I've wanted an irish wolfhound for years, but have always assumed I'd need to wait awhile before I could adopt one because I currently have 3 small dogs. One is 10 pounds, one is 11 pounds, and one is 22 pounds. I just thought that it would be very unsafe to have such a large dog with small dogs. But, I keep hearing that IWs are great with dogs, including tiny ones, and are very gentle. I've seen pictures of them with chihuahuas and tiny yorkies, like 3-4 pounds, and supposedly without problems. I assumed reputable breeders wouldn't let IWs go to homes that have small dogs, but is this not necessarily the case? I just pictured even if the IW is not aggressive, they could inadvertently hurt a small dog in play, or by stepping on them or something! I still think I'm going to wait awhile to get one, but was just curious. Are IWs usually good with small dogs? What do you think?
2007-08-19
17:50:34
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