Here is a lapful of Cairn Terriers! Marland has a gentle and neutral touch with the dogs, especially if they come in to the house from difficult situations. We have since moved to an acre+ outside of Albany with more room for the dogs to run.

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Champion Higgin's Checkov - Our Stud Dog - Pick-up riding dog - and chief smiley dog! He is getting darker as he gets older, from red wheaten to a dark steel grey.
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Ch. 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 improve the breed.
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Our red dog - finally~ MARMA'S MORA THE SAME, Checkov's granddaughter, daughter of Bentley.
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Happy Hill Freesia
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Happy Hill Zippy Haute Couture
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Marma's Emerald City Poppy
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Cairn Terrier Creek Lizzy Bella

Lizzy joined us in February 2014 and has grown to be a lovely little lady - we call her the "dog of a different color" - she is so different than the other dogs. Lizzy was the best of our dogs at the first Earthdog Trial that we went to this spring. She may earn her title as a hunter in these AKC sponsored trials.
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CHERRY - Checkov's little sister!
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Schwaney
THERAPY DOG - CRICKET - Cricket passed away on August 20 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 agressiveness 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 agressiveness 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
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.