Cairngold Cairn Terriers.
In 1964 my parents, Gwen and
John Jones bought a Cairn pup as a family pet, they named him
Ricky. They did not know it at the time but he was of good
breeding being descended from Vinovium and Toptwig lines. They were encouraged to
show him at Open shows and as a young twelve year old I started handling
him. Ricky
did quite well and dad, coming from a farming family, decided that he would
like to breed a litter. They bought their first bitch from
the Nunsfield kennel of Ida Brooke at
Sutton on Sea. Her lines went back to the Redletter breeding of
the late Walter Bradshaw. She was mated to Ricky and the family
interest in Cairns really started. In
the early days mum and dad shared their interest in Cairns with not only
Ida Brooke but Irene Cowley of Woodthorpe fame. The family’s
interest in showing and breeding continued and when I married Alan in 1975
I “borrowed” Ricky at weekends. Soon our next-door
neighbour became hooked on Cairns too and Ricky stayed permanently at The
Bungalow, the neighbour looking after him all day whilst we both were out
at work. It
wasn’t long before we had rearranged out lives to cope with not one,
but then two, three and eventually nine Cairns! Needing
a bitch to show we bought our first Cairn, Thimswarra Estelle
(Kelly) from our good friends, Lil and Alf Arrowsmith in
1976, she went on to become a Champion. Our next Champion was
Ch Spirecairn Charmer of Cairngold
(Charmer), bred by John Bunting, who had earlier bought his first Cairn
from us. Our second and third Cairns were both home bred,
Champions Kramer (Kramer) and Catriana
(Katy) were both made up in the same year, 1987. This was a
good year as our daughter Amy was born in that year! We were
busy. Then followed Ch Cairngold
Cosmos (Micky), sire of Ch Shearwater Cae de Sonhas WW02, Ch Cannwood As
If By Magic To Starveren and Ch
Cannwood Kasta Spell at Doonrae.
Micky died at the age of 15 years in 2009. Our next Champion was
Champion Cairngold Constanze (Connie) who
we sadly lost at the age of 18 and a half years
in 2016. Our next Champion was Ch Cairngold Charcoal (Char)
followed by Ch Cairngold Cedar (Fir), who sadly passed way only
recently. In 2008 we made up Champion Cairngold Jackpot
(Jack) and in 2009 and 2010 his daughters Ch Cairngold Avin A Paddy (Paddy)
and Ch Cairngold Candlelight (Candy). Our next Champion was Ch
Cairngold Chico (Chico), he gained his
Championship in 2019. At the time of writing this (October 2022) he
has won a total of 17 Challenge Certificates. In 2022 Cairngold Chiquitita (Kita)
became a Champion, she is the daughter of Ch Cairngold Chico, Kita has had a very successful 2022 including winning
the Reserve Bitch Challenge Certificate at Crufts. Chico has some promising young offspring in the show ring here in
the UK. In Sweden Elisabeth Theodorsson and
Magnus Hoff are campaigning a Chico son, Nowegian,
Danish and Swedish Champion Hjohoo's It's Hjour Time To Shine
(Alan). He has won very well indeed including a big win (Best Opposite Sex)
at the Cairn Terrier Club of America's Specialty Show at the Montgomery
Kennel Club in October 2022. In Canada Merril
Schmitt is campaigning Alan's litter brother Hjohoo's
Yes Hjo Can (Danny). We
only have the occasional litter and still attend championship shows all
over the country.
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All
the Firths judge Cairns at Championship show level, we
have all enjoyed judging our lovely breed at home and overseas |
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Please
enjoy looking at the photographs of our Cairns. And if you have any queries about the
breed I shall be pleased to help you.
Please e mail; linda.firth@sky.com.
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