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Champion Higgin's Checkov - Our Stud Dog - Pick-up riding dog - and chief smiley dog! He has gotten darker as he got older, from red wheaten to a dark steel grey.
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AKC Champion Higgin's Checkov
Ch. Higgin's Checkov is now in the BANK! - the International Canine Semen Bank. We have vials of semen available to approved females who are too far away to visit. Contact us if you have a female who can use this awesome dog's genetics to widen your genetic pool.
Ch. Higgin's Checkov at 3 years old.
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Ch. Higgin's Checkov in action at a dog park at 5 1/2 years old.
Checkov has gotten darker as he has aged - and is now a silver-grey. Still active at age 7 and loves to snuggle as well as run in the yard.
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Checkov - earns his Championship in Helena Montana September 23, 2012. Here, Norma and handler Andrew Mansfield are pictured with the judge holding the ribbon.
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Checkov and Ziggy relaxing on the hot tub! Summer 2011. Rough and ready are these two, fast friends from puppyhood. Ziggy retired last year and went to her second career - as a therapy dog for a foster child with separation anxiety, in Montana who bought her with her own money!
 Checkov gets really relaxed! when he is in his crate at bedtime! It is a raised crate in the dining room that he views as his throne! Even with the door open he is up and can watch everything! And he's not shy about asking for a table snack!  Maryann Enloe with Amber and Norma holding Checkov at 5 months. |
 Here is Norma with Checkov at 8 weeks old. He was a very active puppy like his Auntie Cricket was, but quick to learn and lovable from the get-go! Everyone loves his smile!  Here is sister Amber on the left and Checkov on the right at about 5 months. |
More of our dog pictures below:
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Marma's I'm Talon On You
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Talon is daughter of Zippy and Checkov and is such a delight! I think trouble is her middle name - or maybe snuggler - depends on the time of day. She raised a litter of 6 little gems, then dazzled many judges and fans in the Bred By Exhibitor class in a few months of shows. She earned her International and National Championships with IABCA. She will have another litter of puppies this spring.
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Our red dog - finally~ MARMA'S MORA THE SAME, Checkov's granddaughter, daughter of Bentley.
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Champion Happy Hill Freesia
Freesia now lives at Cairn Terrier Creek in High Springs, Florida. But her son, Bronx, and daughter, Rhapsody are still young and growing lovelies here!
FREESIA IS AN AKC CHAMPION! She is a very animated girl and getting pictures of her is challenging! She has earned her place with this title, as well as her Coursing Ability Title, and International Kennel Club Championships as well.
Freesia takes Winner's Bitch!
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Champion Happy Hill Freesia
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Freesia joined us from Weippe, Idaho from Happy Hill Cairn Terriers with MaryFrancis Brown in June, 2015. She is an active pup and keeps everyone hopping! She learns really fast, is sociable with other dogs, and never misses a chance for mischief!
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Here is the family photo: left rear, Freesia, front, Zippy, and parents, Miss Flossie Brown, and Greenstones Buffalo Bill Cody.
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Happy Hill Freesia at 13 months, and sister, Happy Hill Zippy Haute Couture at 6 months.
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Happy Hill Zippy Haute Couture
Zippy places as Winner's Bitch at Coeur D' Alene at age 6 months and 3 days, defeating her sister, mother, and another bitch who finished her championship the following day!
Zippy shown by Soni Mask taking a major win at the Redmond Oregon show!
Zippy relaxing.
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Zippy just came back from grooming and show training with Soni Mask, and will be shown in Albany shows - February 19-22
Zippy raised an awesome 8 puppies! Then went back in the showring and finished her championship! Actually, she loves BOTH her jobs!
Zippy is named for action! so this casual picture is unusual, but she also likes snuggling in the recliner! And after she and I spent a week travelling to Salt Lake City to meet a Bronze Grand Champion boyfriend, she is really connected to me!
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Millie
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Millie came to us from Cloverleaf Kennels and has become a sweetheart and wonderful mother for her litter of 6 pups! Quite the determined mouse and snake hunter, she is!
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Marma's All Gussied Up
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Gussie's and Chassis's sire, Kalif from Poland is growing into quite the stud dog.. His two daughters, are part of our breeding program to keep diverse genetic lines, yet maintaining quality dogs.
Hanging out with Granddaughter, Alaira on a sunny day!
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Gypsy
(Marma's Emerald City Daphne)
Poppy and Checkov's daughter
Gypsy
(Marma's Emerald City Daphne)
Poppy and Checkov's daughter
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Gator McGruff of Cairn Terrier Creek
Gator is in training with Junior Handler, Caleb Bloedel, and both have done us proud in local shows including the Rose City Classic in January 2019.
