Yes, I had a Cairn for 16 years and was she a good worker. The lad I bought her from wanted a fox dog and said this Cairn was only good after rabbits in thick cover, he wanted rid and as I wanted a rabbit dog and took her on. When we were out the people thought she was a ladies lap dog, "cute" and quite small.
After about a week or two I went out with some guys and they wanted fox, this was my introduction and I was hooked. She went in no trouble and from that day on I had loads of fox. She was only bitten once by a very large dog fox, which I shot, but we had three full grown from that o