{"id":17676,"date":"2018-04-11T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/?p=17676"},"modified":"2025-05-06T17:30:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:30:03","slug":"west-highland-terrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/west-highland-terrier\/","title":{"rendered":"West Highland Terrier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>El <strong>West Highland Terrier<\/strong> es oriundo de Argyllshire, en Escocia, lim\u00edtrofe con el sitio de origen del Cairn, as\u00ed que no ser\u00eda extra\u00f1o que tengan un origen com\u00fan con otra variedad de pelo largo de hace 300 a\u00f1os, el Cairn Terrier,&nbsp; con el que coincide en sus caracter\u00edsticas morfol\u00f3gicas, o del Scottish terrier pero los aficionados modernos lo han seleccionado como un tipo intermedio entre ambos.<\/p>\n<p>Conocido familiarmente con el nombre de&nbsp;Westie, se distingue principalmente del Cairn por su pelaje, que es totalmente blanco, al contrario del Cairn que es de color canela y nunca debe ser blanco. Este color est\u00e1 \u00edntimamente ligado a su regi\u00f3n de origen. Efectivamente, debido a ciertas&nbsp;mutaciones&nbsp;por causas desconocidas, existen en Agyllshire muchos tipos de animales blancos que no se encuentran en otras regiones, tales como zorros, liebres y gallos. De esta manera no es extra\u00f1o que aparecieran tambi\u00e9n perros blancos.<\/p>\n<p>En el siglo XIX los criadores&nbsp;eliminaban a los cachorros blancos, hasta que la familia Malcolm de Portalloch los empez\u00f3 a seleccionar especialmente, ya que consideraron que este color era \u00fatil para diferenciar a los perros de las alima\u00f1as durante la caza y para ubicarlos f\u00e1cilmente en las Highlands, por el color gris\u00e1ceo de las rocas y el suelo.<\/p>\n<p>El <strong>Westie<\/strong> es un perro&nbsp;peque\u00f1o, robusto y excelente cazador, pero su car\u00e1cter lo hace un&nbsp;muy buen perro de compa\u00f1\u00eda, pues es serio, vivo y valiente.<\/p>\n<h2>Aspecto general del West Highland Terrier<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cabeza<\/strong>&nbsp;recubierta de abundante pelo y llevada en \u00e1ngulo recto al cuello. Cr\u00e1neo ligeramente abovedado, stop muy marcado con leve hendidura entre los ojos.&nbsp;Hocico&nbsp;de largo algo mayor&nbsp;que desde la nuca hasta los ojos, adelgaz\u00e1ndose gradualmente hacia la nariz.&nbsp;Nariz&nbsp;negra, m\u00e1s bien grande. Mand\u00edbulas cortas, poderosas, bien cerradas en tijera, aunque se tolera el cierre en tenaza; dientes grandes.&nbsp;Ojos&nbsp;separados, medianos, ligeramente hundidos en el cr\u00e1neo, de color lo m\u00e1s oscuro posible y mirada inteligente y penetrante.&nbsp;Orejas&nbsp;peque\u00f1as, terminadas en punta aguda, tiesas y erguidas, con pelo corto, liso y suave.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cuerpo<\/strong>&nbsp;compacto. Cuello largo y musculoso. L\u00ednea dorsal derecha. Lomo recto, ancho y robusto, pecho profundo. Costillas bien arqueadas.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Extremidades<\/strong>&nbsp;fuertes, musculosas, cortas cubiertas de pelo corto (en las anteriores), duro y tupido. Muslos muy musculosos. movimiento del tren trasero&nbsp;desenvuelto, potente y ce\u00f1ido.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pies<\/strong>&nbsp;anteriores m\u00e1s grandes que los posteriores, redondos, con pelo corto y duro, con plantas gruesas preferiblemente negras, as\u00ed como las u\u00f1as.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cola<\/strong>&nbsp;de 12,5 a 15 cm de largo, con pelo duro, sin franjas y lo m\u00e1s recta posible.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pelaje<\/strong>&nbsp;blanco puro brillante.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Talla<\/strong>&nbsp;de 28 cm en los machos y 25 cm en las hembras.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Defectos<\/strong>: cabeza llevada extendida hacia adelante. Mala oclusi\u00f3n de las mand\u00edbulas. Ojos abultados y de color claro. Orejas con puntas redondas y anchas, grandes y gruesas, con demasiado pelo. Corvejones vacunos, no angulados o d\u00e9biles. Movimiento posterior r\u00edgido o ampuloso. Cola demasiado larga o amputada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El West Highland Terrier es oriundo de Argyllshire, en Escocia, lim\u00edtrofe con el sitio de origen del Cairn, as\u00ed que no ser\u00eda extra\u00f1o que tengan &#8230; <a title=\"West Highland Terrier\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/west-highland-terrier\/\">Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":24158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3329,1104],"tags":[3563,3541],"class_list":["post-17676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-razas-perros","category-perros","tag-ficha-raza-perro","tag-fichas-razas","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/West-Highland-Terrier-1.jpg",850,567,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/West-Highland-Terrier-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/West-Highland-Terrier-1-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/West-Highland-Terrier-1-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/West-Highland-Terrier-1.jpg",850,567,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/West-Highland-Terrier-1.jpg",850,567,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/West-Highland-Terrier-1.jpg",850,567,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Miriam Zazo","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tiendanimal.es\/articulos\/author\/miriammake\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"El West Highland Terrier es oriundo de Argyllshire, en Escocia, lim\u00edtrofe con el sitio de origen del Cairn, as\u00ed que no ser\u00eda extra\u00f1o que tengan ... 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