MEET OUR PACK

Northwest Cairn Terriers has multiple locations throughout the Pacific Northwest with its main base being in Longview, Washington. We believe this is better for the health and well being of our dogs while allowing us to maintain genetic diversity. Every puppy is raised in a family environment with daily handling and socialization. While we are spread out across the Pacific Northwest we operate as one team, and one family.

When selecting Cairn Terrier females for our breeding program, we carefully examine every aspect of the dog. As a general rule, we do not breed any dog that we wouldn't want to personally own. If a Cairn Terrier has an undesirable trait, their offspring likely will as well. Conformation, temperament, and health testing all play into our breeding decisions.

We are always happy to help puppy homes select a dog for their intended purposes. A dog with enough drive to participate in sports such as barn hunting or agility will likely come from a different litter than one content to be a lap dog with a short daily walk.

FEMALES

Sandstones Mini Cooper

Mini is a gorgeous compact deep red wheaten color. She has an ideal coat that exemplifies the coat standard we are working towards in our program. She has a correct conformation, expressive face, and upright tail.

Mini is personality plus and her puppy owners absolutely love her babies. She enjoys a good dig, and "smiles" when she is excited. She is an alpha female which also makes her a strict parent creating very well behaved pups. We are hopeful to have one more litter with mini late 2025 before she retires. Mini will be available for adoption after retirement.

Sandstones Quinn

Quinn is very intelligent and has soulful eyes. She is a dark brindle color with an idea coarse cairn terrier coat. Quinn is great with other dogs, children, and has great confidence even in crowded or loud environments. She loves to go to the beach and dig in the sand.

SMALL TREASURES SOPHIE GRACE

Hickory Hollow Scoundrel x Small Treasures Maisie, "Sophie" is sired by a NWCT sire and her mother was born here and is a full sister to Lost Creek Sable, and Mount Solo Queen of thorns. Sophie is very sweet and intelligent dog. She is great with children and other animals, and her puppies have proven to match her laid back disposition, and to fit well in a wide variety of homes.

Northwest Kaida Hi

One of our Longview, WA breeder's personal favorites, she has raised the maternal line of this female for 3 generations. Kaida is striking in her appearance and is always a judge's favorite at the shows. She is very sweet, playful, and incredibly smart.

Her puppies will be suitable for homes already familiar with Cairn Terriers, or homes that enjoy training or dog sports. Kaida meaning "little dragon" in Japanese is an apt name for this female, and we expect her puppies will be fully capable of training their humans if they are unsuspecting, though for an experienced dog owner this is an opportunity for a dream dog both in appearance and intelligence.

COUNTRYSIDE SOUTH DAKOTA

As the name implies "Dakota" joins us from South Dakota. She has a nice harsh coat that is easy to keep groomed and is small in stature only weighing about 12lbs. She is adorable and has a cheeky Cairn Terrier personality.

Northwest Baela The Brave

4th Generation NWCT Maternal line, Baela is both conformationally correct, and beautiful. Baela's puppies will be suitable for a variety of homes. Her mother is a full sister to "Lost Creek Sable" who won several Best of Breed awards.

Baela is a water dog, has a playful personality, and loves a good dig as well. Baela's puppies will be best placed in homes that want to spend time with their dog doing things like going on walks, hikes, fishing, trail riding etc. She is up for adventure just say when.

Brienne of Wimahl

Homegrown this 4th generation female is sired by Sandstones Knox and out of Mt Solo Queen of Thorns. She has a service dog like temperament and high drive. These lines are incredibly athletic, intelligent, and people oriented.

She is highly trainable, and also very people oriented. Her puppies will thrive as either pets or sport dogs, and have the disposition to thrive in all homes, even those that may be loud or have young children. Brie is incredibly sweet, loving, and would do anything for her humans.

Sandstones Cuda

Cuda is a unique colored & conformationally gorgeous Cairn Terrier that is the best of both worlds athletic and sweet. She is a maternal cousin to our beautiful female "Mini". Cuda's puppies are fancy enough for the show ring, and will also make wonderful companions.

NORTHWEST CEDAR

Northwest Cedar traces back to some of our original bloodlines and her puppies will be the ideal companion for Cairn Terrier lovers looking for a calmer easier going Cairn Terrier. She is very food motivated and loves to be with her person. Cedar traces back to some of our original bloodlines including Luna and Roy.

