The Highland breed is very adaptable and strong, much because it appeared as the result of natural selection. The breed originated in remote Scottish Highlands, with natural conditions so tough that only the most agile and adaptable could survive. Despite this not-so-moderate weaning, the Highland is rather, if not proportionally, moderate in temperament. They have long coat, which is black in Kyloe division, and reddish in the other subspecies, which are smaller in size.