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Poltalloch Terrier
Terrier
10 – 11 inches
15 – 22 lbs
All white
Double coat, harsh straight, wiry outer coat and soft, close, furry undercoat.
Indoor & Outdoor – Very High
At home in the country or the city the West Highland White Terrier will do well as an apartment dweller if they are walked several times a day though they will always enjoy having the freedom to play in a yard. West Highland White Terriers do best with human or canine companionship.
15 + years
2 – 5
Scotland
West Highland White Terriers are active, assertive, fun-loving, well-behaved, light-hearted
Yes, make excellent playmates for children because they can withstand rough play.
Yes, but teach them when they are young to tolerate cats.
Family Pet
High
Low
The West Highland White Terrier is easy to train and should have basic training. They needs regular brushing two to three times a week to help keep their white coat clean. Monthly bathing. Minimal trimming if they are just a pet. If you plan to show them, they will also need trimming, plucking and stripping of the coat.
High, Obedience – High, Problem Solving – Very High
Healthy and robust. Some problems with skin allergies, patella luxation, hernias and cranio mandibular osteopathy (lion jaw), deafness and congenital heart disease.
They were developed in the high mountains of west Scotland and claims ancestry to the Scotch Terrier. West Highland White Terriers were originally bred to hunt vermin. Sir Edwin Landseer painting of 1831 “The Breakfast Party” features several Highland Terriers. In the later 1800s there was a strain of white Scottish Terriers who were owned by Colonel Malcolm of Poltalloch and were known as Poltralloch Terriers. They were very much like the West Highland White Terriers of today. They were at one time cross bred with Cairn, Scottish and Dandie Dinmont Terriers. In 1917 the AKC ruled that Cairn Terriers could be registered if they carried West Highland White Terrier blood.
1908
Terrier
Terrier
AKC, ANKC, CKC, FCI (Group 3), KC (GB), UKC
