GENERAL APPEARANCE
Shoulder height: Not exceeding 39cm (15½”).
Colour: Preferably black/tan, or black grizzle/tan.
Coat: Double - the outercoat being wiry, hard and close.
Gait: Straight, powerful and ground covering.
These workmanlike terriers are well balanced, strong and generally more compact than their English cousins. The small dark eyes are well set in the head and placed mid way between a moderately broad skull and strong jaws. The muzzle is trimmed to give a square appearance. The V shaped ears are high set with the tips dropping forward. The slightly arched neck is thicker than many other terriers, and runs into a short body with well sprung ribs. Fore and hindquarters are strong and well boned legs must be tan on the lower parts. The small feet are catlike The customary docked tail should not be carried too gaily.
CHARACTERISTICS AND CARE
About 9kg (20lb), Welsh Terriers are small enough to accompany their owners anywhere. As they are affectionate and obedient, they are easily trained but need firm but kind treatment. Although they display the usual terrier gameness, they are not as fiery as some of their cousins, and are rarely aggressive. Professional hand stripping is better if the dog is to be shown.
The pet owner can keep the dog looking neat if clipped about four times a year. They do not shed and rarely need a bath.
HISTORY
As far back as 1737, the Welsh people have been proud of the fact their terriers were the purest variety of the old English broken haired Black and Terrier. This is because the Welsh Terrier has seen little or no infusion of lines from the other coloured terriers. In their native domicile, gameness was of fundamental importance, for these terriers were used to hunt otters, foxes and badgers. Their smaller size also made them useful keeping the farms and stables free of rats and other vermin. Although genetically purer they never became as popular as some varieties, with white, due to the fact that many hunters preferred terriers they could easily identify in the field.

GENERAL APPEARANCE
Shoulder height: Approx. 28cm (11”).
Colour: White - with black nose, pads and toe nails.
Coat: Outercoat - Harsh, straight and about Scm (2”) in length. Undercoat - dense and short
Gait: Good reach and drive - hind legs a little close.
These small game hardy terriers display loads of cocky self esteem. The heads are well covered with hair, the skulls are strong with slightly shorter powerful muzzles. The small erect ears are covered in short velvety hair. The long strong neck merges into sloping shoulders, ‘a compact body and a level topline. The sinewy hindquarters are particularly powerful and the thickly padded round feet are covered with harsh hair. The tail is about 13-15cm (5”-6”) long and like other terriers originating in Scotland, is left undocked.
CHARACTERISTICS AND CARE
Westies have merry light hearted ways and being slightly calmer in temperament if than many other terriers, they make endearing house pets. However, they do retain a strong will and like to have their needs respected. They love adults and children alike, and enjoy being included in ball games. One of the Westies’ virtues is that they have no doggy odour. Occasional baths and regular grooming is needed to remove dead hair and reduce shedding.
HISTORY
Like other strains of terriers evolving in Scotland; the Westie no doubt results from blends of the Scottish Terrier, Cairn and Dandie Dinmonts. In Argyllshire, ‘earth-dogges’ were recorded as far back as the 17th century during the reign of King James I. Sometimes known as Poltalloch Terriers (the name of the Malcolm family estate) or, Roseneath Terriers (when bred by the Duke of Argyll), the breed type of the white variety was established and the first recognized show for West Highland Whites was held in London in 1907.

GENERAL APPEARANCE
Shoulder height: 44-51cm (17½”-20”).
Colour: Any colour, or mixture of colours.
Coat: Fine, short and close in texture.
Gait: Forelegs thrown well forward effortlessly in a ground covering stride with strong propulsion.
Having the appearance of a miniature greyhound, the Whippet is an elegant member of the sighthound family. The head is long and fine, and the bright alert eyes should never be lighter than the colour of the coat. The fine ears are either rose shaped and folded back, or semi-erect when the dog is alerted. The elegantly arched neck is strong and runs into a back that gracefully arches over the loin and then drops to a low set, low carried, tapering tail. The chest is deep allowing for plenty of heart room. The fine legs are well muscled with good hindquarter angulation and the arched knuckles are well split up between the toes.
CHARACTERISTICS AND CARE
Like most members in the sighthound family, Whippets have a gentle disposition. They do not bark excessively so make ideal companions in domestic situations. Being adaptable they are equally comfortable racing or lure coursing, and when getting a chance to fully extend themselves at a gallop, they are a joy to behold. Being intelligent and sensitive, they do not respond well to harsh training. Coat care is minimal, but if feeling cold in winter, a coat or some protection is recommended.
HISTORY
Unlike the rest of the sighthound family, the Whippet can not claim a long heritage. With the aim of creating a poor man’s smaller racing hound, this breed was evolved in the north of England from a blend of Greyhound, Italian Greyhound and Manchester Terrier crosses. Once known as the ‘Rag dogs’, a name earned from the owners’ habit of waving rags from the finishing line in the hope their dogs would respond and run faster. Besides coursing, Whippets also acquitted themselves well when hunting rabbits and hares.

GENERAL APPEARANCE
Sizes: Height at shoulders: Dogs 60-66 cm. Bitches 55-61 cm
Weight: Dogs 30-40 kg. Bitches 25-35 kg
A powerful, well-muscled, medium-sized, white shepherd dog with erect ears, double coat or long double coat; elongated shape; medium sized bone an elegant, harmonious outline.
Moderately long rectangular body shape. Head strong, free of loose skin and finely chiselled, in good proportion to the body. The muzzle is powerful and moderately long in relation to the skull.
CHARACTERISTICS AND CARE
Lively, without nervousness, attentive and watchful; towards strangers slightly aloof but never apprehensive or aggressive. The coat is white in colour, of medium length, dense, close-lying double coat or long double coat with abundant undercoat covered with hard, straight protection hair. The face, ears and front of the legs are covered with shorter hair. At the neck and the back of the legs the coat is slightly longer. Slightly wavy, hard hair is permitted.
HISTORY
In the U.S.A. and Canada white shepherd dogs have gradually become accepted as a distinct breed.
The first dogs of this breed were imported into Switzerland in the early 70s. The American male “Lobo”, whelped on 5th March, 1966, can be considered as the progenitor of the breed in Switzerland. The descendants of that male registered with the Swiss Stud Book (LOS) and other white shepherd dogs imported from the U.S.A. and Canada, gradually multiplied. There exists now a big number of white shepherd dogs, pure bred, over several generations, distributed throughout Europe. For that reason, since June 1991, these dogs have been registered as anew breed with the appendix of the Swiss Stud Book (LOS).