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Terriers are born anarchists, so comradeship does not come naturally and has to be earned.… dogs learn by the immediate results of their actions and the association of events which occur closely together in time.... the desire for collaboration that we get in such breeds as gundogs and herders is totally absent in terriers unless we make doing what we want worth their while. They drive a hard bargain....my dog was just a blur until he was about a year old, when I finally got a good look at him."Full good coat" means plenty of coat, dense and properly straight, although a slight wave is permissible. The coat should be 2 to 3 inches long over the entire torso, not stripped down on the back with long coat on the sides and belly."Very free in its movements" indicates that the Cairn is lithe, flexible, and agile. Early in the last century, Mrs. Alastair Campbell, one of the founders of the breed, said "they should be light-footed and almost dance along … like polo ponies, sturdy, but light in their action and body."[…] 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.[…] every lord of the manor, or laird as he was known, had his pack of terriers or cuallach de madaidhean. The gamekeepers of the estates had their Madah or house dogs. Even the house dogs had to show their worth and earn their supper.[…] the Cairn is not a heavily trimmed breed and exaggerated trimming to make the dog appear "molded" should never be used.
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