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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 367794" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">I hope you get the dog! We searched and searched for a dog for our family, mostly due to difficult child's behaviors. We were told that animals tend to help difficult child's cope better. So, because I am a bad asthmatic and a nut about my floors, we had to find the right dog. Turned out we went with a cairn terrier. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">I know, I hear the bad rap everyone's giving the terriers about their territorial stuff, etc. But I have never loved a dog (we had many when I was a kid, even though I was allergic, my mom insisted) as much as I love my THREE terriers! Two female cairns and a female yorkie. We started with a male cairn and he was very territorial and a little mean even, and he had his own little difficult child stuff going on. We eventually had to put him down for health reasons, but the two females are amazing! No territorial stuff going on, except maybe with the yorkie - she thinks who she is and well, we've spoiled her rotten, so it's part our fault. The terriers do tend to sometimes take a bit longer to train, but they housetrain rather quickly I thought. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">The best part about cairns is that they can be rough and tumble and play like a big dog (in fact, they believe they ARE the big dog), but yet they also like to cuddle and get belly rubs and lay by your feet (or in your lap, which they prefer). They also have very low shedding. They have two coats and the under coat needs to be 'hand stripped', which means basically the hair gets pulls gently out. Regular brushing takes care of this. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">So, that's my cairn terrier defense and infomercial - reconsider the terriers! They are so much fun!!! lol~</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 367794, member: 2211"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]I hope you get the dog! We searched and searched for a dog for our family, mostly due to difficult child's behaviors. We were told that animals tend to help difficult child's cope better. So, because I am a bad asthmatic and a nut about my floors, we had to find the right dog. Turned out we went with a cairn terrier. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]I know, I hear the bad rap everyone's giving the terriers about their territorial stuff, etc. But I have never loved a dog (we had many when I was a kid, even though I was allergic, my mom insisted) as much as I love my THREE terriers! Two female cairns and a female yorkie. We started with a male cairn and he was very territorial and a little mean even, and he had his own little difficult child stuff going on. We eventually had to put him down for health reasons, but the two females are amazing! No territorial stuff going on, except maybe with the yorkie - she thinks who she is and well, we've spoiled her rotten, so it's part our fault. The terriers do tend to sometimes take a bit longer to train, but they housetrain rather quickly I thought. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]The best part about cairns is that they can be rough and tumble and play like a big dog (in fact, they believe they ARE the big dog), but yet they also like to cuddle and get belly rubs and lay by your feet (or in your lap, which they prefer). They also have very low shedding. They have two coats and the under coat needs to be 'hand stripped', which means basically the hair gets pulls gently out. Regular brushing takes care of this. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]So, that's my cairn terrier defense and infomercial - reconsider the terriers! They are so much fun!!! lol~[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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