 Wish I had been there with a digital camera
:)-It is the Malcolm family that is usually credited with originating the
'White Cairn' as it was known those days.
The small white dog that we know today as the "Westie"
actually owes its rise in popularity to a hunting accident. It is said
that around the year 1860, Colonel Malcolm was out hunting with his favourite
terrier, a reddish-brown dog. While the dog was running through
the bush, he was mistaken for a hare and was shot and killed.
The Colonel was so grieved by the loss of his dog that he decided to
propagate only the whites in his kennel. It took a great many years for the
Malcolm family to develop the white strain that we know today
Colonel Malcolm with his Poltalloch Terriers 1905
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