Mbalame yotchedwa Scottish Terrier, yomwe kale inkadziwika kuti Aberdeen Terrier, ndi imodzi mwa mitundu inayi yaku Scottish terrier, pamodzi ndi Skye Terrier, West Highland White Terrier, ndi Cairn Terrier. Makolo ake mwina amachokera ku Scottish Highlands ndi chigawo cha Perthshire. Mtundu wa galu umene tikudziwa lero unangolengedwa kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 19.
M'zaka za m'ma 1870, mtunduwo udawonetsedwa koyamba paziwonetsero ndipo udatchuka kwambiri. Poyambirira, a Scottish Terriers adawetedwa kuti azisaka. Choncho sali agalu odziwonetsera okha. Komanso, oimira oyambirira amtunduwu anali aatali kwambiri kuposa achibale awo amakono.
M'zaka za m'ma 1920 ndi 1930 makamaka, Scottish Terrier wakuda adakula kukhala galu wa mafashoni omwe anatha kulowa mu White House kangapo pansi pa apurezidenti aku America.