Links

Cathy Scotton’s Joymont kennels, the premier Cairn Terrier breeder in Australia, located in Melbourne, Victoria. Cathy is a great friend and mentor to all at Emeraldcity.

Koolrunnings Kennels - (Alaskan Malamutes) – OK, not cairns, but my sister Catherine Loft breeds Australia’s top Malamutes, and is located in Murrumbateman, NSW. She is also a great cairn terrier handler and has shown many Emeraldcity dogs.

Banmhor Cairn Terriers in Perth, WA, Australia – Liz Jewell, has a lovely new Swedish import cairn terrier from the Rasken kennels.

Vanajam Cairn Terrier – Gill Ward in England with her lovely and influential Cairn Terriers

Kennel Nicktime – Ghita Jensen in Denmark and her beautiful Danish Cairn Terriers

MyHart Cairn Terrier site – great article on the new experience of living with Cairns!

Terrier Breeders website – information about Terrier breeds and breeders world wide.  

International Cairn Terrier Links

Cairnbreeders Network (worldwide)

Midland Cairn Terrier Club (UK)

Southern England Cairn Terrier Club

Swedish Cairn Terrier club

Danish Cairn Terrier group

Dutch Cairn Terrier Club website

Cairn Terrier Club of America

Cairn Terrier Club of Denver (USA)

Cairn Terrier Club of Southern California (USA)

Potomac Cairn Terrier Club (USA)  

Cairn Terrier Discussion Lists

Yahoo groups, where you can join any of the following Cairn Terrier discussion lists:

OzCairns : for all those who love  Cairn Terriers in Australia and those interested in the Cairn Terrier scene in Australia. For show, obedience, agility and pet cairns and their people, this is a place where you can learn and share ideas. It offers a friendly exchange of information on grooming, showing, rescue, training of all sorts, events and some great stories about cairns.

Cairn-list : an International discussion list mainly for pet cairn or show dog owners.

CairnBreeders : discusses all subjects related to breeding & showing of Cairn Terriers. This is not a list intended for pet owners, but as a learning channel for breeders around the world.

BARF-Cairns : a Bones And Raw Food (BARF) list for owners of Cairn Terriers and other short-legged terrier breeds who are interested in learning more about this natural way of feeding, or who want to share what they know and practice.

Australian Canine Organisations

All states and territories in Australia have a canine organisation, which is affiliated to the National Kennel Council.  

Australian National Kennel Council

Royal NSW Canine Council

Victorian Canine Association

Tasmanian Canine Association

ACT Canine Association

North Australian Canine Association

Canine Control Council (Queensland)

South Australian Canine Association

Canine Association of Western Australia  

General Pedigree Dog Sites

DogzOnline - a great site for all Australian and NZ pure bred dogs and their owners, with discussion forums, a breeder directory, breed articles and more.  See the Emeraldcity profile.

Dogomania - a dog related search engine, you can find just about anything dog related here!

Things to do with your Cairn

ACT Companion Dog Club - located in Jerrabomberra Avenue in Symonston, ACT.  The Club caters for Obedience, Agility, Flyball, Trialing, Gundog and Demonstration work involving dogs. From puppy classes to advanced, uses positive reinforcement methods.

Tuggeranong Dog Training Club inc. - located in Rowland-Rees Cr, Greenway, ACT.  The club caters for Obedience, Agility, Flyball, Trialing and Demonstration work involving dogs. It mainly uses clicker training techniques.

National Australian Dog Agility Club- find out about the sport of agility and the organisation that runs it in Australia here. Look out for the clever cairns doing agility too!

Flyball – what is it and where can my Cairn and I do it in Canberra?

What is an Earthdog trial, who can enter it and why do they exist?

Canine Freestyle – is a choreographed performance with music, illustrating the training and relationship of a dog and handler team. This American Freestyle site has more info about it.

Find out more about clicker training

Information on Terrier training

The Puppy Aptitude test

Pets at Play – where you can take your pet in Australia, for exercise, on holiday etc.

General Dog Sites

The Petcare Information and Advisory Service Australia Pty Ltd (PIAS) is an autonomous, non-commercial organisation committed to promoting socially responsible pet ownership.

OzPets is an all Australian Pets Portal dedicated to Australian pets and related web sites.

Dog owners guide – an online magazine with lots of info about dogs.

ACT Rescue and Foster – a great site showing all of the dogs available for adoption through ARF, as well as pictures of those who have been rescued and successfully rehomed.

Fun Stuff

Bow Wow Meow - Search for doggie names

Recipes for dog treats – lots of things to cook and make for your dog

Dog jokes and humour site

Doggy Supplies and Shops

Petnetwork  - based in Australia, online ordering, pet dog and show dog supplies

It’s a dog shop – online shop for dogs

Love my pet – online shop for pets

Cairn Terrier SHOP (everything Cairn related you could ever want!)

For all sorts of Dog books, look here Everything in Dog Books