Gator McGruff is growing up to be awesome in temperament and style, like his parents!
Training - Gator McGruff is helping train our Junior Handler, and Soni Mask is providing grooming instruction as well! A Cairn Terrier as an instructor? Yup!
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Early training classes were fun for both Caleb and Gator!
Gator McGruff is our young stud dog from the best of Cairn Terrier Creek in Florida. He has earned his Honors Puppy Titles with IABCA as well as his International and National Puppy Titles.
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************************Marma's Tough Guy Da Bronx
Bronx is Ch. Higgin's Checkov and Ch. Happy Hill Freesia's son.
Bronx is Ch. Higgin's Checkov and Ch. Happy Hill Freesia's son.
Yup - I LOVE to get dirty and wet! Run and play with me?
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Bronx had the tough job of babysitting Betsy for a few days, while snowstorms kept her from her Colorado family!
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I KNOW how to sleep, too!
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CHERRY - Checkov's little sister!
Cherry came to us directly from Arlene Long, in Minatare, Nebraska (the 4th dog we have purchased from her). Higgin's Cowboy is her father, and she matured to be a silver grey (not changing). She has been a very attentive Mama dog to several litters, jumping in to share her regurgitated dinner with her puppies.
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Here is Cherry at 7 months.
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Cherry at 7 months and she is going to be 'what color?' Is that today or tomorrow?!
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Cherry at 9 months
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MARMA'S RHAPSODY SHOWBOAT
OF CAIRN TERRIER CREEK
MARMA'S RHAPSODY SHOWBOAT
OF CAIRN TERRIER CREEK
RHAPSODY is the daughter of Ch. Higgin's Checkov and Ch. Happy Hill Freesia, CA. She has the firey attitude of her Mother, and we hope will have a successful show career. She is expecting a small Christmas litter.
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Cairn Terrier Creek Penny Whistle
Cairn Terrier Creek Penny Whistle is travelling with Soni Mask, dog handler, and she LOVES this snuggle bug. We hope she gets her Championship Title this year. Such a sweetheart and snuggler!
Pennywhistile in the sunshine before she was groomed!
Pennywhisitle watching over her litter of puppies.
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THERAPY DOG - CRICKET - Cricket passed away on August 20, 2016 at age 14.25 years old.
Cricket came to us from Arlene Long, in Nebraska in Spring 2002. She has been the best Cairn Terrier we could have wanted and has served us well. Or have WE served her? I suppose it's a matter of opinion.
Cricket worked with me in our Adult Foster Home for Mentally Handicapped adults and was priceless for me as a guide to what my resident's needed, what their aggressiveness level was (that Cricket understood and I didn't) and was their friend as well.
I took Cricket for training and testing and she was certified as a Registered Therapy Dog with Delta Society and we were able to take Cricket wherever the Foster Home residents needed to go, even into the hospital. When she was there, they were more comfortable and she helped us manage their care more completely with her help.
Cricket gave us several litters of puppies, then retired to watch over ME! for the rest of her life - as well as train the new puppies who come in the house being the best Granny Dog they could want. She teaches them good manners, social behaviors (like don't interrupt Granny Dog's nap).
As a hunter, Cricket is undaunted - even spending hours hunting mice in grass, squirrels in bushes, and chasing chipmunks around a campsite. Digging in soft soil can take hours and she will literally bury herself in the hole she digs.
Cricket is a neutral dog and will not go after a cat and rarely after another dog, except just to identify who he is.
Cricket worked with me in our Adult Foster Home for Mentally Handicapped adults and was priceless for me as a guide to what my resident's needed, what their aggressiveness level was (that Cricket understood and I didn't) and was their friend as well.
I took Cricket for training and testing and she was certified as a Registered Therapy Dog with Delta Society and we were able to take Cricket wherever the Foster Home residents needed to go, even into the hospital. When she was there, they were more comfortable and she helped us manage their care more completely with her help.
Cricket gave us several litters of puppies, then retired to watch over ME! for the rest of her life - as well as train the new puppies who come in the house being the best Granny Dog they could want. She teaches them good manners, social behaviors (like don't interrupt Granny Dog's nap).
As a hunter, Cricket is undaunted - even spending hours hunting mice in grass, squirrels in bushes, and chasing chipmunks around a campsite. Digging in soft soil can take hours and she will literally bury herself in the hole she digs.
Cricket is a neutral dog and will not go after a cat and rarely after another dog, except just to identify who he is.
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Cricket, her daughter Mishka, and Mishka's daughter, Birdie
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Nap Time with Cricket (Granny)
Here are Sancha and Trisket taking a nap with Granny. Do we need a bigger bed? These two girls have left for their new homes now, so Granny can have the whole bed to herself.
