What’s the biggest West Highland Terrier you’ve ever heard of?

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We have a 3 year old Westie male, who has been neutered. His mother only had one litter, and he was the first born. He has no skin problems or any other illnesses, other than a slightly deformed leg. This is purely cosmetic, and causes him no pain or discomfort. He is quite aggressive / shy to people he doesn’t know, and is very food motivated. Extremely headstrong and stubborn, and VERY protective of those he see’s as “pack leaders”, i.e my mother.Was just wondering, from his description, what you guys think. He’s the same height as an English Bull Terrier, and weighs 17 kilo’s, the same as some Staffordshire Bull Terriers. His height and weight are almost double what they should be. He has no fat on him whatsoever, and is pure muscle. It may sound like he is fat, but you cannot even pinch skin on him. He is fed two meals a day, each weighed out, and isn’t fed tit bits. Every person who meets him thinks he is a crossbreed, but I assure you, he’s a purebred Westie. He’s just huge. The other Westie we have is the typical Westie size, very small. Our little one was bred to be small in size, and his Mother had multiple litters. What the biggest Westie you guys have ever heard of?Let me know if ours is the biggest you’ve heard of, I’m sure it must be some kind of World Record!

Waylon Ward · Accepted Answer

My first Scottie was oversized (too long for breed standard, big champion lineage BTW) and weighed around 30 pounds. He was pure muscle. We have a Westie in our neighborhood that is a beautiful dog. He is larger than my dog was and I was told he weighed 32-35 pounds. Way oversized.Sorry to say, and I know you adore your Westie, but he probably isn’t a well-bred dog. Be grateful he doesn’t have skin allergies and he is a healthy, happy guy. Personally, I like the terriers at the top end of their weight range.I took agility lessons with a lady and her Westie. The Westie looked like a pup, but was a couple of years old. The dog weighed around 9 pounds. Way too small. Fast little dog on the course, but the owner knew she was very poorly bred.Added: I plugged my numbers into a Kilo converter and the dog above would be in the 14-16 Kilo range.More added: Like I said, my dog was from excellent lineage and was still too large. My dog was gorgeous and I was approached about breeding, but never did. He did not need to pass these genes along. My breeder was horrified that he grew so large. He was about 2-3 inches too long on the back and pure muscle, pushing his weight above breed standard. The oversized Westie in my neighborhood is a beautiful dog. I can imagine your guy based on this dog’s size. I’m sure he is a striking dog. I like Westies. They are spunky “little” dogs like my Scots.One thing however, if he is neutered, why even get a price to stud him?

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Waylon Ward · Answer

My one year old purebred West Highland terrier is 25.5 pounds and just turned one year. I took him to a westie event and he was the largest westie there. He is registered with the Canadian Kennel Club and towers over all of them. I have fed him well and overcame allergies when I picked him up at 8 weeks from the breeder.

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