ʻO ka West Highland White Terrier, i kapa ʻia ʻo Westie no ka pōkole, he ʻīlio liʻiliʻi akā wiwo ʻole e hōʻike ana i ka nui o ka hilinaʻi iā ia iho. ʻO ia ka ikaika a me ka ikaika, me keʻano e hui pū me ka wiwoʻole, a me ka makaʻala, akā, heʻano hauʻoli a me ka naʻauao. Eia hou, uaʻikeʻia ka Westie e kona hoʻomanawanui a me kona akamai. He pāʻani nui ʻo ia a he ʻīlio ʻohana maikaʻi loa. He ʻīlio kūlanakauhale maikaʻi ka West Highland White Terrier akā makemake ʻo ia i ka hoʻoikaika kino.
#1 ʻO ka West Highland White Terrier i hele mua mai mai ʻEkokia, kahi i hānai ʻia ai ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio hahai holoholona, me nā ʻano o Cairn, Skye, Scotch a me Dandie Dinmont terrier.
Pono e pulumi ʻia ke kapa keʻokeʻo o Westie i kēlā me kēia lā a ʻoki mau ʻia no ka mea ʻaʻole e kahe maoli kēia ʻano. Huki ʻia ka ʻaʻahu lalo make. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokaʻaʻike i kahi mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻoihana no kēia, a i ʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i nā mea i kou lima ponoʻī. ʻOi aku i ka hoʻomaka ʻana, pono ʻoe e hoʻokokoke mālie a akahele i ka ʻoki ʻana. E ʻae i kāu Westie e maʻa mālie i ke kaʻina hana, pono e hana ʻia i kēlā me kēia 6 a 11 mau pule, ʻoiai he ʻīlio.
#2 I ke kenekulia 19, ua hoʻokani koʻikoʻi nā terriers i ka hahai holoholona liʻiliʻi e like me nā alopeke a me nā ʻino.
#3 Ua manaʻo ʻia ka mea hahai holoholona ʻo Edward Donald Malcolm ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ke ʻano o West Highland White Terrier.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia ma ka hoʻohua ʻana i ka ʻīlio hahai holoholona keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo i ʻike maʻalahi i ka wā e ʻimi ana a ma hope i kapa ʻia ʻo West Highland Terrier a i ʻole West Highland White Terrier. Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia iā Cairn, Scottish, a me Dandie Dinmont Terriers no ka hānau ʻana.