If there is a link missing from this page, please contact Wheaten Health Australia.
Wheaten Health Initiative: British project for wheaten terrier health. Includes information on the pANCA pilot test project.
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Club of America Health Pages: Contains links to articles on PLE/PLN and other disease/genetic issues in wheaten terriers, in particular articles from the leading researchers into the diseases.
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Genetic Research Fund: Fundraiser to find the genetic marker for PLE/PLN.
Colony Dogs: Project to find the mode of inheritance for PLE/PLN by crossbreeding to beagles.
SCWTCA Endowment, Inc: US club supported health research fund.
Canine Phenome Project: From the website: the Canine Phenome Project is an effort to describe the dog as a species in all of its variability and to understand the factors, both genetic and non-genetic, that contribute to this variability.
Texas A&M Gastrointestinal Lab Study: From the website: a three-month study targeting abnormal intestinal permeability which can be found in a lot of dogs with intestinal disease, such as PLE.
Due to careful placement of wheaten puppies, breeders rarely need to rehome their dogs. Wheatens tend not to end up in pounds or shelters. Backyard breeders, puppyfarms and pet shops in contrast care about one thing: the profit they can make from their 'livestock'. Impulse buying and serial dumping ensures the statistics of dogs killed in pounds increases each year. WHA recommends that if people do not choose to buy a puppy via an ethical registered breeder then they should rescue from a pound or shelter or one of the ethical rescue groups listed below.
Note: Wheaten Health Australia supports animal welfare. This is different to animal rights. Animal rights groups do not want people to have dogs or other animals as pets. Look beyond the propaganda into what they really want for your dogs.
Australian Animal Protection Society
Many rescue groups list available animals on Pet Rescue.