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The Cairn Terrier is one of the oldest terrier breeds, originating in the Scottish Highlands and recognized as one of Scotland’s earliest working dogs. The breed was given the name Cairn because the breed’s function was to hunt and chase quarry between the cairns in the Scottish highlands.

Seven facts you probably didn’t know about Cairn Terriers

1. Nothing’s refined about them and that is a point of pride among Cairn people. “I call them scruffy little Toto dogs,” notes a longtime fancier. One 1937 book put it this way: “The Cairn is a cave-dog—an innate barbarian, truculent, fearless.”
2. They are named after a pile of rocks. The word cairn refers to a stack of stones, formed either naturally or by human hands, that are used as road markers and memorials. These are prime real estate for mice, rats, and other small vermin, and the dogs were developed to go in and flush them out.
3. Cairn Terriers are tiny. Ideally they should weigh no more than 13 or 14 pounds. This was essential for their original purpose, which was to wriggle into burrows and rocky passages after critters.
4. They have unusual feet. They tend to be southpaws, but that’s not the only odd Cairn foot fact. Their front paws are well-padded and larger than their rear ones, traits that gave them an advantage when digging in their pursuit of rodents. For the average pet owner today that means that you’d better protect, or give up on, your garden. Cairns just gotta dig.
5. The Cairn’s stick-to-itiveness is legendary. They do not give up. There is a story of a working Cairn in Britain whose job was to help clear otters from seaside rock formations. The terrier grabbed the otter and held tight even after the animal plunged into the sea. His owner had to dive underwater to rescue his dog and found the little terrier, with his teeth still in the otter.
6. … As is their assertiveness. Cairn people have a saying, “If you give a Cairn an inch, he won’t take a mile, he’ll take 100 miles.” They have the potential to be unbelievably sweet, loving, fun companions, but they require solid training and well-established boundaries.
7. The movie star who played Toto was dumped by her first owner. She was a Cairn puppy named Terry who had been purchased as a pet. When her owners could not potty train her, they dropped the pup off at a trainer and never returned. He happened to be Carl Spitz, of the Hollywood Dog Training School, who prepared canine actors for movies, wrote Willard Carroll in his book on the life of the four-legged icon, I, Toto. The rest is history.

In 2012, Amaretto introduced the Cairn Terrier coat to breeders. Cairn Terrier are one set of many exciting possible Non-Starter coats that can come from breeding Starter Coats.
You can have a chance at one of these exciting Non-Starter coated Cairn Terrier by breeding any K-9 with a starter K-9 or by breeding together two starter K-9s. These coats CAN be passed on.

You can also get a Blanco Cairn Terrier by breeding two Cairns of the same color coat together. The Blanco coat does not pass, but the collar CAN be passed on.

Beginning August 5, 2013 to September 4, 2013 any kennel dropped from the breeding of any 2 Cairn Terrier K-9s had the chance at being a Best in Show Cairn Terrier. Best in Show Cairn Terriers could NOT pass their coat.
The Peace and Love Eye DOES have the ability to pass.
The Flower Power Collar DOES have the ability to pass.

You can find out about Cairns and many other breeds on the Amaretto K-9 Wiki.

https://k9.amaretto.wiki/index.php?title=List_of_K-9_Traits