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Puppy Proofing Your Yard

Along with Puppy Proofing Your Home, you will also want to Puppy Proof Your Yard. Your new Cairn Terrier puppy is a great explorer. Cairns love to snoop and discover new territory. The Cairn Terrier breed is also known for their keen ability to hunt and track prey and is often deaf to your commands to come back when sniffing the trail of a rodot.

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Puppy Proofing Your Home

Your new Cairn Terrier puppy will be naturally curious about her new home and will want to explore every corner of it. Since puppies cannot yet distinguish between acceptable play things and things that might hurt them, you will need to teach her beginning the moment she enters your home that first day.

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Puppy Food

When we brought Molly, our first Cairn Terrier, home from the breeder we fed her exactly what the breeder was feeding her, Science Diet Puppy Food. If you get your Cairn Terrier puppy from a breeder, be sure to ask what the pup has been eating, how often and how much.

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Cairn Terrier Coat Colors

Choosing a specific color Cairn Terrier puppy is no guarantee the adult dog won't change colors. In fact, some Cairns change colors several times throughout his/her life. In this article I explain the various colors available with photos of the fur or coat, what is acceptable, why some colors are not acceptable, and why the Cairn's coat will often change sometimes more than once throughout the dog's life.

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Personality of Cairn Terriers

Wow, there is so much to write about regarding Molly and Jack's personality. Let me first sum up their spunkiness with one little three letter word: FUN

It's never a dull day in our home with Jack and Molly around. They are very active and have a high energy level. They both love to run freely off leash, even though the AKC does advise against allowing a Cairn to roam free off leash.

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Why Cairn Terriers are Popular

Most people don't realize that the infamous dog on the 1950s film the Wizard of Oz was in fact a Cairn Terrier. That one high profile aspect itself makes the Cairn so lovable. Who couldn't resist hugging that little Toto dog with Dorothy or cheering when Toto jump from the Wicked Witch of West's bicycle basket?

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Cairn Terrier Breed Standards

I won't go into too much detailed information about all of the Cairn Terrier breed standards. For that information, I'll direct you to the officials in that area, the AKC (American Kennel Club). But I will tell you a few things that you should know from an ordinary pet owner's perspective especially when you are at that stage of deciding whether a Cairn is for you and what to expect as it gets older.

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