World Of Dogs Updates

The Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier is an adorably fluffy breed of dog that originated from Ireland. Primarily, this dog was bred to pose as a herding dog, watch dog, livestock guard and ratter. Today, the Wheaten terrier is mostly adopted as a pet and most often, it is pitted in dog competitions such as agility, obedience and tracking.

As experts say, the Wheaten Terrier does not have a fur for a coat but hair. Its coat sheds minimally and is considered hypoallergenic. The Wheaten’s coat has four types namely, the Traditional Irish, Heavy Irish, English, and American; all hair types grow out like human hair and therefore need to be cut as a form of grooming, often.

The general color of the breed is wheaten but there are some that are colored white. Kennel clubs does not honor the white colored much. As puppies, some Wheaten may be born with red, mahogany or brown coats but they fall off to become wheaten as the puppies grow old.

Hair brushing is not exactly the way to groom the Wheaten’s hair as this will only make the hair fuzzy. For best results, one should use a medium-toothed comb and this should be done daily or at least regularly. Grooming of Wheaten’s hair should start from puppyhood until it grows to an adult.

Teaching the Wheaten terrier the way to do things doesn’t consume much time because this breed can pick up instructions quite easily. This dog is smart, quick to learn, energetic and playful. It is sweet-tempered, graceful and confident; and it loves playing amongst children and other animals.

The Wheaten is a friendly breed and in fact, it is very friendly it has its own unique way of greeting people. The Wheaten would jump up and lick a person’s face when it likes him or her and this approach is called, the “wheaten greeting”. Towards strangers, this dog is not aggressive but it will bark at incoming people, making it a good watchdog.

This creature is a straightforward dog that needs straightforward master therefore; the owner should display leadership in forms of firm and consistent approach, and patient disposition. The dog can learn quickly when it is guided by such approach. Moreover, this dog is mostly inactive inside the house and so an apartment setting would be fine for it as long as it still gets to exercise daily outside.

The only known relative of the Wheaten terrier is the Kerry Blue Terrier. Additionally, it took years for the Irish Kennel Club to recognize the Wheaten terrier as a breed and this happened only in 1937. In 1946, the fist group of the breed arrived in the US and it was in 1973 that the American Kennel Club recognized it as another breed.