I hear you about the Cairns (well, and the Canadiana and paper too), we got our first one by chance when I was 6 from a crazy woman my sister babysat for. My parents fell in love with the breed then too. She was a small one from a puppy mill who was tough as nails and lived to be 18. My parents are since now on numbers 3 & 4. It is, in fact, really fun to have two Cairns at the same time because they are such playful dogs. I get really excited when I see them on the street too.