Working wheatean terriers any about

[Steak knife 131]

On 21/09/2021 at 22:10, spindolero said:

I struggle to see what a kerry blue or irish terrier could bring that a bull or Wheaton wouldn't do better 

As long as they look like Wheatens

Surely they’re Wheatenstaffpitbullirishstaffpitbullwheaten and maybe a bit of breeding in between 

[Steak knife 131]

There’s a lot of sh@te about atm.

Even the well bred ones don’t always make the grade.

Don’t stop some folk still breeding of them mind you

[Setenta 117]

My lad knows the fella who runs that website and he has never said a bad word about him. I also spoke to him a few times as he was interested in some of the dogs I kept in the 80’s and he was always very pleasant and eager to learn. Which is more that can be said for most on here!

[The Fields 23]

Use to see decent looking wheatens at some of the terrier shows in ireland , big Jackie always had one for sale or knew where there was one for sale ,is that big man Jackie still alive 

[ijf 111]

On 08/11/2021 at 23:47, Setenta said:

My lad knows the fella who runs that website and he has never said a bad word about him. I also spoke to him a few times as he was interested in some of the dogs I kept in the 80’s and he was always very pleasant and eager to learn. Which is more that can be said for most on here!

I don't know the guy but he is very opinionated on working dogs, yet he doesn't work dogs...

 

Edited November 22, 2021 by ijf

[THE GENERAL 1,982]

On 16/11/2021 at 23:06, The Fields said:

Use to see decent looking wheatens at some of the terrier shows in ireland , big Jackie always had one for sale or knew where there was one for sale ,is that big man Jackie still alive 

He sure is.

[skinthegoat 26]

10 hours ago, THE GENERAL said:

He sure is.

Sound big man. Last I saw him was at the show in Waterford. First wheaten pup we bought was through Jacky. 

[THE GENERAL 1,982]

1 hour ago, skinthegoat said:

Sound big man. Last I saw him was at the show in Waterford. First wheaten pup we bought was through Jacky. 

Few years ago that was, good show that used to be 

[The Fields 23]

I remember an oul pal of mine Flasher use to call him Big Jake The Snake, honestly don,t know which one would’ve stroked you first , he always had something for sale and if he didn’t,he knew a man who did , always weighed into the shows with big trailer full of dogs and a biscuit tin full of sandwiches. 

[THE GENERAL 1,982]

We were in a pub for a few pints one day and he asked me about a booth bred bitch I’d got from a pup. I told him she wasn’t gonna suit me and I wasnt at all happy with her because she was too small for my liking. He told me he wanted her and he’d give me all the money he had in his pockets for her. We shook on it and he emptied his pockets. 17 euro

Edited November 21, 2021 by THE GENERAL

[harryshounds 1,014]

Was some good uns around North Dublin few yrs back in the 80s and 90s but by the early 00s lads stopped keeping em. Hard got.

Edited November 21, 2021 by harryshounds

[Setenta 117]

On 19/11/2021 at 17:07, ijf said:

I don't know the guy but he is very opinionated on working dogs, yet he doesn't work dogs...

 

Unless, you’re one of these clowns that posts your business all over the Internet, no one really knows what people do and don’t do with their dogs. It’s all hear say. I would be extremely wary of anyone who openly shares on the Internet what they do with their strong dogs in this country. 

[Setenta 117]

On 20/11/2021 at 23:17, THE GENERAL said:

He sure is.

I met him at a dog show years ago through some friends. A lively Irish character that’s for sure.

[The Fields 23]

There was a few good wheatens kept round the Waterford area , very very  well kept tight line bred dogs going right back to the 1970s . 

[ijf 111]

On 22/12/2021 at 00:45, Setenta said:

Unless, you’re one of these clowns that posts your business all over the Internet, no one really knows what people do and don’t do with their dogs. It’s all hear say. I would be extremely wary of anyone who openly shares on the Internet what they do with their strong dogs in this country. 

He openly states he doesn't work his dogs - for legal or illegal hunting. He has a lot of opinions on working breeds(not just strong dogs), how they work, and what crosses would work and what wouldn't. Yet he doesn't work dogs. I am sure he is a nice fella, he is entitled to an opinion and is clearly passionate about dogs, but any person preaching about working dogs without working them ....  saying people should cross a Pitbull with a Kerry Blue as a Kerry Blue would bring more to a cross than a working Wheaton....