r/Wheatens

Before and after

We lost our 4 year old beautiful boy to renal dysplasia and it nearly killed me.

But we welcomed our beautiful Clementine this weekend and we are already in love with her 💜 and grateful for her presence in our family.

10 weeks old - rocking her potty training, figured out crate time is sleepy time, and the most brave little bean I’ve ever met.

My boy is getting his first proper groom tomorrow and we want to show the groomers a reference photo. Last time he had a puppy introductory trim and he came back with sad looking eyes.

We can’t find a lot of groomed Wheaten pics on Google so putting this out to the community for help!

Hi everyone! I just adopted a wheaten terrier yesterday and I’m so new to the breed, any advice is so appreciated.

Her name is pickles, and she’s a 1 year old. Unfortunately, her previous mom didn’t seem to care about her at all, barely even said bye to her. She hasn’t had a lick of training, doesn’t even know how to sit, and barely even knows her old name. She isn’t fixed since the previous owner was planning on possibly breeding her 🥲

We got her as a friend for our 3.5 yo standard poodle, who was a dream to work with in training. They love each other but when our poodle is winding down for the night, shes done and gets her boundaries pressed by the new pup.

We also have 2 cats, which she hasn’t been terrible about but if they run I think her prey drive is triggered and she might run after them. I’m hopeful we can work out these issues because she’s the sweetest girl.

UPDATE: we just took pickles to her first vet appointment and she is a hermaphrodite!! Seems like most things should be normal throughout her life with a few caveats, has anyone else experienced this?

Yall please tell me i am not crazy. Here is my boy, we adopted him a few years back from a shelter. He was surrendered by his owner for not doing well with kids. He was marked as a wheaten terrier which makes sense. Hd definitely has a wheaten personality. He's about 48 lbs

A groomer told us he was a bit thicker build and slightly bigger than some wheaten she had groomed and thought maybe he was a mix. Just for fun I wondered what he was possibly mixed with so I got the embark test. Here are the results:

26% supermutt (broken down into shar pei, daschund, pit, and lab)

18% beagle

17% husky

15% chow

12% boxer

5% basset hound

4% German shepherd

Not a drop of wheaten? I think im calling BS on embark lol

Hi All!

This is Rocsi, our 10 week old wheaten that came home last weekend. Although we’ve fostered many many dogs in the past couple of years to prepare for having our own, the fosters have usually been older and out of this snapping turtle phase. We love her, though!

Any good commands my 8 and 5 year old can teach her to redirect from biting tiny ankles and thighs? They’ve tried standing still and turning away, but she thinks it’s just playtime in a different direction. They’ve also tried redirecting with toys, but she’s more interested in the kid chomping game. We have endless shapes and textures of toys to offer, but they only keep her attention for a short time.

She’s tethered to me most of the time when she’s not crated, but gets a few minutes of supervised freedom in the backyard throughout the day. We are working on sit, leash and house training, as well as grooming handling. Anything else I’m missing right now?

We’ll have more questions. TY ❤️

So this toy used to be a "Frisbee", until my 6 month old baby, Winston, decided that wasn't fun enough and chewed it until I was first to braid it into a rope. He also destroyed most of the stuffed animals i shouldn't have given him😔

What toy recommendations are there so I can satisfy his desire to destroy things? If there are also toys that help keep his brain trained and things for him to play with so he won't feel sad while we train alone time, ill take those too.

Hi all, we lost our beloved sweet pea (Rockie) this past week. Rather suddenly but not when we consider the severe pancreatitis attacks, renal failure, and gallbladder disease we’ve been navigating. She was only 8.5 and we hiked almost fanatically. I thought her strong heart would help her live longer. Anyway. I’m struggling so badly. We’ve had other dogs before but this was our first Wheaten that we got from a pup and I feel like part of me died. I miss my girl so much.

She had been slowly declining and then it got much worse in the past 2 weeks. She could barely hold her self up. She would walk into corners or non stop pacing. Vet says dementia with a possible brain tumor. 13 years old.

Hey everyone! Our wheaten, Murphy, is a little over a year and a half old. We got him as a puppy and have never had issues with anxiety or traumatic experiences. The last two weeks he has suddenly become afraid of things he never reacted to before: garbage containers being emptied, delivery trucks being (un)loaded, the agility jump set he loved last summer, hula hoops, garden hoses, etc. Our trainer says it's a little late to be a "typical" puberty fear period (usually happens around 12-14 months), but we aren't sure what else could be causing this or how to help him. Has anyone else experienced this? Are wheatens just a little late to this stage?