Galu wowoneka bwino uyu amapezeka paliponse kuyambira pamabwalo amasewera mpaka maswiti. Monga dzinalo likusonyezera, Scottish Terriers amachokera ku Scotland - ndipo ndizo zonse zomwe tikudziwa. Kutchulidwa koyamba kwa galuyo ndi Bishop John Lesley m'buku lake History of Scotland 1436-1561. Monga akuwafotokozera, iwo ndi “galu wautali, wokwawira m’maenje a pansi pa nthaka, ndi nkhandwe, mbira, mbira, ndi amphaka zakuthengo kuchokera m’mabwinja awo.” malo ndi mapanga”.
Pansipa mupeza ma tattoo 10 abwino kwambiri agalu a Scottish Terrier: