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Irish Terrier stud dogs

Irish Terrier stud dogs offered by UK breeders, with health test results and registration details.

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Advertise your Irish Terrier stud dog

Offer your Irish Terrier at stud to owners of health-tested bitches. Show his registration, health test results and achievements, and link the listing to your free breeder profile.

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In England you need a dog breeding licence from your council if you breed three or more litters in 12 months or breed and sell dogs as a business, and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own schemes. Licensed breeders show their licence number and issuing council on every advert. Puppies must be at least eight weeks old before they go to new homes.

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Using an Irish Terrier stud dog

Before using an Irish Terrier stud dog, ask for his HFH DNA result, which the RKC lists as Best Practice. Because HFH is recessive, the combination is what counts: the Irish Terrier Association's breeding table shows that carrier-to-carrier matings risk affected puppies, whereas a carrier or affected dog mated to a clear partner does not. Confirm that he is registered with The Royal Kennel Club and look up his recorded results on the Health Test Results Finder. Run the proposed pairing through the RKC's Mate Select inbreeding coefficient calculator; the RKC advises aiming at or below the breed's annual average, and as low as possible. With 308 puppies registered in 2025, heavy use of one popular sire can shrink the gene pool, and the RKC urges stud owners to limit how often their dog is used. Agree the stud fee and any litter terms in writing. See our guide to stud dogs and stud services.

Health tests for an Irish Terrier stud

For the Irish Terrier, the RKC's pre-breeding screening lists prioritising genetic diversity as Good Practice and a DNA test for hereditary footpad hyperkeratosis (HFH) as Best Practice, and asks responsible breeders to complete both. HFH, also called corny feet, makes the footpads thicken and harden. The RKC explains that the cracks which form are painful and can become infected, and that nails grow faster and turn misshapen and crumbly. It is autosomal recessive, so a carrier shows no signs but can pass the gene on. The Irish Terrier Association says owners usually first spot signs at four to five months. Its breeding table shows that a carrier or affected dog mated to a clear partner produces no affected puppies, while carrier-to-carrier matings carry that risk and should be avoided.

The breed is in Breed Watch Category 2; the point of concern listed for judges is cracked or corny pads. The Association also publishes notes on cystinuria, a urinary stone condition that in this breed occurs only in males that have not been neutered. It reports that researchers at the University of Bern now think the condition is not caused by a single gene, so a reliable DNA test is unlikely.

  • DNA test for hereditary footpad hyperkeratosis (HFH): RKC Best Practice. Recorded results appear on the Health Test Results Finder.
  • Prioritising genetic diversity: RKC Good Practice. Check the inbreeding coefficient of any planned mating.
  • Breed Watch Category 2: cracked and/or corny pads.
  • RKC At Watch native breed (300 to 450 registrations a year).

More for Irish Terrier owners and breeders

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