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Our ideal dog should have a beautifully free movement, suggestive of the great out-of-doors, and indicating a readiness for immediate action.

Mrs. Byron Rogers
Cairn and Sealyham Terriers  

It is when we come to the word "shaggy" that we are called upon to exercise discretion. This word does not mean ungroomed, untidy, or neglected; it does mean there should be none of that excessive preparation which has turned other terrier breeds into what are little more than animated examples of the china dogs formerly so popular as shelf decorations.

Beynon & Fisher
The Cairn Terrier  

One "chance-bred" champion may set the clock back several generations because of the hereditary taints behind him.

Beynon & Fisher
The Cairn Terrier  

[…] a difficulty may arise over the relative merits of two coats, one of which is the correct length though not so hard as it might be, and the other which is harder but shorter, either through having been stripped recently, or from a natural shortness. […] If the dog has been known to carry a correct coat in the past, the condition could be viewed more leniently than that of a dog which consistently bears a short coat.

Beynon & Fisher
The Cairn Terrier  

Give me the medium-lengthed backed dog, strong hindquarters, good feet, and not too short-legged, a powerful jaw, good teeth, lots of spirit — none of your "liver-coaxed dead heads" — a weather-resisting top coat (cannot be hard enough), a wooly undercoat, and weight about 14 lb, a scale such as bitches 11 to 12 lb, dogs 12 to 15 lb.

Highland gamekeeper, 1914  

To my mind, looking at it from the viewpoint of the working dog, it is far better to see a Cairn with a long, close, heavy coat which handles softer than is perhaps desirable, than to see one carrying a short open jacket however hard the hair may be.

Mrs. Byron Rogers
Cairn and Sealyham Terriers  

Cairn fanciers are fortunate in having a dog that can be put down in the ring as Nature made him.

Mrs. Byron Rogers
Cairn and Sealyham Terriers  

No Cairn wearing an open coat should have a chance to win, for he would not have a chance to keep dry in a Highland storm, nor should a Cairn be shown without the profuse coat, which gives the shaggy look desired.

Mrs. Byron Rogers
Cairn and Sealyham Terriers  

It is more difficult to breed a medium-sized dog, and we Cairn breeders, both Scotch and English, must try to accomplish it; and do let us try and breed dogs with a good thick undercoat, which is hard to get.

Hon. Mary Hawke