At home, one of my dogs is a west highland terrier and everyone who knows me that my dogs are much treasured members of my family. For Christmas, my niece bought me a Natural Terrier Print Cushion which, although not a westie not the front of it, is actually still a terrier and so she thought it looked enough like Noodle that I would really like it. It is a nice cushion and unlike many other canine related furnishings, it is actually classy and well made. I don't know how much the cushion cost my niece, but I have seen in on the Debenhams website for £16.00 - which is fairly expensive, but it does look good quality and so I guess you get what you pay for.

The cushion is fairly small, but actually because I have a lot of cushions on my sofa already, it suits me better that it was smaller. It measures about 30 cm x 30 cm x 9 cm and so it's square in shape and not to bulky or thick. The actual front cushion background is a neutral natural colour, like a natural linen colour. The back is a a checked design which I think would actually be better if it was just plain black or alternatively the linen colour - and so I'm unsure as to why they picked that design. And then around the outside of the cushion is some black felt piping which helps to emphasise the square shape. On the front of the fusion is a design of a fairly stocky terrier - but I'm not sure what type of terrier it is. It looks like a cross between a jack russell and a scottie dog - but it does have the traditional terrier shape and look to it. It's less of a cuddly design and more of a realistic model of a terrier - and I actually like this.

The material is soft and silky and it's comfortable to cuddle up to. It does have a slight texture to it which means that it is not perfectly smooth, but it's not irritating on my skin. The cushion pad itself is soft and it made of that polyester cotton wool type stuff that many cushions seem to be made out of. It is soft and not overly padded - which makes it slightly squishy. The cushion padding can be removed so that the cushion cover can be washed - and having washed it once in a cool washing machine load then it comes up nicely and looks as good as new.

Overall, i think this is a good decent cushion and would suit a dog lover who also likes things to be tasteful.