West Highland White Terrier

Terriers · Poltalloch, Argyll, Scotland

About the West Highland White Terrier

The West Highland White Terrier is a Scottish dog breed with a distinctive white harsh coat and somewhat soft white undercoat. It is a medium-sized terrier but has longer legs than other Scottish terriers. It has a white double coat of fur which fills out its face, giving it a rounded appearance.

Text from the Wikipedia article “West Highland White Terrier” (lead section), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type	Terriers
Origin (Wikidata)	Scotland
Origin (Wikipedia infobox)	Scotland
Map pin	Poltalloch, Argyll Wikipedia article (history section): “The person most closely associated with developing the modern breed of West Highland White Terrier is Edward Donald Malcolm, 16th Laird of Poltalloch.”
Height	25–28 cm (10–11 in)
Weight	6.8–9.1 kg (15–20 lb)
Size class	Small (our grouping, from the weight above)
FCI classification	Group 3 (standard no. 85)
Wikidata	Q17510

Height and weight as given in the infobox of the Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0), with unit conversions added; we omit figures we cannot read reliably.

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