The rock-terrier of the Highlands, described by the men who fixed its type - and who spent years arguing about what to call it.
The Cairn Terrier - A Complete Anthology of the Dog gathers chapters from the rare kennel literature of the early twentieth century, among them J. Sidney Turner's The Kennel Encyclopaedia (1910), Arthur Craven's Dogs of the World (1931) and Walter Hutchinson's Hutchinson's Dog Encyclopaedia (1935). They catch the breed at the moment of its making: the working earth dog of Skye and the western Highlands, sent in after fox and vermin among the rock cairns that gave it its name, granted its own register by the Kennel Club in 1912 after the Skye men objected to it being called a short-haired Skye.
Points and temperament, celebrated dogs and their pedigrees, the early kennels of Captain Mackie and Baroness Burton - all are here, with the original photographs reproduced throughout.
This edition features:
- Chapters from the rare kennel encyclopaedias of 1910 to 1935, by the authorities of their day
- The breed at the point of recognition, with the naming controversy told by those involved
- Points, temperament and working character, with the pedigrees of celebrated winners
- The original photographs of the leading dogs of the era, reproduced throughout