These Irish farmers and early breed fanciers also sought to create a ‘just the right size dog’-one sturdy enough for hard work but also manageable indoors as a permanent house guest of sorts. Terriers, simply put, were the preferred choice for the job. It was versatile, tough work, often on tougher-still terrain. His purpose was multi-faceted on the farm-ratter extraordinaire, tracker of game (such as otter and badgers) both on land and in water, and of course herding and guarding sheep and cattle. But the Wheaten, along with his cousins the Kerry Blue and Irish Terriers, was bred to be sturdy, tough, and well-balanced.
Bred by farmers a few hundred years ago, written records don’t exist to tell us the exact origins of the breed.
The working farms of Ireland are synonymous with small-to-medium sized plucky terriers, and the Wheaten is no exception. Out of the Emerald Isle and into your heart, the Soft-coated Wheaten Terrier, or Wheaten for short, is yet another sturdy, joyful terrier native to Ireland.
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