Northwest Willow

Northwest Willow is from a maternal line preserved for over 2 decades in Oregon and sired by our beloved stud Sandstones Northwest Buddy. Willow has a vibrant Cairn Terrier spirit and thrives on a farm with another Cairn Terrier and two German Shepherds. She has a strong prey drive and is very interested in the resident chickens. Willow's personality is full of joy and adventurous spirit. She has a gorgeous black coat and medium build.

MALES

Northwest Duke of Hastings

Duke is a young sire, and we expect him to mature to be even more handsome. He is a dream stud dog: conformationally correct, great health testing, and a wonderful temperament. His puppies will be both beautiful pets and also suitable for the show ring.

Duke is a "Home grown" stud by our retired boy "Hickory Hollow Scoundrel" aka Scamp and out of a 2nd generation NWCT Female. We hope to have many years of beautiful puppies sired by Duke.

SANDSTONES NORTHWEST BUDDY

RETIRED

Northwest Bennett In June

Bennett is "Just A Baby" but we are very hopeful for his future here. He is beautiful and gets a lot of attention.An easy crowd favorite anywhere he goes and tries to schmooze every puppy family into taking him home as well. He just wants to be as close to you as possible whether you asked for his company or not.

SANDSTONES KNOX

Joining us from retired breeder Sandstones Cairns in Utah Knox is sired by our original male that we purchased from Texas "Lost Creek Bandit" Knox is a sturdy Wheaten Male and we are so excited to have him here with us to carry on the legacy of Bandit. He has a wonderful disposition, conformation, and coat.

NORWICH TERRIERS

MOUNT SOLO ANNA

Our long search for a health tested female resulted in this gorgeous girl joining us from the Midwest. She has an adventurous and loyal personality, and her puppies are much the same.

AMADEUS SUGAR CUBE

This handsome boys pedigree is stacked with international champions. He joined us all the way from Belarus in 2022 and will sire his first litters in 2024. He has an amiable and sweet personality, and with his stout and fluffy conformation he draws the eye of everyone who meets him.

"OVER THE MOON"

"The Vet was beyond thrilled at Parsley's health, perfect bite, and obvious cuteness! They asked for your info so I gave it to them all because she was over the moon joyed to meet such a perfect baby Angel" ~ Mary

SOME OF OUR PUPPIES IN ACTION

Our puppies live in all kinds of homes from high rise apartments to remote farms. Cairn Terriers are a wonderfully versatile breed that will fit most any lifestyle for a caring dedicated owner. Our dogs are boat dogs, jet setters, mole hunters, lap warmers, and just about anything else their pawrents wish them to be.

Kathryn

"It's Kathryn and Johnthony! Wanted to touch base as yesterday was our one year adoption day anniversary :) Can't believe it's already been a year since we flew out to pick him up from you.

Johnthony (Luna x Roy 12/21/21 litter) is thriving and doing so well. He takes after his mom Luna and is a bit on the smaller side, weighing in at around 12 lbs. He is in perfect health and our local vets office LOVE him. He's one of their favorites when he comes in for check ups :) In the past year, my husband and I welcomed our first child, a son named Webb, and Johnny could not be a better family dog. He's very gentle and so far doesn't mind all of the crying and late night wake ups. We are so excited to watch them grow up together!

He's got a big cairn personality and loves greeting and playing with other dogs. He's made some dog pals in the neighborhood who he enjoys playing with and even though they are all much larger than he is, he loves wrestling and chasing them around. Johnny also loves being outdoors--we take him out on our boat regularly to go fishing, he loves swimming in shallow water and will sit in the backyard in the sun for hours. He absolutely hates squirrels and rabbits and makes it his mission to keep them out of our yard by chasing them down and barking at them.

We are trying to keep him true to his cairn roots so have been taking him to a former cairn show handler to have him handstripped. He has a beautiful brindle coat, with lots of red/orange peaking through and it continues to surprise us color-wise as he grows.

Overall, we just love Johnthony so much and are so thankful to Northwest Cairns for adding him to our family. He has been such a wonderful addition and we are grateful that he came from a healthy and happy home, which helped set the foundation for the spunky, good boy we have today!"