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Thanks for the encouragement. He is a good dog and I think he will be good in the field.

Samoyedsrule

I DO Want to apoligise for coming down hard on Pit Bulls. I have never owned one. I did however meet one once that truly was a very nice dog. As a responcable dog owner, I have to look at my personal situation and that I have a family. I dont believe Pit Bulls would be a smart choice. samoyedrule

With out question. My daughter as a baby would lay on my samoyed and drink her bottle and would fall asleep on her. The dog would not move and she herself would fall asleep. Samoyeds are known to be very very good with children. I will say that Malamutes, Siberians, Akitas, all of which are Spitz br...

Wow, strong opinions here. I can appreciate the people who want to defend the fighting breeds, they see the good they feel that these dogs have. Some of you have used the example of Labs or Lab mixes or other traditionally non agressive breds biting people. Lets remember they are Dogs, they are goin...

Not to be starting a Pit Bull bashing , what concerns me with them is they are extremely unpredictable. Here in Michigan there have been way to many stories of what was once a great pit bull turn on a child or someone walking passed a house. I will agree that mosy people that own them have no idea w...

Any breed that woman feel the need to dress up in fancy dog clothes. also Pit bulls or rottweillers.

Hello all, I havent been on here in awhile. I was looking at some of the posts and they have been very interesting. I have a year old English Setter male. He has recently taken an interest in birds. When he sees them he goes over to a certain distance away, and breaks into a point. He clearly isnt h...

That is really great. I went ahead and registered. I look forward to when it is complete.
Harry

Nice looking pup. congratulations.

It was accidental the water thing. I was taking advise i had gotten on this forum to take him out on walks in a field that had birds, well it was more woods than a field. We came upon this small lake, and he really wanted to go to it. So i let him investigate, and the next thing i know he is running...

My three month old setter pup seems to love water. When i turn the sprinkler on at night, he goes diving in loving every minute of it. Is it common for Setters to love water like that? I have taken him to small lakes in my area, and he has no fear of that either.

The one thing i am getting from everybody is patience , patience, patience. I certainly do not want to rush things, or the fact that i am a beginner, ruin a good pup. i live in the suberbs, but have access to fields and woods, which is good. This pup has a ways to go even on his obedience, and houst...

When i take him on walks in the field or on trails, should i keep him on a close leash, or should i put him on one a little longer to let him explore a little? He is still a very young pup , so letting him off the leash is not an option i have. You guys are great, thanks for helping out a beginner. ...

Ray- What you recommend makes alot of sence. I guess i am just anctious to see what my pup will do. But i guess it is more important to establish the ground work, otherwise my efforts will be futile. His mom is a great hunter, dad not so much.While my pup and I get to know each other, i will learn a...

Thanks. to expose him to birds, do i take him out to the field and let him walk with me, to get a taste of all the smells? Or do i get some birds to get him started? If so were do i purchase birds? Sorry for all the questions, I cant wait to start reading those books to get a foundation.

Thanks for the advise. I have rented a couple of books from the library that i will read from cover to cover. He is three months old now. He gets lots of time to be a pup which is what he really needs now. He has alot of things to learn, and alot of exploring his world.

Hi, I would like to get started training my english setter puppy. I want to first start getting him interested. I have heard of a technique that you take a pheasant hackle and put it on the end of a string connected to a rod ( i have a practice flyrod that i am going to use) you take the rod and lan...

I was to pick up my English Setter pup this weekend, however the Breeder emailed us that he has a bit of diarea. Has anyone had there pups have this? We are instead picking him up next weekend to let him get over this. One more week wont kill us.Any thoughts would be appreciated.

I am getting an English setter pup in two weeks.

Everyone thanks for the hello. I think that i am going to like this forum. This weekend my wife and i are going to see the pups. We are excited.

Hi everyone from Troy Michigan. my name is harry , I currently have a female samoyed who is six years old, and she is a great dog. My wife and i are going to be getting an English Setter next month. We are very excited, especially my wife. She grew up with English Setters. I look forward to hearing ...