Obedience
Many Wheatens do great in obedience, use your imagination and sense of humour when training your Wheaten.
Casper in heel position
Tracking and rescue are sports that are suitable for the Wheaten Terrier, it is fun to train even if you do not aim to compete.
Trulsa tracking successfully
Agility
Agility was first presented at Cruft's in 1978 and was introduced to Swedenby Marie Hansson who also is the author of some very good books about Agility. Agility is the fastest growing dog sport in Sweden, and no wonder!
In Sweden it is recommended that the dog should be 12 months old before training agility and you can competet from the age of 18 months.
If you are keen on training Agility your dog must be obedient and able to be without leash together with other dogs.
The best start for agility-training is to work on general obedience, and train balance. It is also wise to make a check on your dog's hip status around 18-24 mopnths if you intend to compete.
Trulsa over the A-Frame
Game-tracking
Game-tracking has become very popular during the last years. The intention is actually to train dogs to find wounded game but it is also a very good activity for the Wheaten. You can also compete to obtain a champion title which a couple of Wheatens have accomplished during recent years.
Buckwheat Ginny Weasley with her trophy, the cloven
Junior Handling
Junior Handling started in the USA as early as in 1932 and is becoming increasingly popular as a dog sport.
Edit winning Junior Handling Finals with SUCH Movin On Heritage Classic, Västerås 2003
In Sweden you can quality for the Swedish Finals where the winner goes to compete at Cruft's the following year.There is also a special competition in Sweden named "Top Junior Handler".