The Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier is an Irish farm dog with a distinctive silky, wavy wheaten-coloured coat and an exuberant, puppyish personality that persists well into adulthood. Affectionate, energetic, and playful, Wheatens are enthusiastic companions who are good with children and adaptable to active family life. Their low-shedding coat is a bonus for mild allergy sufferers, though it requires regular professional grooming.
My Wheaten greets every arrival by launching herself at chest height with enthusiasm that has left bruises. She is not aggressive, she is delighted, but the jumping was a serious problem with elderly visitors. We have done extensive training and she is much better but the default enthusiastic greeti…
Read full review →My Wheaten is seven years old and has been my most devoted companion through a difficult few years. He senses when I am struggling and moves close without being asked. He has a warmth and emotional perceptiveness that I find genuinely comforting. He is playful when I need distraction and calm when I…
Read full review →My son has dog allergies and we tested carefully before getting our Wheaten. He has no reaction to her in three years of close living. She is also a wonderful family dog, affectionate with my children, playful and energetic, and gentle enough for everyday family life. The allergy benefit combined wi…
Read full review →My Wheaten greets every person who enters my home by jumping up to make full eye contact and then spinning in circles of pure delight. We have trained the jumping down considerably but the enthusiasm never dims. He is warm, playful, and endlessly affectionate. He has been gentle with my children fro…
Read full review →My Wheaten is the most dog-friendly breed I have owned. She approaches every dog she meets with open, friendly energy and has never been involved in a conflict. She plays well with dogs of all sizes and adjusts her intensity appropriately. She is genuinely sociable and seems happiest in multi-dog en…
Read full review →My Wheaten is two years old and still has puppy energy. She runs, plays, zooms around the garden, and investigates everything with inexhaustible curiosity. She is wonderful on long hikes and equally happy playing fetch in the garden. Her coat needs professional grooming every eight weeks but it is s…
Read full review →My Wheaten is not a calm dog and probably never will be. But I have come to love his exuberance as an expression of how fully he engages with life. Everything is wonderful to him. Every walk is an adventure, every person a new friend, every moment an opportunity for joy. Living with that energy is c…
Read full review →The Wheaten coat is beautiful and silky and does not shed onto furniture in the way so many breeds do. The cost is professional grooming every eight weeks, which is real. But the result is a dog that looks and feels wonderful and does not leave fur on everything I own. A good trade-off for a mild al…
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