Encane, eqinile futhi ehlakaniphile, i- I-West Highland White Terrier Ugqame ngokubukeka kwakhe okuhle futhi nomlingisi onamandla. Eyaziwa ngokujwayelekile njenge UWestyLe nja imvamisa inenkani futhi ayilaleli, kepha futhi inothando futhi inake kakhulu izingane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uvame ukuba nempilo enhle.
Kukholelwa ukuthi imvelaphi yayo isentshonalanga yeScotland, ikakhulukazi esifundeni sase-Argyll. Lapho okhokho babo, iCairn Terriers, bazalelwa ukuzingela izimpungushe nonogwaja phakathi nekhulu le-XNUMX. Kulezi, ezimhlophe zazingathathwa njengezilusizo, ngoba zazingenakufihlakala kalula endaweni engokwemvelo.
Lokhu kuzoshintsha ngenxa kaMajor Malcolm de Poltalloch, othole ukuthi izinja ezinsundu noma ezibomvu zingaphutha ngokudla kwazo futhi wanquma ukuzala kuphela izibonelo ezimhlophe. Lokhu kuzohlanganiswa nezinye izigaxa zaseScotland kuze kube yilapho kuvela uhlobo lweWest Highland, cishe ngonyaka we-1904. Ngemuva kweminyaka yaqala ukubhekwa njengesilwane esihamba nayo.
Ingenye yezinhlobo ezinamandla kakhulu nezinenjabulo esingazithola. Ikona unomusa, uhlakaniphile futhi unenkani, ngakho-ke kufanele siqine ngokuqeqeshwa kwabo. Ithembekile kubanikazi bayo, ivikela ngonya indawo yayo ngokumelene nophawu oluncane lwe-alamu. Kodwa-ke, ubuye abe nobungani kakhulu, yingakho egcina ngokwamukela abantu angabazi uma esechithe isikhathi esithile nabo. Uyazethemba futhi unentshiseko, uyasebenza kakhulu, edinga ukuhamba ibanga elide nsuku zonke.
Mayelana nokunakekelwa kwakho siqu igqamisa ijazi layo eliphindwe kabili, okufanele siyixubhe nsuku zonke, siyigcine ihlanzekile futhi ingenawo amafindo. I-Westy ayizilahli izinwele zayo, ngakho-ke kuyadingeka ukuthi sisuse izinwele ezifile ngokuxubha. Ngale ndlela sizogwema i-dermatitis, lapho lolu hlobo lujwayele khona. Inhlanzeko yomlomo nayo ibalulekile, ngoba ijwayele ukuqongelela i-tartar.