When Is A West Highland Terrier or Westie Fully Grown?

The West Highland white terrier is a smart, loveable,vermin, but will turn out to be such a great companion
active and fun loving animal. I am kind of biased, beingdog. From my own experience, I reckon it still thinks it is
the author of Mad About Westies. To be honest, Ia large dog in small body. I have also found it will rarely
preferred larger dogs until we got our westie puppyback down from any dog.
called Pepper. Now I am completely won over.Introduce your Westie puppy to the grooming cycle as
I find him such great fun, especially when playingearly as possible. If you brush the coat on a regular
soccer. He is just great in dribbling the ball around. Theybasis, this will get rid of any dead hairs on the coat.
make great guard dogs (ask my neighbour) and willWhen he grows to adult, it is recommended that you
announce to the world the present of any stranger totry and get his coat cut every 6 weeks, especially
the house.during the hot months.
Our own Westie loves riding in the car; like most dogsOverall you will have a loyal friend and great
and just goes crazy when I get out the lead to takecompanion if he is treated with love and respect. They
him a walk. It's hard to imagine how small he was,also need to know that you are the boss ( alpha dog).
when he first entered the house. He still chases ourWhatever your reason for acquiring a westie puppy or
poor cat, though lately it has been giving him a swipe,dog, you have to remember that dogs are animals, not
just to let him know that she was in the house beforehuman beings. Actually for some owners that is a hard
he arrived.bridge to cross, because their dogs are their children.
When the westie dog is fully grown it has a height ofDogs by nature are pack animals and In every pack
around 10-11 inches for the male breed and slightlythere is a leader, which is known as the alpha dog. This
smaller for the female. The weight can range from 14alpha dog makes decisions for the entire pack and
-20 pounds and if looked after with regular healtheveryone else in that pack has a place and knows
checks, it can have a life span of 15 + years.their place. If you do not take on the role of the leader,
The westie has it's origin in Scotland, as can bethe Westie will usually try and step in to try and fill this
guessed from the name. It was originally bred to hutroll of alpha dog. This is when the problems start.