Whilst, in general, Soft-Coated Wheaten Terriers are healthy and robust
dogs, there are underlying genetic problems within the breed that owners
and breeders need to be aware of. Renal Dysplasia was identified in the
1970s and it has been at the centre of the concerns of the SCWT Club of
GB throughout the last two decades. However, there are other problems,
e.g. Protein Losing Enteropathy (PLE), Protein Losing Nephropathy (PLN) and Addison’s Disease that have not received so much
attention.
The founder members of WHI had felt for some time that information
about these diseases/syndromes should be in the public domain, and concluded that this would be best disseminated via an independent Health
Group. Thus it was, on the 16th February 2003 that an inaugural meeting
was held and the foundation stone for the
Wheaten
Health Initiative
was laid.
The aim of this enthusiastic group is to be able to work freely in an
effort to help, educate, advise and keep breeders and owners abreast of
up to date health information from around the world. We hope this
site will help achieve this.
Health
Out
and About with GT!
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We want to develop an open approach to sharing information, both here in
the UK, and with breeders and owners in other countries.
It is not our intention to alarm, but to make as many people as possible
aware of diseases that
could
affect our lovely breed.
By
encouraging early testing it should be possible to identify where
problems are occurring and hopefully, in time, eradicate them.
If you are interested in learning more about Wheaten Health
Initiative or have any other issues that you may like to raise
regarding Wheaten Health, then please contact
any member of the group.
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