"Bobby"
December 24 1989 - May 28 2001
Can Ch. Cairndome Bairn's Laird x Can Ch. Kinncayre's Klassy Keera
"Bob" came into my life at one and half years of age, just a scruffy little mutt that was given to me becasue he had nowhere else to go.  His breeder and his owner both despaired that he would never make a show dog.  I was looking for a little dog of my own I could play around with in the rings,  I had already been showing for dogs for other people for a few years and I wanted some of the glory and expense, too!  More glory than expense really, but we all know both go hand in hand.  No pressure, I would have been very happy with a dog that could place maybe fourth in the group once a weekend - that would be great!  Just a nice little average Special. 

Bob gave me that, and so much more!!!!

He finished his Canadian Championship in three weekends in the worst coat you've ever seen on a Cairn!  What did I know about stripping a dog??!  (Nothing..)  It was a learning process.  I discovered the joys of "creating" the perfect show dog and the great stress reliever that working a coat can be.   It certainly did not hurt to have an artistic eye when learning about rolling the coat - I used to get show photos backin the mail and look at them closely, then pull out my grooming table and poor Bob would get a working over to fix the little problems I saw in those pictures.

Anyway, Bob was a great little dog and certainly nobody could ask for a better "first show dog"!  His ring accomplishments are listed below.
Career wins include:

Canada -
142 Best of Breed
1 Best in Show
25 Group First
27 Group Second
21 Group Third
21 Group Fourth
Award of Merit CTCC National 1997 

USA -
1 Best in Specialty Show
(from the Veterans class)
5 Best of Breed
1 Group First
2 Group Third
1 Group Fourth
Specialty Award of Merit 1997
Award of Merit CTCA National
(Montgomery County) 1995
      
# 4 Cairn Terrier 1993
# 1 Cairn Terrier 1994
# 3 Cairn Terrier 1995