Grooming

The Club will hold several sessions each year for members. If you wish to learn more about grooming a Westie for Conformation Showing or as a Pet, do check our Events Calendar for the next Grooming Session.

Check out the Westie News section on this website

Interesting web-sites with information on grooming Westies

The West Highland White Terrier Club of Greater Atlanta, Atlanta Westies has a really interesting grooming chart shown on the right, developed by Mary Cunningham of Doubletake Westies in Texas, USA. The chart illustrates desired coat lengths and the direction to pull when stripping different parts of the dog.

Mary Cunningham has produced Grooming videos for the Pet and Show Westie with more detailed illustrations. These are available from Doubletake Westies (this is an email link).

Another website with some excellent link information and contacts is the Westie-L that lists a Yahoogroup comprising an e-mail list for people interested in the "black art" of grooming. www.westielovers.com/westie-l/grooming.html

Joan Graber, an AKC (American Kennel Council) Judge with assignments on the West Highland White Terrier has detailed a series of photographs showing the desired profiles of the breed. Ms Graber provides considerable information about the History of the breed, Balance and movement, Head, Eyes, Ears, Neck, Legs Body, Tail, and Rear.

Marie Ison of Brenmar Kennels explains the grooming process and illustrates the grooming zones of a Westie. The explanation is found at the Westie Club of Canada website.

Westie Groomers

Croydon 9723 2173 or 0419 926225 ask for Karen

Ashburton 9885 0050 Cathy Scotton

Geelong 5264 5191 Brenda