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[Oliver's Mom]

I love hearing about everyone's personalities!! Though I called Oliver "broken" I wouldn't want to "fix" him either. I love everything about him because it is what makes him our pup

I forget who wrote that their Cairn isn't at all interested in balls...we have one here too! I bought him all kinds of balls and such when we brought him home and he only plays with one of them, a stuffed bone that all of the stuffing has now fallen out of. He is very particular with the toys he'll play with. Funny guy.

To be honest, I don't think there are any "defective" one's either, just big personalities in little bodies (but don't tell them their little )

[kjwarnold]

Packy isn't much interested in balls. What interest he shows is just in tearing off the fuzzy covering on tennis balls. Kirby will play a few times, then he loses the ball and Packy gets it, only to start de-nuding it. Our first Cairn, Willie, was a tennis ball king. He would play fetch as many times as you'd throw it. He was really good at it, too. He could have been a goalie, the way he'd cut it off or jump up and get it mid-air.

[DawnandTuk-tuk]

IGOTAHOME, lol!!! That's so true! Or if they manage a yes, it's on their time table.

Reading all these posts are so much fun!

So Tuk-tuk doesn't like to go out in the rain, we don't get much in AZ, but will do it cause I always give him treats. But only because he looks sooo miserable out there trying to pee blinking his little eyes in the rain! He does like to swim though! We were hiking around a lake one day and all the sudden this HUGE jerk on the leash towards the lake almost pulled me in! Tuk had just jumped in! We were walking and then he was swimming! He doesn't mind getting dirty and loves baths. He sits and stares at me every day while I shower hoping for a bath. Also loves, loves the groomer! He's a lap dog when we're on the couch. He's out running when we go out. He likes to play with bugs so I never have crickets in the house, but I have to watch for scorpoins. He's the cutest dog at the dog park cause he loves to RUN around meeting all the dogs and people with a huge smile. He likes my cats. The cats like him! Lol. Of course he's stubborn, can be independant. Hates car rides but loves wherever we've gone to. Sits like a very good boy if we eat in the car, so I always give him a little food at the end. Is just the best dog with kids...I'm always so proud of him and people are always so amazed. He's a comedian too, always makes people laugh which I just love about him. And he's obsessed by trash and dirty laundry! Doesn't jump or bark too much or chase little critters (mostly cause we just don't have any around here). I think that makes him a middle of the road Cairn...or rather the perfect Cairn! lol