Q 01/05

The West Highland White Terrier is a breed from which country?

A) Wales

B) Scotland

C) Ireland

D) England

Answer · why

B) Scotland

It is a cousin of the Cairn Terrier and was long regarded as a white offshoot of the Scottish and Cairn Terriers.

Q 02/05

Which laird is credited with creating the modern breed from his Poltalloch Terrier?

A) Colin Young

B) George Campbell

C) Edward Donald Malcolm

D) Niall Campbell

Answer · why

C) Edward Donald Malcolm

In 1903 he insisted he did not want to be known as the creator and asked for his white terriers to be renamed.

Q 03/05

Malcolm reportedly turned to breeding white terriers after one of his reddish-brown dogs was what?

A) Drowned in a loch

B) Stolen by poachers

C) Lost down a badger sett

D) Mistaken for a fox and shot

Answer · why

D) Mistaken for a fox and shot

The first generation of Poltallochs still had sandy coats but already showed the prick ears of the modern breed.

Q 04/05

The Roseneath Terrier, a white Scottish terrier related to the Westie, was bred by which nobleman?

A) The 8th Duke of Argyll

B) The Earl of Home

C) The Duke of Buccleuch

D) The Marquess of Bute

Answer · why

A) The 8th Duke of Argyll

George Campbell was chief of Clan Campbell; American fanciers first knew the Westie under the Roseneath name.

Q 05/05

Dr Americ Flaxman of Fife bred which line of white terriers from a Scottie that kept producing white pups?

A) Pittenweem

B) Kirkcaldy

C) Roseneath

D) Poltalloch

Answer · why

A) Pittenweem

After drowning more than 20 white pups he decided whiteness was an ancient Scottie trait trying to reappear, and set out to breed for it.