A Irish Wolfhound to Remember

Philip & I dreamed of having an Irish Wolfhound. I remember the first one I ever saw. We were in Junk City, a huge store selling everything from antiques to old movie props in London near the Hammersmith Bridge. Well, we were browsing in Junk City and were startled by this "pony" galloping down the isle. No, it's wasn't a pony, it was a dog--a huge dog. He was magnificent! We knew immediately this was the dog we would have someday. In fact as I remember, Philip wanted a brace of wolfhounds. Being more logical, I decided to settle for one.

When the Wolfhound,"Noel" boarded at Northeast Veterinary Hospital, her owners allowed us to keep her at our house. She had a great time each day riding around with Philip in his little truck and sleeping by our bed at night. We were in love with Irish Wolfhounds, but were having to settle for our visits from Noel until her owner told the breeder how crazy we were about wolfhounds, and word traveled fast. The next thing we knew we were invited to Atlanta to see a litter of puppies. The breeder wanted to retain ownership of more dogs than she could keep at her house, so we were asked to raise Deweylimb as our own but she would be co-owned by the breeder. That was fine with us. We finally had our beloved Irish Wolfhound, and she was wonderful. She even starred in a television advertisement with our two year old son. The ad was so popular the T.V. station received phone calls requesting it. Deweylimb and Philip both did an excellent job, and the advertisement won a national award for the best low budget advertisement.