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Dog Quotations
Outside of a dog, a man's
best friend is a book; inside of a dog, it is very dark.
-Groucho Marx
Life is like a dogsled
team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
-Lewis Grizzard
He that lieth down with
dogs, shall rise up with fleas.
-Ben Franklin
Money will buy a pretty
good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.
-Josh Billings
A dog is the only thing on
this earth that loves you more than he loves himself.
-Josh Billings
The great pleasure of a dog
is that you make a fool of yourself with him and not only
will he not scold you, he will make a fool of himself too.
-Samuel Butler
The pug is living proof
that God has a sense of humor.
-Margot Kaufman
Acquiring a dog may be the
only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative.
-Mordecai Siegal
Dog Dictionary
NEWSPAPERS:
If you have to go to the bathroom while playing in the front
yard, always use the newspaper that's placed in the driveway
every morning for that purpose.
VISITORS:
Quickly determine which guest is afraid of dogs. Charge
across the room, barking loudly and leap playfully on this
person. If the human falls down on the floor and starts
crying, lick its face and growl gently to show your concern.
BARKING:
Because you are a dog, you are expected to bark. So bark---
a lot. Your owners will be very happy to hear you protecting
their house. Especially late at night while they are
sleeping safely in their beds. There is no more secure
feeling for a human than to keep waking up in the middle of
the night and hearing your protective bark, bark, bark...
LICKING:
Always take a BIG drink from your water dish immediately
before licking your human. Humans prefer clean tongues. Be
ready to fetch your human a towel.
CHASING CATS:
When chasing cats, make sure you never--- quite--- catch
them. It spoils all the fun.
CHEWING:
Make a contribution to the fashion industry ....Eat a shoe.
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West Highland White
Terrier Breed Standard
As Listed by the American Kennel Club
(AKC)
General
Appearance
The West Highland White Terrier is a small, game,
well-balanced hardy looking terrier, exhibiting good
showmanship, possessed with no small amount of self-esteem,
strongly built, deep in chest and back ribs, with a straight
back and powerful hindquarters on muscular legs, and
exhibiting in marked degree a great combination of strength
and activity. The coat is about two inches long, white in
color, hard, with plenty of soft undercoat. The dog should
be neatly presented, the longer coat on the back and sides,
trimmed to blend into the shorter neck and shoulder coat.
Considerable hair is left around the head to act as a frame
for the face to yield a typical Westie expression.
Size, Proportion, Substance
The ideal size is eleven inches at the withers for dogs and
ten inches for bitches. A slight deviation is acceptable.
The Westie is a compact dog, with good balance and
substance. The body between the withers and the root of the
tail is slightly shorter than the height at the withers.
Short-coupled and well boned. Faults--Over or under height
limits. Fine boned.
Head
Shaped to present a round appearance from the front. Should
be in proportion to the body.
Expression
Piercing, inquisitive, pert. Eyes--Widely set apart, medium
in size, almond shaped, dark brown in color, deep set, sharp
and intelligent. Looking from under heavy eyebrows, they
give a piercing look. Eye rims are black. Faults--Small,
full or light colored eyes. Ears--Small, carried tightly
erect, set wide apart, on the top outer edge of the skull.
They terminate in a sharp point, and must never be cropped.
The hair on the ears is trimmed short and is smooth and
velvety, free of fringe at the tips. Black skin pigmentation
is preferred. Faults--Round-pointed, broad, large, ears set
closely together, not held tightly erect, or placed too low
on the side of the head.
Skull
Broad, slightly longer than the muzzle. not flat on top but
slightly domed between the ears. It gradually tapers to the
eyes. There is a defined stop, eyebrows are heavy.
Faults--Long or narrow skull. Muzzle--Blunt, slightly
shorter than the skull, powerful and gradually tapering to
the nose, which is large and black. The jaws are level and
powerful. Lip pigment is black. Faults--Muzzle longer than
skull. Nose color other than black. Bite--The teeth are
large for the size of the dog. There must be six incisor
teeth between the canines of both lower and upper jaws. An
occasional missing premolar is acceptable. A tight scissors
bite with upper incisors slightly overlapping the lower
incisors or level mouth is equally acceptable. Faults--Teeth
defective or misaligned. Any incisors missing or several
premolars missing. Teeth overshot or undershot.
