What is genetic diversity when it comes to wheatens?
Genetic diversity is where there is a large gene pool. Wheatens of today come from a few recognised (by the Irish Kennel Club) dogs back in 1937. If you look at many wheaten pedigrees there will be repeated names, sometimes over and over again. This is an excellent article about canine genetic diversity from Hellmuth Wachtel that explains it very simply. When asking about genetic diversity in a wheaten, you should ask about the dogs in the pedigree not what country they come from. Just because a wheaten has dogs from various countries in its pedigree, it does not mean it is genetically diverse, especially when some or many of the dogs come from the same lines. Check the names not the country.
