ABOUT THE AUTHOR OF THIS LIST

     Patricia Watson is a Cairn Terrier show dog owner and fancier. She is also a dedicated movie fan. She and her husband have been active in the breed fancy and breed rescue for Cairn Terriers for nearly 20 years.
    Ms. Watson is a member of the Cairn Terrier Club of America, the Cairn Terrier Club of Northern California, and the Northern California Terrier Association. She currently serves as the Chair of the Animal Advisory Committee for the city of San Jose CA. Ms. Watson is the former editor of "The Cairn Kintra" newsletter for the CTCNC and serves as the current editor of “The Bulletin”, the quarterly newsletter of the NCTA.

     There is a wonderful Cairn Terrier dog at her home, Ch. Rose Croft’s Best Foot Forward, a.k.a. “Teddy”, bred by Jerrie Wolfe of Rose Croft kennel, and handled at show by Peter Atkinson. During his show career he broke the BIS record for the breed previously held by Ch. Tidewater Master Gold, and has held the record for the most Best in Show Wins for his breed in the history of the breed worldwide since December 16, 2000.  

    Teddy showed for four years but during his two year specials career in the show rings, (that is time competing as a Champion title holder), Teddy won 17 Best In Show wins at American Kennel Club all breed dog shows. He won 6 Best In Specialty Show wins in AKC breed club competitions competing within his own breed. He won 3 AKC all terrier events competing with all registered AKC terrier breeds. He won 250 Best of Breed wins in AKC competitions, 92 Group 1 wins, 47 Group 2 wins, 25 Group 3 wins, 24 Group 4 wins, and 5 Awards of Merit at AKC dog shows.

     Teddy has long retired from competition and is currently 15 years old. He will turn 16 years old in March of 2012. He is a game Cairn terrier dog. Cairns were bred to eliminate vermin and Teddy lived up to his genes at an early age. He surprised friends when he caught two field mice while visiting their houses on two occasions which he was proud to show off and none too willing to give up.

     Teddy is enjoying his senior years. He loves chasing and retrieving plastic squeaky toys, playing in the water from  garden hoses and sprinklers, eating, (especially treats, and all the hollyhock flowers he can steal in the garden-he is lucky, no witches in his garden), applause, posing for pictures, going on walks, having his ears and back rubbed, and barking at squirrels.

TEDDY PLAYING IN HIS GARDEN

        (Photographs by Mark McDonald)