Neck
Muscular and well set on sloping shoulders. The length of
neck should be in proportion to the remainder of the dog.
Faults--Neck too long or too short.
Topline
Flat and level, both standing and moving. Faults--High rear,
any deviation from above.
Body
Compact and of good substance. Ribs deep and well arched in
the upper half of rib, extending at least to the elbows, and
presenting a flattish side appearance. Back ribs of
considerable depth, and distance from last rib to upper
thigh as short as compatible with free movement of the body.
Chest very deep and extending to the elbows, with breadth in
proportion to the size of the dog. Loin short, broad and
strong. Faults--Back weak, either too long or too short.
Barrel ribs, ribs above elbows. Tail--Relatively short, with
good substance, and shaped like a carrot. When standing
erect it is never extended above the top of the skull. It is
covered with hard hair without feather, as straight as
possible, carried gaily but not curled over the back. The
tail is set on high enough so that the spine does not slope
down to it. The tail is never docked. Faults--Set too low,
long, thin, carried at half-mast, or curled over back.
Forequarters
Angulation, Shoulders--Shoulder blades are well laid back
and well knit at the backbone. The shoulder blade should
attach to an upper arm of moderate length, and sufficient
angle to allow for definite body overhang. Faults--Steep or
loaded shoulders. Upper arm too short or too straight.
Legs--Forelegs are muscular and well boned. relatively
short, but with sufficient length to set the dog up so as
not to be too close to the ground. The legs are reasonably
straight, and thickly covered with short hard hair. They are
set in under the shoulder blades with definite body overhang
before them. Height from elbow to withers and elbow to
ground should be approximately the same. Faults--Out at
elbows. Light bone, fiddle-front. Feet--Forefeet are larger
than the hind ones, are round, proportionate in size,
strong, thickly padded; they may properly be turned out
slightly. Dewclaws may be removed. Black pigmentation is
most desirable on pads of all feet and nails, although nails
may lose coloration in older dogs.
Hindquarters
Angulation--Thighs are very muscular, well angulated, not
set wide apart, with hock well bent, short, and parallel
when viewed from the rear. Legs--Rear legs are muscular and
relatively short and sinewy. Faults-- Weak hocks, long
hocks, lack of angulation. Cowhocks. Feet--Hind feet are
smaller than front feet, and are thickly padded. Dewclaws
may be removed.
Coat
Very important and seldom seen to perfection. Must be
double-coated. The head is shaped by plucking the hair, to
present the round appearance. The outer coat consists of
straight hard white hair, about two inches long, with
shorter coat on neck and shoulders, properly blended and
trimmed to blend shorter areas into furnishings, which are
longer on stomach and legs. The ideal coat is hard, straight
and white, but a hard straight coat which may have some
wheaten tipping is preferable to a white fluffy or soft
coat. Furnishings may be somewhat softer and longer but
should never give the appearance of fluff. Faults--Soft
coat. Any silkiness or tendency to curl. Any open or single
coat, or one which is too short.
Color
The color is white, as defined by the breed's name.
Faults--Any coat color other than white. Heavy wheaten
color.
Gait
Free, straight and easy all around. It is a distinctive
gait, not stilted, but powerful, with reach and drive. In
front the leg is freely extended forward by the shoulder.
When seen from the front the legs do not move square, but
tend to move toward the center of gravity. The hind movement
is free, strong and fairly close. The hocks are freely
flexed and drawn close under the body, so that when moving
off the foot the body is thrown or pushed forward with some
force. Overall ability to move is usually best evaluated
from the side, and topline remains level. Faults--Lack of
reach in front, and/or drive behind. Stiff, stilted or too
wide movement.
Temperament
Alert, gay, courageous and self-reliant, but friendly.
Faults--Excess timidity or excess pugnacity.
Approved December
13, 1988
Effective February 1, 1989
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