THE CAIRN TERRIER A synopsis of the Illustrated Guide of the Cairn Terrier
by LYNNE NABORS, LYDIA HUTCHINSON, JOE VERNUCCIO, KATHLEEN SPELLMAN, THE LATE BETTY MARCUM & MOLLY WILDER
HISTORY F rom the earliest recorded history of man and dog, there have been accounts of small terriers working with farmers to control the vermin that inflicted costly predatory raids on
the crops and domestic animals of the crofts on which they all lived. In each geographical area, different assets and abilities were sought in these dogs. In the Highlands and Outer Islands of Scot- land, what was needed varied as well. Gradually, they came to be somewhat
distinct in type and the West Highland and the Scottish Terrier, as well as what we now know as the Skye Terrier, were named and recognized. Still, there was a small terrier, rather scruffy in appear- ance, smaller in bone than the Skye and the Scottie, more agile than either,
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