Many puppies have quite a heavy black mask and quite a deal of black through the coat. The correct adult coat should be established by around three years of age. As there are a number of variations of coat type around the world, puppies can vary, from having harsh deep red coats (traditional), through to the more profuse and fluffy baby coats, more commonly seen on the English and American dogs all of which can mature to the correct soft, silky, flowing adult coat. The Wheaten’s black rimmed, dark hazel eyes are coverd with a profuse ‘fall’ and long silky furnishings cover their entire face. The Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier is a sound, medium sized breed with no exaggerations and has a coat colour that resembles a field of ripened wheat. Over the next 35 years the breed spread to England, Europe, America, and arrived in Australia in the 1970s. The breed was then officially recognised by the Irish Kennel Club in 1937 and started to win many hearts. They were not permitted to keep a dog over the value of five pounds and these dogs were bred to earn their keep, by hunting badgers, otters and vermin, do some poaching, herd, be a family pet and companion, to stand guard and sound the alarm (although they would probably lick the intruders to death upon arrival).īy the 1930s, Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier enthusiasts in Ireland, namely Dr G Pierce and Mr P Blake, were more selective and developed the breed’s distinctive traits. Wheatens were seen as the poor people’s dog, owned by the peasants and crofters (farmers that worked plots leased by wealthy land owners). Its humble beginnings probably came from a very mixed ancestry that then combined with the more recent Irish Terriers, but are unlike the Kerry Blue and Irish Terriers, which were deliberately bred from an early date. The Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier was a very common dog in Ireland for over 200 years.
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