1920S Film

[p3d 879]

You can get Blue Wheatens and also Wheaten Kerry Blues even today in litters.

 

 

 

There are from the same root stock and the Irish Kennel Club (IKC) split them into two made up breeds.

The colour is just a slight genetic difference.

 

Even the Glen of Imaal was split from the same root stock, early litters could contain one of each type.

The first Glen of Imaal show gives an image of the first Glens, they were much higher on the leg

than the dwarf animals that we see today.

 

 

IMO these three breeds are the same dog, just split by genetic differences by the IKC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Lenmcharristar 9,687]

Defo an animal top of my wish list

[p3d 879]

Defo an animal top of my wish list

 

Len,

 

Be careful what you wish for

Working Wheatens are a liability in any yard.

I have had the privilege to know men who championed the working Wheaten and see their dogs in the field.

 

What sticks in my memory is an image of Sharks with legs!

They are quiet as a lamb and in split second your Jack Russell is lifeless in front of you.

 

That video was from a different era, we can admire those dogs and their history

but IMO they struggle to have a place on these islands in todays hunting world.

 

Perhaps on a different continent these game dogs will find work.

[Lenmcharristar 9,687]

 

Defo an animal top of my wish list

 

Len,

 

Be careful what you wish for

Working Wheatens are a liability in any yard.

I have had the privilege to know men who championed the working Wheaten and see their dogs in the field.

 

What sticks in my memory is an image of Sharks with legs!

They are quiet as a lamb and in split second your Jack Russell is lifeless in front of you.

 

That video was from a different era, we can admire those dogs and their history

but IMO they struggle to have a place on these islands in todays hunting world.

 

Perhaps on a different continent these game dogs will find work.

 

Defo an animal top of my wish list

 

Len,

 

Be careful what you wish for

Working Wheatens are a liability in any yard.

I have had the privilege to know men who championed the working Wheaten and see their dogs in the field.

 

What sticks in my memory is an image of Sharks with legs!

They are quiet as a lamb and in split second your Jack Russell is lifeless in front of you.

 

That video was from a different era, we can admire those dogs and their history

but IMO they struggle to have a place on these islands in todays hunting world.

 

Perhaps on a different continent these game dogs will find work.

it would only be in a one dog house, but thanks for the heads up mate, think I'd be ok handling one

[p3d 879]

An early photograph of a KBT litter

 

 

Also Kerry Blues were still trailed up to the 60's

 

 

Later the Staff / Irish Staff were the most prominent at the trials.

Working Wheatens were there as well but they were thought of as better in the field.

 

I was talking to men at the Westmeath WTC show who remembered them and their work.

To hear these men describe how the Wheaten excelled at manoeuvring corners while working

reminded me how the guys who bred these dogs had such a high standard.

 

But without a small Jack Russell to spend time sounding and allowing the dig to take place,

The strong dogs would have seen little work.

Some of these strong dogs heads would not fit into a burrow.

 

 

[Lenmcharristar 9,687]

An early photograph of a KBT litter

 

Early Kerry Blue Litter in the 20's.jpg

 

Also Kerry Blues were still trailed up to the 60's

 

KBT Trialled 1960.jpg

 

Later the Staff / Irish Staff were the most prominent at the trials.

Working Wheatens were there as well but they were thought of as better in the field.

 

I was talking to men at the Westmeath WTC show who remembered them and their work.

To hear these men describe how the Wheaten excelled at manoeuvring corners while working

reminded me how the guys who bred these dogs had such a high standard.

 

But without a small Jack Russell to spend time sounding and allowing the dig to take place,

The strong dogs would have seen little work.

Some of these strong dogs heads would not fit into a burrow.

 

that staff in the middle looks as though it's thinking, if you come any closer I'm having ye

[leethedog 3,071]

I regularly talk with an old boy from meath who had dogs in the trials he recons the Glenn's were the best dogs in the feild by far due to there relentless nature and more compact size .

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https://youtu.be/cCgSiK8ktDc

Strong looking dogs

The chap with the tache on the left when they get the badger out the boxe looks like he's had a livener or two before he turned up...surprised to see so many turn out to watch rabbits running around a field on a sunday morning

[marshman 7,757]

 

 

Strong looking dogs

The chap with the tache on the left when they get the badger out the boxe looks like he's had a livener or two before he turned up...surprised to see so many turn out to watch rabbits running around a field on a sunday morning

they probably made a day of it with a few drinks before and after ?

[marshman 7,757]

Got to say them dogs do look a lot different to the Kerry Blues even on some old pics .

[jiggy 3,209]

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[Dead Eyes 681]

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[man o kent 269]

Lord save us, an anti's dream thread

[jiggy 3,209]

Lord save us, an anti's dream thread

well it was 100 years ago but maybe your right

[fat man 4,741]

I regularly talk with an old boy from meath who had dogs in the trials he recons the Glenn's were the best dogs in the feild by far due to there relentless nature and more compact size .

Lee go back and read the results from the trials and see how many glens are there compared to wheatens or staffs,no comparison.