How tall is an Irish Wolfhound?

What an Irish Wolfhound’s height measures

The American Kennel Club measures height at the withers, the top of the shoulders. Its standard sets minimums: 32 inches for males and 30 inches for females. The drawing uses the male minimum.

Ranked by the tallest height its standard names (32 in), the Irish Wolfhound is the tallest of the 297 dog breeds on this site. See the tallest dog breeds ranked.

Drawn at the same 32 in: Great Dane, Pyrenean Mountain Dog and Alpaca. Same drawing, different listings: an Irish Wolfhound’s figure is the male minimum, a Great Dane’s and a Pyrenean Mountain Dog’s each the top of its male range, an alpaca’s the lower end of its range.

This is a published species or breed reference, not a prediction for an individual animal. Where a range is supplied, both ends appear with the reading. Shoulder height and head height are kept apart when comparing animals.

Other hound dogs near its height

• Greyhound 30 in
• Scottish Deerhound 30 in
• Borzoi 28 in
• Afghan Hound 27 in
• Bloodhound 27 in
• Otterhound 27 in
• Rhodesian Ridgeback 27 in
• Sloughi 26 in

All 50 hound dogs by height, tallest first, or every dog breed. To compare your own dog, measure it at the withers.

Published heights