Health Concerns: Healthy and robust. Some problems with skin allergies, patella luxation, hernias and cranio mandibular osteopathy (lion jaw), deafness and congenital heart disease.
Reader's Comments on the West Highland White Terrier Dog
Mike Davies
Added on Jan 1st, 2008 The Westie is an active breed, and needs plenty of exercise, and are very intelligent, a Westie's coat needs to be brushed and combed every day and trimmed several times a year. My Robbie gets groomed every 14 weeks but I don't like the coat being to short. You should be careful where you take them for trimming because often they don't even look like a Westie afterwards! Robbie loves to play hide and seek with me and take my hand ever so gently into his mouth and talk away - that is his way of telling me he loves me very much. The westie is also excellent with children - all in all an ideal companion
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