Welcome to DanBar Cairn Terriers
DanBar Cairn Terriers
~ For Farm or Family ~
The DanBar Difference? Ethics, Experience & Superior Breeding Practices Since 1979
Since becoming a certified Police K9 Trainer in 1979, I have spent a lifetime as a serious student of high-level dog training, management and breeding practices. When I retired from 20 years as a professional animal control officer, award-winning canine author and international speaker on canine behavior for law enforcement*, I turned my passion for dogs into developing a family of rustic, health tested, good natured cairn terriers. Fantastic with children, death on rodents and weasels, my cairns are a great choice as active companions for hiking, fishing, dog sports, farm life or companion for kids. Best of all, I breed for the true hard coat - so rare today; my dogs do not require plucking, stripping or trimming to look like a cairn!
Come visit and experience why DanBar is different.I will proudly show health testing results on all my dogs.I will proudly welcome you to see where my dogs live in my home. No kennels or cages here - my dogs are "cage free"
* click link below "About DanBar" to lean about more about me and my lifelong dedication to dogs
Since becoming a certified Police K9 Trainer in 1979, I have spent a lifetime as a serious student of high-level dog training, management and breeding practices. When I retired from 20 years as a professional animal control officer, award-winning canine author and international speaker on canine behavior for law enforcement*, I turned my passion for dogs into developing a family of rustic, health tested, good natured cairn terriers. Fantastic with children, death on rodents and weasels, my cairns are a great choice as active companions for hiking, fishing, dog sports, farm life or companion for kids. Best of all, I breed for the true hard coat - so rare today; my dogs do not require plucking, stripping or trimming to look like a cairn!
Come visit and experience why DanBar is different.I will proudly show health testing results on all my dogs.I will proudly welcome you to see where my dogs live in my home. No kennels or cages here - my dogs are "cage free"
* click link below "About DanBar" to lean about more about me and my lifelong dedication to dogs
Latest News: Updated 01.28.26
Only two litters in 2026. Both due mid-summer.
I encourage anyone who wants to learn about the cairn breed, or my line specifically,to please come visit my home (and bring the kids) to meet the dogs. I am proud of mybreed, my dogs, how they live, their health testing and would love the opportunityto help you decide if a cairn terrier is right for you.
I am expanding the informational sections of this website to help educate cairn ownerson proper care, grooming, feeding, management and health care. Please take a look aroundthe site and if you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me. I love to "talk cairns"!
This is a "cage free" facility! My dogs do not live in crates or kennels.
I encourage anyone who wants to learn about the cairn breed, or my line specifically,to please come visit my home (and bring the kids) to meet the dogs. I am proud of mybreed, my dogs, how they live, their health testing and would love the opportunityto help you decide if a cairn terrier is right for you.
I am expanding the informational sections of this website to help educate cairn ownerson proper care, grooming, feeding, management and health care. Please take a look aroundthe site and if you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me. I love to "talk cairns"!
This is a "cage free" facility! My dogs do not live in crates or kennels.
Contact Me
DanBar Ranch ~ Goldendale, WA USADiane Jessup 509 767 7127Dreadlives@outlook.com(I spend time with my dogs, not on social media, so no Tik Toks and so forth. (Plus I'm old, LOL!)
DanBar Ranch is located 2 hours east of Portland, Oregon, 2 hours west of the Tri-Cities, 1.5 hour south of Yakima and 1 hour North(ish) of The Dalles, Oregon. Visitors are welcome 7 days a week, just call so I can make sure to be home. Please visit the "Visiting DanBar" page for more information.