There are so many great wire dogs that came out of Ireland over the years.

Blackdale Kennels: If you follow the Irish show circuit you will see that the blackdale kennels have always managed to bring out some cracking type dogs, they always have, it doesn't matter what the event, the blackdale kennels turns out some of the best in the world, must be pulling them out of the black magic hat. The Blackdale kennels at one point in time had some of the best lakeland terrier in the world, I believe the kennels are starting to get back into the breed, but continue to produce some of the finest wire fox terriers in the world.

Galsul kennels: who in my mind gets little or no credit for his efforts within the breed, but yet in saying that they are without any doubt one of the true breeders of quality wire fox terriers in Ireland, the Galsul and the Blackdale kennels on occasion team up to swap and exchange dogs within programs, but John Galvin has some cracking dogs equally as good as the blackdale dogs, the reason for not seeing many of the Galsul dogs is that John Galvin likes to keep close to his own neck of the woods and makes the occasional trip to Dublin's St.Patricks day championship show, it was always a pleasure to see what he was going to take out of his terrier boxes, because these were the only dogs that were good enough to present a challenge to the Blackdale dogs.

Robinstown Kennels: a relatively new up and coming smooth kennel that has produce some nice little smooth's in the past and has a few new shining stars to campaign in 2010.

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Article by: Ray Delaney
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