West Highland White Terrier

COUNTRY: Great Britain
WEIGHT: 15-22 pounds
HEIGHT: 10-11 inches
COAT: Rough, wiry
COLOR: White
GROUP: Terrier

The West Highland White Terriers is a well-known race of dogs by their personality and shining white color. The admirers of this race usually talk about simply to them like Westies. They are friendly and of sensible character. As the majority of terriers is power and brave by nature. This race is commonly well-known because of announcements like the one of the Black&White Whiskey.

The Westies comes from the group to terrier, and apparently the origin of the race is in the selection of white units for its cinegetic use, since some hunters considered that he was useful to have the dogs of the pack of white color, to differentiate them from their prey of colors dark (rabbits and vixens).

This way one considers like main promoter of this race Colonel Edward Donald Malcolm, that counted between its majors likings the hunting of rabbits, and that originates race WHWT during century XIX. Other sources, nevertheless, support the theory that he was one of the leaders of the Campbell Clan, 8º Duke of Argyll, the creator of the race.

They were known like Poltalloch Terriers and soon like Roseneath Terriers. At the end of century XIX I am called white Roseneath to them Terriers briefly and white variety of the Scottish Terrier.