AND NOW FOR MY DOGS...The pictures that follow are of some of my most formidable dogs, either as producers or because they were pleasing in make and shape, often both.
Foremost of course was Ch Gleanngay Holliday, ROM ("Doc"). I knew almost from the beginning that he would be special. Even before he could stand I noticed that his head looked almost too big for his body. Early on Doc wore the “blue” collar signifying that he would probably be my pick male. My litters are always color-coded and I put a question mark next to the color blue on the weight chart, probably more out of wishful thinking than knowledge, indicating that I wasn’t certain about how his coat would turn out. In those early days, for me anyway, coat was not a primary concern and I felt we had a long way to go with outline and structure. Coat could come later.
"Doc" (April 8, 1977-December 28, 1992) was close to 16 years of age when he died. He was used at stud for the first time when he was under a year of age and sired his last litter when he was 15. In 1993, the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Club of America prepared a champion line of descendency based on him, extending through December of 1992. The title page of this document states, “At this time there are a total of 1,124 individual Wheatens that carry “Doc” at least one time in their pedigree, with approximately forty percent of them being double or triple descendents... ‘Doc’ is truly a watershed for the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier as hardly a Wheaten Terrier is finished today that is not his descendent. The influence of this special Wheaten is not to be underestimated in the showring or the whelping box!”
The pastel of "Doc" on the right was lovingly done by Marjorie Shoemaker. Unfortunately, the original was stolen from my car shortly after spending a fortune to have it matted and framed. Thankfully I had a professional photographer take this picture before delivering it to the framer.
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| Ch Gleanngay Gather Moon Dust, ROM | Ch Gleanngay Medicine Man | Ch Gleanngay Medicine Wheel, ROM | Ch Gleanngy Waggin Wheel, ROM |
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| Ch Gleanngay Rejoice | Ch Gleanngay Rave On | Ch Gleanngay Dhu'n Berry | Ch Gleanngay Henry Buttons |
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| Ch Gleanngay Motown Moonraker | Ch Gleanngay Motown Moondance | Ch Gleanngay Waggedy Andy | Ch Gleanngay Watch My Dust |
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| Ch Gleanngay Rebel Rouser | Ch Gleanngay Rebel With A Cause | Ch Gleanngay Tiger Eye | Ch Gleanngay Daring Display, ROM |
| And here are the girls... | |||
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| Ch Gleanngay Gather Moonbeams | Ch Gleanngay New Moon Dance Tune | Ch Gleanngay Feather Duster | Ch Gleanngay Sister Moon |
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| Ch Gleanngay Moon Marigold | Ch GLeanngay Motown Magnolia | Ch Gleanngay Motown Moonflower | Ch Gleanngay Moonbow |
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| Ch Gleanngay Holly Berry | Ch Gleanngay Elderberry | Ch Gleanngay Juniper Berry | Ch Gleanngay Waggedy Ann |
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| Ch Gleangay Diamond Drop | Ch Gleanngay Daydream | Ch Gleanngay Arf'N Annie | Ch Gleanngay Keep The Faith, VCD2 UD RA |
| Fast forward to relatively recent days, thanks to the miracles of modern science, my breeding program became based upon a Doc daughter bred by Emily Holden, Amaden Gleangay Dr Quinn, “Mikaela” was a “pupscicle”, Doc’s frozen semen surgically implanted into an Irish import bitch, Briankeen Sorcha, in 1996. Mikaela was my pick of the litter, Irish-coated and never shown - not because she wasn’t worthy but because back then showing Irish coats was a thankless job. She turned 15 years old on September 9, 2011 and is thriving. Click on her name to see pictures of her from puppyhood on. | |||
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| Amaden Gleanngay Dr Quinn – "Mikaela" | |||
| The following dogs and bitches descend down through Mikaela to Doc... | |||
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| Ch Gleanngay Boot Scootin Cowboy – "Boot" | Ch Glenamon Gleanngay He's Key 2 Me – "Mac" | Ch Gleanngay Millicent – "Lola" | Ch Gleanngay Mill On The Floss – "Flossie" |
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| Ch Gleanngay Quintilian – "Tilly" | Ch Gleanngay Quintessa – "Tessa" | Ch Gleanngay Til There Wazoo – "Zoe" | Ch Gleanngay Tilde Wink – "Wink" |
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| Gleanngay Hullabloo Square One, RN OA MXJ XF – "Dillon" | GCh Gleanngay Legend Of The Grail – "KC" | GCh Gleanngay Lady Of The Lake – "Ninianne" | Ch Lochlinear Gleanngay Quickasawink – "Paddy" |
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| Ch Gleanngay Last Hooray – "Bode" | Ch Gleanngay Who's Your Daddy – "Ben" | Ch Gleanngay Daddy's Sugar – "Ruby" | GCh Gleanngay Runaway – "Miles" |
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| GCh Lochlinear Gleanngay Cha Ching – "Chip" | GCh Legacy Gleanngay Cyd Charisse – Charisse | GCh Legacy Gleanngay At Bonney –Aiden | |
