It’s hard to get any earthier than a cairn terrier.

Terrier is the French word for burrow and derives from terre, meaning earth. Whether man-made or a natural occurrence, a cairn is basically a pile of rocks. It is an apt name for this cute, scrappy, single-minded, diminutive digger. With tiny bodies, short legs, and out-sized front paws these tough little excavators are perfectly built for chasing prey in the rocky landscape of the Scottish Highlands.