Wurroit Bedlingtons

About Us



Us.

Bob & Erica Whitehead live in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia with six Bedlingtons and numerous fish in a couple of aquariums. Our children, Bronwen and her daughter Eilwen are currently living in Adelaide, South Australia. Matthew is back with us after some time in Canada snowboarding and working as well as recently spending some time working and snowboarding at Thredbo where Bronnie and Eilwen managed to make a trip and spend some time in the snow during the 2018 season.

Our Bedlingtons.

Our first Bedlington, Beasley (aka Stenmor Blue Belgarian, Shelagh O’Brien, QLD) arrived as a consequence of the Bronnie and Matt's demands for a dog. As Bron & Matt have asthma and other allergies we sought a dog with low allergy problems and a bark as opposed to a yap. Bedlingtons fit the bill very well, Beasley was willing to defend members of the family as a 10 week old pup just three days after his arrival. As a consequence of our early experiences with Beasley (from day one), we decided that we would like to become further involved with the breed through showing and breeding. Sadly, Beasley passed away on the 15th of April 2005. He was suffering from cancer and liver failure as a result of being affected by copper toxicosis.

Bonnie (Aust Ch Piperdene Fire N Ice, Robyn Bates, N.S.W.) joined us in 1999 and our first litter was born in 2000. A second litter was born in 2001 and her final litter in February 2003. Bonnie was given her wings in 2012 and is sadly missed.

Hart (Aust. Ch. Wurroit Wayward Warrior, 2000 - 2015), is a blue dog is from Bonnie’s first litter. He has been BOB at many local shows and has had a number of RUBIG and class in group awards. Though he has achieved his conformation title and is a good example of the breed he was never used for breeding as he was a carrier of the genetic disease Copper Toxicosis.

Sorcha (Caeruleus Octavia Lucila, Cathy Robinson, N.S.W.) is a liver and tan bitch who joined us in 2002. Sorcha whelped her first litter in April 2005 producing six pups. There were three liver and tan dogs, one liver dog, one blue and tan bitch and one blue bitch in this litter. Two of the pups from this litter won Baby Puppy in Group 2 (the Terrier Group), in their debut shows. Sorcha was awarded Best in Group 2 when she returned to the ring. Sorcha's second litter arrived in April 2006 and consisted of seven pups. This litter included a liver dog, a liver & tan dog, a blue & tan dog, a liver & tan bitch and three blue & tan bitches.

Lady Di (Aust Ch Wurroit Diamond Ice) was born in February 2003 and entered her first show in August 2003 where she went reserve bitch over her mother. Di has continued to perform well in the ring ever since and has received many favourable comments from judges. Di has acheived a BIG, RUBIG, Aust Bred in Show and Pup in Show awards along with her numerous class in group awards.

Lola (Wurroit Wicked Wench) is a blue & tan bitch puppy born on 9th April 2006. She entered the show ring on 9th July 2006 and performed nicely. Sadly Lola disappeared late 2011 when we were in Adelaide and friends were looking after our house.

We have imported Isotops Viking, a sandy dog from Malin Eriksson in Sweden. He arrived in Australia in early April 2008 and has performed very well in the ring receiving a number of favourable comments and his first Best In Group Win in July 2008. He has sired a total of six litters to Sorcha, Di, Lola and now Missy.

Missy (Piako Rhapsody in Blue) has joined us from NZ and is a very cheeky but delightful girl. She is doing well in the show ring and we are looking forward to having her for many years.

Gemma (Wurroit Blue Diamond) is also staying with us and will be an integral part of our future breeding program. Gemma attended the Royal Adelaide Show in September of 2014 and received a very favourable critique from the judge who had previously bred and campaigned Bedlngton Terriers. 

Raven (Ausbed Puttin on the Ritz) a lovely dark blue boy has joined us from WA and we look forward to campaigning him in the ring from July 2014. Raven has done very well in the ring with his cheeky attitude being a big winner with the judges. He is well on the way to his Grand Championn title and only needs four more group wins to qualify for his Supreme Title. 

Jessie (Janmark Just Joking) will be arriving in Australia late June this year (2017) continues our intention to use dogs that are unlikely to be affected by CT as her DNA status for this disease is 1:1.  Jessie however is also an "outcross" and will introduce new genetic material to our lines while maintaining the type and character of the breed. Sadly, the option of using Jessie in our breeding program is no longer an option as she arrived with a heart murmur and we refuse to use anything in our breeding program which has a significant health issue. 

Breeding.

We do not have a planned date for our next breeding at this point but the likely sire is Ausbed Puttin On The Ritz and he will be paired with either Piako Rhapsody in Blue (possibly late 2017), Wurroit Blue Diamond (possibly February 2019).

Isotop's Viking and Piako Rhapsody in Blue produced a litter of three which arrived on 11 February 2014, there were two liver boys and one blue girl. They produced another litter of four pups in August 2015, 1 liver boy and three liver girls. 

We had a litter of pups born on the 14th April 2005 with Wurroit Mary Alice being the last to leave home. She joined her new family in Sweden just in time for Christmas 2005. The Sire of the litter is Wurroit Lionheart, blue, 1:1 for C.T. (Aust Ch Stenmor Bold as Brass x Piperdene Fire N Ice) and the dam Caruleus Octavia Lucila, liver & tan, 1:1 for C.T. (Aust Ch Stenmor Royal Gadabout x Aust Ch Dalip British Maid, Imp U.K.) The litter consists of three liver and tan dogs, one liver dog, one blue and tan bitch and one blue bitch.

Aust Ch Wurroit Hornblower, a liver and tan dog puppy from this litter was awarded Baby Puppy in Group in his first show and has received a number of favourable comments from various judges. Sadly "Captain" has passed away late in 2015.

The blue and tan bitch puppy from the above litter, Wurroit Mary Alice, was awarded Baby Puppy in Group 2 in her first two shows, and was later awarded Puppy in Show as a six and a half month old pup. Mary was also Best of Breed at two Adelaide shows receiving favourable comments from a number of judges. Mary has gone to Sweden and is living with Malin Eriksson of Isotops Kennels who are providing a sandy dog pup as an exchange. Mary was awarded Puppy in Show in her international debut in Orebro in Sweden against 380 other puppies.

A litter that arrived on the 9th April 2006 is a repeat mating of our 2005 litter. Sorcha produced one more pup than in 2005, a litter of seven, with six of the seven pups being bi-colours, that is liver or blue with tan markings.

On the 12 January 2007 Aust Ch Wurroit Diamond Ice produced her first litter of pups. Sadly we lost the blue boy pup from this litter. The remaining four pups all joined their new homes at the end of March 2007.

Clubs.

We are members of the North Australian Canine Association, Master Dog Breeders Academy and The Alice Springs Kennel & Dog Sports Club. We have been showing Bedlingtons since 2000. We would like to see many more representatives of this wonderful breed in the Territory (and Australia wide) and we are happy to assist prospective owners to acquire and enjoy this wonderful breed.
 



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Contact Details
Bob & Erica Whitehead
Alice Springs, NT, Australia
Phone : 0407 713 026
Email : [email protected]

 

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