sorry to hear that ,a dog can part of the family and loosing a great pet is very hard. i have always been a lab man but for now i have no dog anymore. good luck finding your new companion,Pete53
Lost my Irish Setter yesterday to IMHA . Thinking of new pup to share my last years with, and hunting an occasional mountain grouse. Smaller setter preferred.any suggestions. Thanks Randall
You might want to go the "The Red Setter field Trial Club" And see what's around. American Field group but smaller dogs Less hair and full of brains. I have three. 10 yr old male and one of his son's and daughter's. Stormy is about 50# if I remember right his son a bit bigger. His daughter, Abby, might make 40# but have never weighted her. The male pup's mom I had, Sis was about Abby's size. As for the hair, Stormy was 10 in last Oct and has never had a haircut. Hair seems harder than E Setter hair and while they do pick up burrs, not even close to what my E Setters did!
Pudelpointer. She's an absolute sweetheart, smart, with amazing prey drive. She calms down in the house and amps up when outside. We've been spoiled. Good luck on your search!
X2 ... If you're not going to use it for water fowl, buy a smooth coat PP. Very clean dogs, very little shedding. Mine is 10yrs old. I've never brushed him. Very biddable. Good with kids and other folks. Kinda goofy but serious when needed.
Lost my Irish Setter yesterday to IMHA . Thinking of new pup to share my last years with, and hunting an occasional mountain grouse. Smaller setter preferred.any suggestions. Thanks Randall
You might want to go the "The Red Setter field Trial Club" And see what's around. American Field group but smaller dogs Less hair and full of brains. I have three. 10 yr old male and one of his son's and daughter's. Stormy is about 50# if I remember right his son a bit bigger. His daughter, Abby, might make 40# but have never weighted her. The male pup's mom I had, Sis was about Abby's size. As for the hair, Stormy was 10 in last Oct and has never had a haircut. Hair seems harder than E Setter hair and while they do pick up burrs, not even close to what my E Setters did!
Stormy
Snicker
Abby
Damn Don those are fine looking dogs.mb
" Cheapest velocity in the world comes from a long barrel and I sure do like them. MB "
Lost my Irish Setter yesterday to IMHA . Thinking of new pup to share my last years with, and hunting an occasional mountain grouse. Smaller setter preferred.any suggestions. Thanks Randall
I used to run labs when the waterfowl hunting was good. When it got lousy I switched to English setters and never looked back. My last two setters--- The blue belton)male) is a Decoverly dog, he tipped the scale at 100 lbs. The Orange Belton(female)m is frome from Laural Mt Kennel in the UP of Michigan. Both lived in the house and were fantastic hunters and great friends. I lost the Male several years back. The I ran the femal at my clubs annual youth phesant hunt in Dec and she made a lot of kidds happy by pointing a ton of ringnecks.
The more I get to know people, the better I like dogs, life is short, eat dessert first.