The Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Club of Australasia

What is the SCWTCA

The Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Club of Australasia represents breeders of true to type Irish style softcoated wheaten terriers throughout Australia and New Zealand. All breeders identified on the site commit to furthering the breed through the sensible use of healthy dogs to promote and further the breed for the generations to come.

Australia has had a rocky time with wheatens over the past 25 or so years with health issues surfacing in some quarters. Responsible breeders have moved to those Irish lines which have a documented history of clear health.

And for those interested: "No, we are not involved in WHAP. WHAP is a small collective of vocal breeders who continue to breed from wheaten lines closely related to affected dogs and/or dogs that have produced affected dogs. The breeders involved in WHAP need to look for a way of determining as to whether their dogs are affected or are carriers etc.Those involved with WHAP own and continue to breed dogs that have close relatives listed as producing or having hereditary disease on international health registers. Our breeding lines have no historical record of hereditary disease. This can be demonstrated by the many health registers kept by wheaten breed clubs in the US, Sweden and the UK. This evidence can be provided as required".

An Irish bitch with a healthy litter of pups ...