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“A Tail on Type” (Or a Type of Tale!)

If you’ve been around dog shows, dog breeders, or dog clubs, the one word you will hear most often is “TYPE”. It can mean anything from a compliment to an insult. Do not try to get a more definite explanation. In my opinion, the use of the word “type” goes back to the original terriers of Scottish descent.

There were three “type” of terriers that came from the same bloodlines and often appeared in the same litter. At this point there was no standard for a particular “type”, just the owner’s opinion as to what to call a particular wee doggie.

They started as the short hair Skye terrier because of their location in the Isle of Skye. A breed club was finally organized and a committee suggested the relationship of the working terrier in the pile of rocky cairns be the shortened name. Thus came the name of the breed we so love today.

The Cairn Terrier standard in England permitted white as a color until 1923. The interbreeding of Cairns and West Highland White Terriers had occurred in both England and the U.S.A. However, it was the American Kennel Club who gave the breed official recognition that banned registration of individuals from such “mixed” breedings.

There is only one distinctive conformation that should determine “type” and be uppermost in pairing two Cairns for breeding. If the breed is to resist passing fads and the modernization by the individual breeders to these fads, the first consideration should be given to those qualities and characteristics, which are unique in the Cairn.