) is not a valid registry as any dog who appears to be a purebred, without proof can get papers which are,in my opinion, only good to use to start a fire or line the bottom of a bird cage.
Please read the following article on the Irish Wolfhound Club of America website. http://www.iwclubofamerica.org/4sale.htm
Our promise to our puppy buyers is that we will be there for them and their dog forever...we will mentor and advise and encourage and eventually grieve with you. We stand by the Code of Ethical Conduct as presented by the Irish Wolfhound Club of America and expect each of our puppy families to do the same. Please read the following and become familiar with our commitment to you and what we expect from you before asking us about one of our babies.
KATIE
Carroy Tory Katie O'Kieran
GCH CH Carroy Kieran McDuncan X CH Carroy Jada PS of Tory
championship major pointed
OFA hips GOOD
OFA elbows NORMAL
OFA advanced cardiac NORMAL
LAVENDER
Carroy Lavender O'Nials
Fleetwind Wolfhouse Untitled Composition
X CH Riverview Carroy Miss Independence O'Cos
both majors awarded toward her championship
OFA hips GOOD
OFA elbows NORMAL
OFA advanced cardiac NORMAL
Lavender was bred using frozen semen from both Boru and Duncan.
7 healthy puppies were born on 9/11/26, bringing some light into a very dark day. DNA analysis will be performed in the near future to determine which puppies were produced by which sire. It is possible that all puppies have the same sire in which case, this will be registered as one litter, However, if some puppies were produced by one sire and others by the other sire, then these puppies will be registered as two separate litters to maintain the correct pedigree for each individual.
BORU
GCH CH Fleetwind Carroy Brian Boru
CH Fleetwind Gordon X CH Carroy Roonagh O'Donovan
Photo taken at 2 1/2 years of age
OFA hips GOOD
OFA elbows NORMAL
DUNCAN
GCH CH Fleetwind Duncan
Ch Skyes Comet X Fleetwind Carroy Sable
Photo taken at 3 years of age
OFA hips GOOD
OFA elbows NORMAL
OLLIE
BISS GCH CH Riverview Carroy Olympic Games
GCH CH Kellcastle Rushmore X Carroy Riverview Cadimhe McAiden
AKA Ollie
OFA hips Excellent
OFA elbows NORMAL
OFA advanced cardiac NORMAL
A live breeding of Katie to Ollie is tentatively scheduled for late 2026.
Our joke is that this breeding may produce a beautiful litter of "kollies".
We do NOT breed our girls over and over just to produce puppies for sale. We plan breeding based on combining the genetics from different pairs for specific reasons. The goal is always to produce quality. Our girls are usually bred only twice in their lives, not the frequent repeat breeding of the same pair so often seen in backyard breeder or commercial "greeder" settings.
Both Lavender and Katie may be bred in 2027 to different sires than used for their first litters.
Potential plans for 2027 and 2028 may include breeding Carroy Peppermint McPutnam (Pip) after she has completed her championship and passed all her heath tests. Carroy Tory Hail Storm McOllie (Hailey) is only one year old. She will be shown occasionally as she matures and may be bred in 2028 after completing her championship and passing all health tests.
