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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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White
West
Highland
Terriers
were
kept
at
Poltalloch
sixty
years
ago,
and
so
they
were
first
shown
as
Poltalloch
Terriers.
Yet
although
they
were
kept
in
their
purest
strain
in
Argyllshire,
they
are
still
to
be
found
all
along
the
west
coast
of
Scotland,
good
specimens
belonging
to
Ross-shire,
to
Skye,
and
at
Ballachulish
on
Loch
Leven,
so
that
it
is
a
breed
with
a
long
pedigree
and
not
an
invented
breed
of
the
present
day.
Emphatically,
they
are
not
simply
white
coloured
Scottish
Terriers,
and
it
is
an
error
to
judge
them
on
Scottish
Terrier
lines.
They
are
smaller
than
the
average
Scottie,
more
"foxy"
in
general
conformation--straight
limbed,
rather
long,
rather
low,
and
active
in
body,
with
a
broad
forehead,
light
muzzle
and
underjaw,
and
a
bright,
small
intelligent
eye.
Colonel
Malcolm,
of
Poltalloch,
who
is
recognised
as
the
great
authority
on
the
breed,
lays
stress
upon
the
quality
of
the
coat.
"The
outer
coat,"
he
says,
"should
be
very
soft
on
the
forehead
and
get
gradually
harder
towards
the
haunches,
but
the
harsh
coat
beloved
of
the
show
bench
is
all
nonsense,
and
is
the
easiest
thing
in
the
world
to
'fake,'
as
anyone
can
try
who
will
dip
his
own
hair
into
the
now
fashionable
'anturic'
baths.
The
outer
coat
should
be
distinctly
long,
but
not
long
in
the
'fancy'
or
show
sense.
Still,
it
should
be
long
enough
to
hang
as
a
thatch
over
the
soft,
woolly
real
coat
of
the
animal
and
keep
it
dry
so
that
a
good
shake
or
two
will
throw
off
most
of
the
water;
while
the
under
coat
should
be
so
thick
and
naturally
oily
that
the
dog
can
swim
through
a
fair-sized
river
and
not
get
wet,
or
be
able
to
sit
out
through
a
drenching
rain
guarding
something
of
his
master's
and
be
none
the
worse.
This
under
coat
I,
at
least,
have
never
seen
a
judge
look
for,
but
for
the
working
terrier
it
is
most
important.
The
size
of
the
dog
is
perhaps
best
indicated
by
weight.
The
dog
should
not
weigh
more
than
18
lb.,
nor
the
bitch
more
than
16
lb.
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