The Dogs of Brigadoon Farm

04/12/2026

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02/23/2026

Chelsea loving the snow

01/11/2026

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11/07/2025

Lovely Working Great Pyrenees at 3 weeks.

11/02/2025

Terriers are having fun!

10/06/2025

10/06/2025

10/06/2025

Little guards coming soon

08/12/2025

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03/23/2025

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In ancient Ireland, only landowners could own a spaniel or a hound (Irish Wolfhounds, Beagles, Greyhounds, etc.), which is why, until the 1900s, terriers, including the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier, were the poor man’s dog. Wheatens in particular were a farm’s Jack of all Trades: Rid the farm of vermin, guard against four and two legged intruders, do a little hunting, herd a sheep or two, and keep the master company. Like a few other working dogs, the Wheaten’s docked tail told the tax collector that s/he was exempt from the tax on dogs.

When the Wheaten was recognized as a breed by the Irish Kennel Club in 1937 (on St. Patrick’s Day!), the club bore in mind the breed’s working roots, and thus, to earn a championship title, Wheatens were first required to earn a Teastas Mor, a certificate of gameness earned by qualifying in field trials with rats, rabbits, and badgers (the rule no longer exists). The breed differs from most other terriers in that his coat is soft, rather than hard or wiry, but these can be hard-muscled working terriers which has earned the breed the description: An Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove.

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