AKC Standard of the West Highland White Terrier
Terrier Group
About the Breed
Smart, confident, and always entertaining at play, the adorable West Highland White Terrier (Westie, for short) has charmed owners for over 300 years. This diminutive but sturdy earthdog is among the most popular of the small terriers. Standing 10 to 11 inches at the shoulder, with dark piercing eyes, compact body, and a carrot-shaped tail wagging with delight, the Westie's looks are irresistible. Beneath the plush-toy exterior, though, is a true working terrier of gameness and courage. Bred to hunt rats and other underground rodents, Westies are surprisingly strong and tough. The all-white double coat is hard to the touch, not soft and fluffy. Alert and active, Westies exhibit traits of a plucky and self-reliant ratting terrier: They require no pampering, they will chase after anything that moves, and their independence can make training a challenge. But, thanks to their faithfulness and keen intelligence, Westies will train nicely with time and patience.
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.

西高地白梗犬 AKC 標準
梗類犬組
關於品種
聰明、自信並且在玩耍時總是充滿樂趣，可愛的西高地白梗（簡稱 Westie）已經讓主人著迷了 300 多年。這種體型小巧但強壯的地獵犬是小型梗犬中最受歡迎的犬種之一。西高地白梗肩高 10 至 11 英寸，擁有黑色的銳利眼睛、緊湊的身軀、歡快地搖曳的胡蘿蔔形尾巴，其外觀讓人無法抗拒。然而，在這毛絨玩具的外表下，卻是一隻勇敢、活潑的真正的工作梗犬。西高地白梗是專門為捕獵老鼠和其他地下囓齒動物而培育的，因此它們出奇地強壯和堅韌。全白的雙層毛摸起來很硬，不柔軟也不蓬鬆。西高地白梗機警而活躍，展現出勇敢而自力更生的捕鼠梗的特徵：它們不需要嬌慣，會追逐任何移動的東西，而且它們的獨立性使訓練成為一項挑戰。但是，由於它們的忠誠和敏銳的智慧，西高地白梗會隨著時間和耐心而得到很好的訓練。
整體外觀：西高地白梗是一種體型小、活潑、平衡性好、耐寒的梗類犬，具有很好的表演天賦，自尊心很強，體格健壯，胸部和背肋很深，背部筆直，後軀有力，腿部肌肉發達，明顯表現出力量和活力的完美結合。毛長約兩英寸，顏色為白色，堅硬，具有大量柔軟的底毛。狗的毛髮應整潔，背部和側面的長毛應修剪成與較短的頸部和肩部的毛髮相融合。頭部周圍留有大量毛髮，作為臉部的框架，呈現出典型的西高地白梗表情。
尺寸、比例、體質：公犬肩高理想尺寸為 11 英寸，母犬肩高理想尺寸為 10 英寸。輕微的偏差是可以接受的。西高地白梗是一種體型緊湊的狗，具有良好的平衡性和體格。肩隆與尾根之間的身體長度比肩隆處的高度略短。耦合短且骨骼強健。缺陷－超過或低於高度限制。骨骼細密。
頭部：從正面看，呈現圓形。應與身體成比例。表情——敏銳、好奇、活潑。眼睛 - 距離較遠，中等大小，杏仁狀，顏色為深棕色，深陷，敏銳而聰明。濃眉之下，目光犀利。眼圈為黑色。缺陷－眼睛小、太飽滿或顏色太淺。耳朵 - 小，緊密直立，距離較遠，位於頭骨的上外緣。它們的末端有一個尖點，絕不能被剪斷。耳朵上的毛髮修剪得很短，光滑柔軟，尖端沒有瀏海。皮膚色素沉著較黑者優先。