The Education Goal is to collect and establish a library of historic and resource materials and to organize a database of information about the Irish Wolfhound, which will be available to scholars of the breed.
To provide enhanced educational opportunities for caretakers of the breed, and to foster and promote learning experiences relevant to all IW caretakers by partnering with the IWCA and regional IW organizations to institute and produce educational events.
Speakers at the 2004 Specialty:
Margret Casal, Assistant Professor of Medical Genetics, Univeristy of
Pennsylvania;
Epilepsy and Primary Ciliary Dyskenesia in the Irish Wolfhound
Dr. Nathan
B. Sutter, Canine Genomics Laboratory, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center;
The Canine Genome Project and the Irish Wolfhound
Dr. Pamela J. Grasso, DVM; Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Therapy for
Wolfhounds
Dr. R. Scott Dovem DVM; Chiropractic Therapy for Sighhounds
Speaker at the IWADV Specialty Joint Sponsership with the IWADV:
"Recent Advances In Canine Reproduction - An Informal Talk" Dr. Robert S. Dove
2003
Speakers at the 2003 National Specialty:
Dr. Janice M. Bright, , CSU; The Heart of the Wolfhound
Dr. Petra Jakobs, geneticist, Oregon Health Sciences University; Mapping the Gene for Atrial Fibrillation in IWs
Rhonda Hovan, Dog writer and breeder/judge of Golden Retrievers; Using Vertical Pedigrees to Manage Complex Genetic Traits
Speaker at the RMIWA Specialty - Joint Sponsorship with RMIWA
Dr. William Dernell, CSU, Alendronate for Palliation in IW Osteosarcoma
Speaker at the IWADV Specialty - Joint Sponsorship with IWADV
Dr. Nathan B. Sutter, Canine Genome Project