Ive seen videos to people cutting the long hard bits on their dogs paws. Is that safe to do?

Skyrim, my black beauty

Does any one have any tips for keeping you IW clean? (In the lower areas if you get what I mean)

Born this morning - two healthy boys!!

Approx. 1 year, off leash e collar trained, perfect angel, full time lizard hunter.

Are IWHs supposed to be decent swimmers? Mine seems to enjoy water a good bit. I have a doggy life jacket for him but it doesn’t seem to add much buoyancy. Any recommendations / anecdotes about swimming?

Obligatory puppy pic tax from last summer

Sefi and Pax doing some bonding

Sirius was too concerned with watching to pizza box and didn’t see the car coming 😂

Every morning I get my coffee and sit on the couch and Gandalf comes and sits on my lab for morning cuddles. This morning I was taking longer to sit and he was just whining until I sat. Lol

Irish Wolfhound Abraham sharing a tender moment with his ancient feline roommate, Grandmother Koistinen. She may be old and grumpy, but he treats her like royalty. This is what peace looks like❤️

Our (almost) 8 month old girl!

I have an IW puppy of 9-10 months. My question is how long should our walks be? We get plenty of exercise in the yards, freesbie and all that. But whenever I take him on a hike or a longer walk, he acts out! He has a tendency to act out when he's tired, but consistently he's doing this after around 30 mins of a fast-paced walk.

Since he's a puppy he's pretty overstimulated when there's a lot of people around.

How long are your walks and at what age did you get them to accompany you on longer ones?
Are these hiking dogs capable of coming on a trip or is that too much of an expectation?

My puppy is finally at the point of growing out of his playpen "crate" and was trying to find some good quality elevated beds for him. I use Chewy for his things so that's my main store but I'm open to anything! Thank you