Lines And Families History :
The Line and Family System in Cairns was started after the work of Mr & Mrs Casperez.
To achieve this they did a complete analysis of the pedigrees of all Cairn Terrier champions before 1933.
Then they used the Bruce Lowe Scheme (Originally for Horses), which consists of tracing back the Sire to his original male ancestor and the Dam back to his original female ancestor.
Example Below :
Results Of That Analysis :
This analysis was used to determine that there were 11 original male lines and 55 original female families.
Note : These results were compiled into a book Named : Cairn Terrier Records, published in 1932
The Lines found are the following to the best of our knowledge :
1. A - "Ames" (Founder) - No Branches
2. B - "Badger" (Founder) Branch BC - (Through "Gesto")
3. C - "Cluaran" (Founder) - No Branches
4. D - "Duan" (Founder) - Four Branches as follows :
DR - Through "Raeburn Conas"
DG - Through "Gillie of Hyver"
DGS - Through "Splinters of Twobees"
DF - Through "Firring Frolic"
5. G - "Glenmhor Pride" - Four Branches as follows :
GR - Through "Harviestoun Raider"
GB - Through "Harviestoun Brigand"
GC - Through "Harviestoun Chieftain"
GF - Through "Harviestoun Forgie"
6. I - "Iver" - One Branch as follows :
IG - Through "Ross-shire Glenara"
7. J - "Jack" (Founder) - No Branches
8. SD - "Shona" (Through "Dougall Out Of The West")
9. SK - "Sky"
10. SN - "Snip Of Harris"
11. T - "Tony Clarence"
Lines And Families In Cairns At Present :
In the present Cairns, most can be traced back to their original Line.
Family numbers have increased over the years, but most of the present Cairns, can be traced back to a Family.
How Lines and Families are Indicated on Cairn Pedigrees:
Lines and families are usually indicated on a pedigree in the following way:
The line which can be up to three letters followed by a slash (/), then the family which consists of numbers..
Example : ABC/123 (Not often included in an official Cairn pedigree.)
Lines and Families in Our Database:
We try to include the lines and families of all Cairns listed in our database.
If you find that this information is missing or incorrect when searching our database.
Please feel free to send us an update using the form on the Contact Us page.
