Please note Specialty Show 2023 updates:

Due to unforeseen circumstances, IWADV and PVIWC have had to cancel the LGRA trial Saturday morning. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Show Photos

Show photos from our esteemed photographer Mark Berry are available on his website: Link

 

 

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The Potomac Valley Irish Wolfhound Club (PVIWC) is a regional breed club dedicated to the health and welfare of the Irish Wolfhound. Our members live primarily in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. PVIWC is a very active club which hosts an annual AKC specialty and obedience show in the Spring, participates in educational activities and parades, rescues local wolfhounds in need of new homes, and sponsors a Fun Day in the Fall, to name a few of our regular functions.

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 2023 Specialty information:

 Announcing our 2023 BACK-TO-BACK specialties, Obedience, Rally, and LGRA trials will be April 1 - 3, 2022, same location (HCEC), in Bel Air MD! O/R and LGRA Saturday, possibly CGC. Judges will be Patty Newgard (sweeps, Monday) and Debbie Tebbut (breed, Sunday), Jacqueline Keaton Carswell (breed, Monday) and Michael Mooney OB/Rally (Saturday).

New Food Vendor:

The Potomac Valley Irish Wolfhound Club (PVIWC) is delighted to announce that breakfast and lunch will be available to purchase onsite through Capital Concessions. A variety of foods will be offered and special dietary needs can be accommodated. Please contact show chair to advise of such needs. They do not accept credit cards, cash only.

Download 2023 Premium here.

Download 2023 Program of Judging  here.

Download 2023 IWADV LGRA Premium here.

Download 2023 Marked Catalog here.

 

 IRISH WOLFHOUND FOUNDATION (IWF) HEART STUDY
As part of the Life Cycle Study, The Irish Wolfhound Foundation will sponsor screening for cardiac health at the show site on Sunday, April 2. A donation of $60 is requested for EKG/auscultation for hounds under 6 and $30 for hounds 6 and older. Any hound found to have an abnormal EKG or auscultation will be worked into the echo clinic and a $100 donation will be requested. Testing for OFA certification will be available but must be requested when you sign up. Echocardiogram/ EKG (required for OFA cert.) will be $200 for healthy dogs 2 years and under 6 year of age & $100 for dogs over 6 years of age. Sign up online at www.iwfoundation.org/screening-clinics or contact Frances Abrams at 937-371-3609, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  to pre-register before March 12.

 

 

 Results:

Sweeps Critique here.

Sunday Critique here, Judges Comments here.