Sorry, Brad, this has nothing to do with cairns but I am so disturbed by this, I just need to vent:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/15/dog.head.ap/index.html

IMO it's clear this was the work of bullies in the neighborhood. It's very cruel, it cannot be tolerated. I hope they find out who did this.

Gack. As you point out, it is not Cairn-related, so closing the topic.