Ex-Patriot Boops Clan Example, owner: Harry T. Stavenga
General
The West Highland White Terrier is a small, game, well-balanced hardy looking terrier,
exhibiting good showmanship, possessed with no small amount of self-esteem, strongly
built, deep in chest and back ribs, with a straight back and powerful hindquarters on
muscular legs, and exhibiting in marked degree a great combination of strength and
activity. The coat is about two inches long, white in color, hard, with plenty of soft
undercoat. The dog should be neatly presented, the longer coat on the back and sides,
trimmed to blend into the shorter neck and shoulder coat. Considerable hair is left around
the head to act as a frame for the face to yield a typical Westie expression.
Characteristics
Small, active, game, hardy, possessed of no small amount of
self-esteem with a varminty appearance.
Temperament
Alert, gay, courageous, self-reliant but friendly.
History
The early vermin-catching dogs indigenous to Scotland, collectively known as
the "Terriers of Scotland," developed from common root stock and eventually
separated into defined breeds. These include the Dandie Dinmont, Scottish,
Skye and Cairn Terriers. This, too, is the origin of the West Highland White
Terrier, which is thought to have originally been part of the Cairn breed.
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