Cairngold
Cairn Terriers.
In 1964 my parents, Gwen and the
late 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 the late Alf Arrowsmith in 1976,
she went on to become a Champion.
Our next Champion was Ch Spirecairn Charmer of Cairngold, bred by John
Bunting, who had earlier bought his first Cairn from us. Our second and third Cairns were both
home bred, Champions Kramer and Catriana 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, sire of Ch Shearwater Cae de
Sonhas WW02, Ch Cannwood As If By Magic To Starveren and Ch Cannwood Kasta
Spell at Doonrae. “Micky” is still
doing well at the age of 15 years and his Champion brothers in California and
Australia are also well. Our next
Champion was Champion Cairngold Constanze, then Ch Cairngold Charcoal and Ch
Cairngold Cedar. Last year we made
up Champion Cairngold Jackpot and in January 2009 his daughter Ch Cairngold
Avin A Paddy.
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All the Firths judge Cairns, Alan and Linda at Championship
show level and Amy at Open show level.
Both Alan and myself have enjoyed judging at home and abroad over many
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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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