TOP DAM
QUESTIONS
1. Provide a brief biography of yourselves and your
experience in the
sport.
2. Provide a brief biography of your
dam’s breeder(s)
and background
in the sport, if
you are not the
breeder.
3. Briefly describe
the highlights of
your dam’s show
career.
4. What is significant about the
breeding that
produced her?
5. What two or three
traits do you feel
she is particularly
strong in passing
along to her offspring?
Top left: Ch.
Caledonian
Peanut Brittle
Of Wolfpit
Above left: Ch.
Penny Candy Of
Wolfpit Top right:
GCh. Kingdoms
Margaret May
CGC
122
Shonenburg was gracious enough to let me bring
him over for a visit.
3. Diamant is a champion in many countries,
including the US. His show career here was quick
and painless, including specialty wins and a nice
BOB at Devon the day before Montgomery County,
which is our National Specialty.
4. His pedigree is a combination of top English and German lines.
5. I just love the overall type he produced for me. Beautiful heads.
Ch. Caledonian Peanut Brittle Of Wolfpit
and Ch. Penny Candy Of Wolfpit
Cairn Terriers (Tied)
Owner: Lydia C. Hutchinson
1. & 2. I have been involved in the sport of dogs for over
60 years, always with Cairn Terriers and in my teenage years
with Miniature Poodles. As a Cairn breeder (which began as
a family hobby) our Wolfpit Cairns have accounted thus far
for 260 champions, the great majority of which were homebred. We have shared many of our dogs with other Cairn
folks, a number of whom have gone on to be successful in
their own right.
3. Both ‘Candy’ and ‘Peanut’ were not shown after completing their championships. I rarely special a bitch, preferring to use their qualities in the whelping box.
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4. My philosophy in breeding is to have the majority of our litters be linebred, going way back to our first
dogs. Peanut is a result of linebreeding. Every so often,
however, I like to do an outcross to a suitable dog, and
Candy is a result of a mostly outcross (although Wolfpit
dogs are several generations behind her sire). We have
been fortunate to have had several very dominant sires
in our kennel, the most influential being Ch. Cairnwoods
Quince and Ch. Caledonian Berry Of Wolfpit, and they
have passed on their outstanding qualities.
5. Both Candy and Peanut have lovely, stable temperaments and excellent health and have passed these
traits on to their offspring. They both have excellent
heads and structure, making them sound movers. These
qualities can also be seen in their offspring.
GCh. Kingdoms Margaret May CGC
Cairn Terrier (Tied)
Owners: Rebecca Scherbarth, Ken Scherbarth Sr., and
Angel and Don Klein
1. & 2. My in-laws, Ken and Bertha Scherbarth, have been
in Cairn Terriers since 1961. Their kennel name is TharrBarr. They have bred and shown many top Cairns. I got my
first Cairn in 1993, and he finished in one weekend with three
5-point majors, TharrBarr’s Leader Of The Pack. I am fortunate to have gotten my start from well-known Cairn breeders.
I now have over 25 champions and five Grand Champions.
3. ‘Maggie’ started her career at 7 months winning from the
Bred-by class. She has eight Best of Breeds as well as Group
placements from Bred-by. After her first litter, she became a
Grand Champion.
4. N/A.
5. Maggie was bred to GCh. Terriwood MVP (‘Lucas’).
When deciding on the right sire, I looked at movement and
structure, wanting to ensure that the stud dog had attributes
that I felt would complement Maggie’s strengths. I bred first
for type, health and, lastly, pedigree. Maggie has passed on
her balance, true proportions, beautiful movement, attitude
and correct size. Out of her first litter of seven, she had five
champions and one Grand Champion. All six puppies have
gone on to win BOB and Group placements. From Maggie’s
second litter of four, there are two champions, both with BOB
and Group placements to their credit.