Q 01/05

How should the ears of a West Highland White Terrier be carried?

A) Folded forward

B) Erect and pointed

C) Hanging flat

D) Folded back

Answer · why

B) Erect and pointed

Erect and pointed: the small ears must stand up on their own and are never cropped, and the first Poltalloch terriers already had them while their coa...

Q 02/05

A show Westie's head is groomed to give which outline when seen from the front?

A) Square

B) Wedge-shaped

C) Round

D) Pear-shaped

Answer · why

C) Round

Round: the standard asks for a full frame of hair around the face, with just the eyes and ear tips showing, because that frame is what gives the typic...

Q 03/05

Colonel Edward Malcolm reportedly began breeding white terriers after one of his reddish-brown dogs suffered what fate?

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

Mistaken for a fox and shot, as the legend goes, so Malcolm resolved to breed only white dogs he could tell from the quarry, the very colour other Hig...

Q 04/05

A 2005 film angered breed purists by casting a Westie as which famously loyal real-life dog?

A) Greyfriars Bobby

B) Sergeant Stubby

C) Rin Tin Tin

D) Hachikō

Answer · why

A) Greyfriars Bobby

Greyfriars Bobby, Edinburgh's graveyard dog, is usually said to have been another Scottish breed, and its club protested; the producer said a Westie's...

Q 05/05

A Westie called Olivia stole scenes in two 2018 films, the comedy Game Night and which heist thriller?

A) Ocean's 8

B) Den of Thieves

C) Museo

D) Widows

Answer · why

D) Widows

Widows: Viola Davis, whose character carries the dog through the film, said she had dreaded working with one, yet within five minutes she was kissing ...