The SCWTCA Health Committee partnered with the Endowment and Database team to create a task force on Ectopic Ureters and the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier. This is the third such task force SCWTCA has created, one in 1986 and another in 2018. They are interested in dogs that were surgically treated for an Ectopic Ureter or have been diagnosed with what is listed below.

If you have a dog that produced an Ectopic Ureter or have a dog that was treated for an Ectopic Ureter please contact health@scwtca.org and enter your dog and its health condition in the SCWT Health & Pedigree Database and take the comprehensive survey under Survey’s on this site.

  • Urinary incontinence in juvenile female dogs is often associated with urogenital anatomic anomalies. Study objectives include: (1) determine hospital prevalence of urinary incontinence in juvenile female soft-coated wheaten terriers (SCWTs) compared to other affected dogs; (2) characterize anatomic anomalies affecting urinary incontinent juvenile female SCWTs utilizing uroendoscopy; and (3) compare incidence of ectopic ureters, paramesonephric remnants, and short urethras in juvenile female urinary incontinent SCWTs to other juvenile female dogs with urinary incontinence. We hypothesize juvenile SCWTs have an increased prevalence of urinary incontinence and an increased incidence of ectopic ureters, paramesonephric remnants, and short urethras compared to non-SCWTs with urinary incontinence within our hospital population. Medical records of female dogs 6 mo of age and younger with clinical signs of urinary incontinence and video uroendoscopic evaluation presenting to The Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center from January 2000 to December 2011 were reviewed. Twelve juvenile SCWTs and 107 juvenile non-SCWTs met the inclusion criteria. Juvenile SCWTs were found to have an increased hospital prevalence of urinary incontinence compared to other affected breeds. Observed anomalies in SCWTs include: ectopic ureters, shortened urethras, paramesonephric remnants, and bifid vaginas. This information will help guide veterinarians in recognizing a breed-related disorder of the lower urogenital tract in SCWTs. See Publication >>

Urinary Incontinence in Juvenile Female Soft-Coated Wheaten Terriers: Hospital Prevalence and Anatomic Urogenital Anomalies
Jason Callard 1 , Mary A McLoughlin 1 , Julie K Byron 1 , Dennis J Chew 1
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PMID: 26606208 DOI: 10.5326/JAAHA-MS-6220