Highland

The Highland breed has lived for centuries in the rugged remote Scottish Highlands.  The extremely harsh conditions created a process of natural selection, where only the fittest and most adaptable animals survived to carry on the breed.

Originally there were two distinct classes: the slightly smaller and usually black Kyloe, whose primary domain was the islands off the west coast of northern Scotland; the other, a larger animal generally reddish in color, whose territory was the remote Highlands of Scotland.

Today both of these strains are regarded as one breed-the Highland.  In addition to the red and black of the original strains, dun, brindle, silver and white are also considered traditional colors.