{"data":{"slug":"cairn-terrier","name":"Cairn Terrier","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/dog-atlas/cairn-terrier","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/dog-atlas-api/v1/breeds/cairn-terrier","also_known_as":["Cairn","Short-haired Skye Terrier"],"kind":"breed","extinct":false,"group":{"key":"terrier","label":"Terrier","fci_group":3,"fci_group_name":"Terriers"},"size":"Small","origin":"Scotland","countries":["Scotland"],"height_cm":{"min":28.0,"max":31.0},"weight_kg":{"min":6.0,"max":7.5},"life_expectancy_years":{"min":13,"max":15},"temperament":["Cheerful","Bold","Curious","Hardy","Loyal"],"exercise_level":"Medium","wikipedia_views_60d":25346,"summary":"The Cairn Terrier is a small, shaggy, weatherproof Scottish working terrier that hunted vermin among the rocky cairns of the Highlands. It is bold, busy and cheerful.","photo":{"url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/dog-atlas/photos/cairn-terrier-38743df9ef-1280.webp","small_url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/dog-atlas/photos/cairn-terrier-38743df9ef-640.webp","width":1280,"height":960,"author":"Ronald Müller-Hagen (Ketterechts)","license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","license_url":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/","source_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cairn-Terrier-Garten1.jpg"},"updated_at":"2026-10-15T14:58:55Z","ratings":{"energy":3,"exercise":3,"grooming":3,"shedding":2,"trainability":3,"barking":3,"kids":4,"other_dogs":3},"coat":"Harsh, shaggy double coat","colors":["Cream","Wheaten","Red","Sandy","Grey","Brindle","Black"],"fun_fact":"Brindle Cairns often change colour through life and can become steadily darker or more silver with age.","sections":{"overview":"The Cairn Terrier is one of Scotland's oldest working terriers. It was bred to bolt vermin from among piles of stones, and it still has the pluck and digging instincts of a determined little hunter.\n\nToday it is a lively, sturdy companion with a scruffy, rough-and-ready look that many owners find irresistible.","history":"Cairns came from the Scottish Highlands and the Isle of Skye. They first reached the show ring around 1909 as the Short-haired Skye Terrier, but Skye Terrier breeders objected, so the name Cairn Terrier was chosen after the stone cairns where these dogs hunted.\n\nThe American Kennel Club registered the breed in 1903 and the British Kennel Club gave it a separate register in 1912. The FCI accepted it in 1963. It is now listed as a Vulnerable Native Breed in the UK.","appearance":"The Cairn is a small, compact dog with a shaggy double coat: a harsh, weather-resistant outer coat over a soft, dense undercoat. The head is fox-like with a short muzzle, dark eyes, small pricked ears and bushy brows.\n\nIdeal height is about 28 to 31 cm and weight usually 6 to 7.5 kg. Colours include cream, wheaten, red, sandy, grey and brindle, and brindle dogs often darken with age.","personality":"Cairns are cheerful, curious and fearless, with a lot of personality for their size. They are affectionate with their family and usually do well with considerate children.\n\nThey are independent and can be stubborn, and they like to dig and chase small animals. They bark to announce visitors.","care":"A Cairn needs a daily walk and play, and enjoys games and scent work. Keep the dog on a lead or in a secure garden, because the hunting instinct is strong.\n\nThe coat is easy but not effortless: brush weekly and hand-strip a couple of times a year to keep its harsh texture.","health":"The breed is generally hardy and long-lived. Conditions seen include luxating patella, cataracts and other eye problems, hypothyroidism, atopic dermatitis, craniomandibular osteopathy, von Willebrand disease, portosystemic shunt and Krabbe disease. Health-tested parents are worth seeking."},"recognition":{"fci_number":4,"fci_standard_url":"https://www.fci.be/en/nomenclature/4.html","akc_url":"https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/cairn-terrier/"},"sources":{"wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairn_Terrier","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37888","wikipedia_revision":1380232418},"profile":{"written_by":"AI model (Claude Sonnet) from the sources above","written_at":"2026-10-15T13:37:29Z"}}}