Working cairn terrier

[Hawk17 15]

Does anybody still work the Cairn terrier? 

[Str 793]

There’s a lad on here in the ratting posts that’s use a Westie with some success so maybe there’s a working Cairn terrier out there.

[Aussie Whip 3,822]

I had one about 20years ago,a ginger dog, good ferreting dog and would flush foxes,good ratter and guard dog,would attack intruders.Very few in oz today even less then.Had to pts at 7years due to an extreme flea allergy.I'm the only one over here I've heard of working one.He was a good little dog but nowhere near the level of my present Russell terriers.

Edited March 16, 2018 by Aussie Whip

[EDDIE B 3,119]

I'm sure it's possible to work any terrier breed, depending on what you consider "working" of course.

[TOPPER 1,809]

farmer up the road has one mustard on rats and has had the odd fox in the bales 

[Glyn..... 5,199]

when discussing a bitch my own stuff is bred down from Brian Nuttall told me in the 50's there were still a few good working Cairn about the place , one dog a light choc/ginger with a pink nose was brought down from Scotland and bred into a few fell lines , the dog was a very good worker having worked fox,badger and otter and was a size the terriermen/huntsman liked , these days as already said can't see way they wouldn't be good ratters or bolt the odd fox  

[Daniel cain 42,800]

1 minute ago, Glyn..... said:

when discussing a bitch my own stuff is bred down from Brian Nuttall told me in the 50's there were still a few good working Cairn about the place , one dog a light choc/ginger with a pink nose was brought down from Scotland and bred into a few fell lines , the dog was a very good worker having worked fox,badger and otter and was a size the terriermen/huntsman liked , these days as already said can't see way they wouldn't be good ratters or bolt the odd fox  

Dug to a fox with on a golf course with my mates little sisters cairn terrier back in 2002.....little brindle dog same shape size as a border. Keen little dog to be fair?

[Jerry71 269]

Iv only seen one ratting and it was as good as the Russell dogs on the day. Most pet ones still look handy little things. 

 

 

[forest of dean redneck 11,183]

5 hours ago, W. Katchum said:

Westy am a scotty our ratting?

So not a cairn then ??

[Lowther 185]

There's one called Toto that got abit work on the wizard of oz set like