MAIA
Maia is a purebred female Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier. Her DOB is 8/10/05

She is a owner turn-in. Below is information from their original email
about her:

I have a puppy that has urinary incontinance. Because of her continual
leakage we had her tested at the veterinary hospital at the University of Pennsylvania. A serial radiograph was done and found that her bladder is in the wrong location. The bladder is located towards her tail within the pelvis area. In addition her ureters appear to enter her bladder a little further back than normal.

The condition is congenital meaning she was born with the problem.

She was purchased in a petstore in New Jersey towards the end of November 2005 so I assume the dog was born in a puppy mill in Missouri based on the papers we received with the dog. The petstore has been very cooperative and have paid for all the testing that was
done.

She is a great dog with a lot of personality, very gentle with children.

Maia is a playful, spunky girl who loves to run and jump and play, play, play!

UPDATE

Maia has been moved to a new foster home to begin learning how to wear pullups so that she can successfully live in a new home. We will update on her progress as more information becomes
available.

UPDATE FROM FOSTER MOM:

Maia is settling in nicely to my home. She is a smart girl and is learning her basic commands quickly. She is doing well with the diapers. She will stand still when I clean her and put her diaper on. She gets
along well with my dogs and loves playing with them. She also loves to
cuddle and would be content to cuddle all day! She gives lots of kisses and always wants to be around people. She has gorgeous Wheaten eyes that like to gaze up at you and you can see her love
when you look into her eyes. She is well behaved and I have not had any behavioral issues with her. She likes to chew on her toys and she needs to have things to chew on but has been good about only chewing on approved toys.

She is such a sweet and loyal girl, she is going to make someone so very happy.

UPDATE

Maia has now been trained to wear pullups while indoors and does not
remove them. She is ready to move on to a forever home at anytime. There are no ongoing health problems to worry about with Maia. She is perfectly healthy.

You could not ask for a sweeter or smarter Wheaten to add to your family. She gets along well with other dogs and loves people. It will be a very lucky family that takes Maia home with them!

Other than the dribbling issue, Maia is perfectly healthy and has no ongoing health problems or concerns. She has the same life expectancy as any other Wheaten and no extra ordinary vet care
is required for her.

Maia is spayed, UTD on shots and is located in Sheboygan, WI

For more pics and information visit:

http://www.wheatenterrierrescue.org/Maia_in_WI.html

Our soft coated wheaten terrier named Ted has alittle issue going on. As you can see in the pictures see has alot of redness on his front paws due to a ton of licking, scratching and chewing. We have tried almost everything to help him and nothing has seemed to work. We’ve tried all the creams, changed his diet to be wheat free and have put him on antihistamines. We aren’t sure if its allergies or obbsessive compulsive. His skin isn’t really all that irritated under his hair, but he will not stop chewing!

Does anyone have any suggestions? Has anyone else’s Wheaten Terriers carry this habit? I really want my poor guy to stop

Time for a brushing! Ted loves being brushed and just lies there and lets its all happen. His favorite spot is under his chin. Either the brush or my fingernails scratching him puts him in a deep sleep.

Look at him….he is not moving. Someone really loves being brushed under his chin

A little ways back Ted had a scuffle with the mean and grumpy old dog in our neighborhood named Bear. Unfortunately Bear really showed his mean side and bit Ted on his back. Ever since then Ted can’t stand to even look at Bear. Here Ted can see Bear being walked by our house by his owner and he is not happy about it. I don’t blame him…if someone bit me, I wouldn’t like him either!

Its time for dinner Ted! Make sure you give daddy paw and what until he tells you its ok to eat your food. Good boy! Sometimes when he gives paw, he really doesn’t want to. Notice he lifts it out to the side and thinks that its good enough. Nope, gotta give it a full shake boy!

Ted sure has ears for when daddy comes home. From the moment he hears his truck pull into the driveway he goes nuts! I get pretty excited when he comes home too!

Ted our wheaten terrier absolutely loves dog parks. On this day he was acting tough and playing with Huskies that were much bigger than him. You can also see that another dog tried to jump on his back and Ted stood his ground and said “get off me” or in dog language “ruff ruff ruff”. Good job Ted for not letting the bigger dogs push you around!

Time to go out to do ‘pip pees’ Ted. You can tell he is still getting alittle used to being on camera. You better get used to it little man. Oh and by the way….thanks for letting me go first outside. Always remember “ladies first”. Ruff!

This is a cool trick. We’ll have to try and teach Ted this one. Anyone else have cool tricks that their Wheaten Terrier can do? Share them. Leave a comment below any fans of the this blog yet? Having fun blogging.

Just a cool vid of this wheaten terrier named Petey playing with a giant stability ball. Go get it Petey!