please tell me this is not a cairn

[pkcrossley]

dog surfing championships in los angeles...

[Sam I Am]

Sure looks like a Cairn to me. I always wonder if these stunts are really enjoyed by dogs and other animals.

[kjwarnold]

I have a feeling that Packy would love to do this. He likes to float on the lake, swim and he likes riding the SeaDoo, so it seems like he'd like this, too. He's been on a kneeboard behind the SeaDoo going slowly.

[Dempsy's Mom]

Very Cool Cairn. Love the pic.

[hheldorfer]

It sure looks like a Cairn and has Cairn attitude. Wish I could see the video.

[Hawkeye]

Sure looks like a cairn or possibly a westie. Hard to tell the dog is white or wheaten being all wet.

[pindrop]

Found this web site on a Cairn Terrier surfer http://www.socalsurfdogs.com/jack.html

[Hawkeye]

Great investigative work Pindrop! It is all Cairn.

[pkcrossley]

yes, that's the chap. surfer dude. probably dropped out of medical school. parents tearing hair out.

[hheldorfer]

I nominate Pindrop for Cairn Forum Detective of the Year. Good job!

[TazTalk]

Totally rad dude. Hang ten. Surfs up.

After reading this, I feel like an underachiever.

Taz

[Lynn in TN]

Totally rad dude. Hang ten. Surfs up.

After reading this, I feel like an underachiever.

Taz

Me too!

how cute a Surfin Cairn makes me want to listen to Jan&Dean or the Beach Boys.

[sanford]

Found this web site on a Cairn Terrier surfer http://www.socalsurfdogs.com/jack.html

Duuude! That site shows lessons for teaching your cairn to surf!!! (If only I were 19 again).

[MegsMom]

OK--I can tell you it's not a cairn. It's a westie, named Joey. Here's the website snapshots your pic was taken from: http://framework.latimes.com/2011/09/25/sit-stay-surf-surfing-dogs-in-huntington-beach/#/8 Your posted pic is #7, #2,10 & 13 is also of Joey--don't forget to click 'show captions' below the pics.

Sorry, pindrop, you'll have to find us some competition pics of Jack, so we can compare 'styles'

[KShep]

He definitely has that "drowned rat" cairn look. They look so funny when they get wet!

[sanford]

"please tell me this is not a cairn"

pkcrossley... I hate to tell you - it's not a cairn! It's the next best thing... a Westie!

Here's another great shot:

[pkcrossley]

joey is cute! but he's a different dude. jack the surfer dude is brindle cairn, with black ears and muzzle, markings which i note are exactly the same as redmon's. much as i'd like to think that only west's waste time on this, i'm afraid jack is an unmistakable cairn.

[pkcrossley]

well, now i'm in two minds. the pictures of jack don't show his life vest, except as yellow. joey wears a red one, like in the original photo. wet as drowned rats, they do look alike. hm.

the point seems to be that both cairns and westie's are wasting their great minds on this. this must stop.

[pkcrossley]

yes, the news captions on the expanded site definitely say that is joey.

look, surfing should be restricted to the dogs below. the rest should go back to medical school.

[Sam I Am]

Is it just me, because I see a bunch of stressed out dogs?

[pkcrossley]

bulldogs and border collies always look a bit stressed out, so hard to tell. but i think there is a reason the terriers look a bit more willing and happy than some of the others.

1) unlike command dogs who will always go along with what the human says no matter how much they dread it or doubt it, terriers can just say no. so, a terrier on a surfboard is probably a willing participant.

2) they are playing hookey from medical school

[Sam I Am]

I hope you are right PK... I always doubt the wisdom of the uprights when it comes to entertaining themselves at the expense of the animal involved. Dont want to open a can of worms but the cIrcus being one of them

[darkpantherbabe]

looks like a wheaten colored cairn!