dublin dezzy 1,023 Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 weatons cant be trusted around small children never mind live stock would pull you down the street to get at an other dog,in the field no problems,know there job,at home with the kids 100% trust,never had any problem,top versatile dog to own 4 Quote Link to post
BOLIO1 1,078 Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 I know for a fact that one of the very top wheaten men in the North had to p.t.s. a very game Wheaten that tried to eat his grandchild. Thank heavens for safe chains...... 2 Quote Link to post
Tesco 28 Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Mine love kids...but couldnt eat a whole 1... Quote Link to post
jimmys shop 182 Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 I know for a fact that one of the very top wheaten men in the North had to p.t.s. a very game Wheaten that tried to eat his grandchild. Thank heavens for safe chains...... hopefully ,theres guys who will put on photos of their working wheatens and grandkids with these dogs going back 30 years and not a harm done , 1 Quote Link to post
BOLIO1 1,078 Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 I'm not condemning the breed for the sins of a few, but some of the older members may remember an incident at a trial many years ago when Flasher Dunphy, R.I.P., walked over to a van beside which a wheaten dog was teathered, and leaning across to slap his hand on the roof of the van, found the dog latched onto his arm pit. Most of these dogs have been kept in pens or on chains and have not been socialised to the extent that they can be trusted among civilised folk. Kept in the home I'm sure would be a different matter however. 2 Quote Link to post
jack lee 137 Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 to give you a straight answer, there is still quite a few wheatens in the south that are performing well,although you will probably find it hard to get in touch with any wheaten men,unless you have a very good contact that could make a introduction, even then they still might not be interested in new faces,the men from northern ireland would come down and try to buy ,and even they at times found it hard to do so,and they were well respected dogmen, Quote Link to post
BOLIO1 1,078 Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 to give you a straight answer, there is still quite a few wheatens in the south that are performing well,although you will probably find it hard to get in touch with any wheaten men,unless you have a very good contact that could make a introduction, even then they still might not be interested in new faces,the men from northern ireland would come down and try to buy ,and even they at times found it hard to do so,and they were well respected dogmen, Yes I remember when, in order to run dogs at the trials, each entrant was required to be a member of a club that was affiliated to the Working Terrier Federation of Ireland. Despite the rampant prejudice shown against some Northern clubs, we managed, by dint of a rather classy certificate designed by myself I might add, to get ourselves voted into the Fed and were able to run our dogs. Luckily Peter Gorman, like many of the ordinary working terrier men from the south, wasn't afflicted with the same bigotry and allowed us to buy pups and adults off him. I gave a pure wheaten of Peters breeding to my late friend, Tony Dunphy from Waterford, in the early 's and some of the offspring has come North in later years to consolidate a successful line up here again. There's more that unites us than what divides us in this dog game. 8 Quote Link to post
delonpara 8 Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 here is mine a import also ,, from working stock nice dog where this dog come from ? is in irland kennel? Quote Link to post
jimmys shop 182 Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 here is mine a import also ,, from working stock Looking good for you , Bolio im laughing about Flasher (r.i.p),if it was gonna happen to anyone it had to be him . Quote Link to post
sounder79 80 Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 good stories there lads i know a man who just saved one of his kids from a wheaten out in the yard,and this fela knows about dogs and was at the trials in the 60s been there done that,but i tell ya he got the fright of his life.i wouldnt trust any dog with a child never mind a working wheaten.as someone said earlier when there locked up all day on a chain it drives them mad. 1 Quote Link to post
Milwr 33 Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Diddycye line 5 Quote Link to post
Guest alcapone Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 (edited) here is mine a import also ,, from working stock nice dog where this dog come from ? is in irland kennel? The dog came from a well respected dog man from belfast. "Rebel" is in england now. Edited March 1, 2011 by alcapone Quote Link to post
tinytiger 840 Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Diddycye line was there a dash of staff in the diddycye dogs? Quote Link to post
Guest dee mac Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 i was given a young wheaten dog by a very decent man and i have too say he s a cracking dog a bit hyper active in kennells but not a bad bone in his body i ve even seen young pups with there noses through the mesh of his kennell door and him licking them like they were lollys believe it or believe it not Quote Link to post
artful212 394 Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 always like hearing bout the wheatens 2 Quote Link to post
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