TAUFIELD
- Contact :
- Kathleen O'Donnell
- Location :
- Emu Park QLD
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- Web :
- http://www.taufield.com
A wonderful breed to live with. Loves people and if socialised properly will get on with other dogs.
They were bred in the Glen Of Imaal, County Wicklow, Ireland and is a very old breed. they were bred to Kill Badger and other vermin and were also used as a turnspit dog. Imagine a wheel-like contraption (like a mousewheel) in which the dog was placed and as it walked it turned the meat over the fire. So the dinner was cooked. There is a drawing of a turnspit on my web site coursty of The Irish Kennel Club
The GLEN is prone to the eye disease PRA this disease can now be tested for with a DNA blood test and all GLEN'S should be tested before leaving their BREEDER and come with a CERTIFICATE OF STATUS (CLEAR, CARRIER or AFFECTED) If the parents are both DNA PRA CLEAR then puppies will be Parentage clear if this is the case then a copy of the parents cert will suffice
I am in the process of bringing a female from Ireland so will be looking to breed middle to late 2014 it will be good to have different bloodlines in Australia a boy will follow the girl later on
I have now imported 2 glens a bitch and a dog so hopefully we will have litters in 2015