working wheaten lines

[tinytiger 822]

about 40lb

[mnnewry 35]

 

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 80'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.

Is this the same Peter Goran that won the All Ireland Trial 3 times with a dog called Fred (I think that's what it's name was), friend of mine is an ex club man, always talks about Gorman's wheaton

Edited July 19, 2015 by mnnewry

[trap 85]

Any one got a photo of diddycye Finn ?

[trap 85]

Two gt-grandsires to my old Wheaten bitch rathuilly Ben and border boss

[Carlovian 583]

Any one got a photo of diddycye Finn ?

 

"Diddycye Finn"....aka: "Bruce"

[trap 85]

Thanks for the pic, gave most of mine away, found some trials certs I forgot all about a few are finns thought a decent pic of him would look good with them

[Lenmcharristar 9,180]

 

Any one got a photo of diddycye Finn ?

 

diddycye finn,,,,o.jpeg

 

"Diddycye Finn"....aka: "Bruce"

was he a good dog?

[Lusitano 294]

Another picture of Diddycye Finn aka Bruce

Edited December 2, 2016 by Lusitano

[Carlovian 583]

 

a couple more of "Diddycye Finn" ,,aka: "Bruce"..

Edited December 2, 2016 by Carlovian

[trap 85]

Good pics mate

[Wild-Bill 500]

Cracking picks them!

[Mossy1989 12]

Some fine animals ,il put up a pic of mine .soon as I figure it out

[trap 85]

A pic of one I had bought 25years back

[BlackBuck 655]

Beautiful animal trap

[THE GENERAL 1,975]

Lovely looking dogs Trap, you don't have to look at them twice to know they're bred from the right stuff. They are Irish working Wheaten terriers. They don't change with time when the blood is kept tight. Credit to the men that own them, I seen that programme on TG4 last week and the Wheatens were not in the same league looks wise, compared to the type I've seen work. Them dogs in the pics look the same as the dogs 50/60 years ago.

Edited December 27, 2016 by THE GENERAL