Gun Dog Forum

No, not that I can remember.

Hey Steve, I'm keeping this thing alive for you! How about posting those pics of your two new boys for us I'm pretty sure you've got 'em now, right?

Here's Remi a couple weeks ago at 10 weeks old. Field photos are of him on planted quail, and of course one of him just looking handsome.

More Chestnut Llewellins

How about some pics of mine on wild birds?

Hey, those chestnut setters are awesome! Thanks for sharing. Here are a few pics I took last week of my 14 month old setter. He is doing great and is standing his birds well and got into a mess of wild roosters this morning! We have a ways to go, but he is really fun.





Nitrex

Those chestnuts are nice looking dogs. This topic is the first time I have ever seen any pics of them. Sure there isn't some liver colored pointer bred in there somewhere?

I feel kind of guilty seeing everyone else's setters on here. They are so lean and in such good shape. My old spayed 8 year old female setter looks like she is fat as a tick compared to all the other setters.

Here is a decent one of Brownie in the field instead of on the porch! Kinda half locked up on a place where someone had been training earlier in the day (feathers on the ground)



And here is another... I swear... I have no idea where that tongue goes when he is just chilling out! Was a little warm Saturday afternoon (was in the 50s that morning!) but he was driving me nuts and had to get him out of the house.



And one more.

nitrex wrote:Hey, those chestnut setters are awesome! Thanks for sharing. Here are a few pics I took last week of my 14 month old setter. He is doing great and is standing his birds well and got into a mess of wild roosters this morning! We have a ways to go, but he is really fun.
Nitrex

Good gosh... that is a beautiful dog! Love that wide front stance, really a nice looking pup.

Good he!! Steve! How many setter threads do you need to keep you happy??? Theres only so much that can be said about them...

"Look at that feathering"
"What kind of conditioner do you use??"
"How often do you give your setter a pedicure?"
"Has you dog ever refused to hunt an area because it might mess its hair up?"
"Have you ever refused to turn your dog out in an area because it might mess its hair up?"
"How long does it take to properly groom your dog after a hunt?"
"Has anyone found the best way to remove burrs without having to trim or (God Forbid) having to (it pains me to even say it) pull out (OUCH!!) any of their beautiful hair??"


Did I miss anything???

Some of these dogs are gorgeous. 47sgs . . . that tri-color is just a work of art.

Here is Smokey; 3 yr old who has seen many, many a wild pheasant:

I really enjoyed looking at all the pics. Setters really are regal and beautiful dogs.

-Hondo

I've owned Setters and Pointers off and on since the 70's.
This one belongs to a freind of mine.I have a year old sister of hers that's identical,including the straight up style.

This was my first in 1975-Rebel-out of Ch Grouse Ridge Will/Flaming Star's Hiddy.Rebel's breeder was T H Satterly who also bred Ch Cracklin Tail Speed and Ch Can't Go Wrong

Big Steve,
I brought this thread back up because the Setters and other dog pictures mixed thru it are just fantasitc, thanks for starting a real nice thread.
I do have a special place in my heart for Setter dogs, love to Grouse hunt with them and can't imagine my home without one or more.
Great pictures everyone!
RGD/Dave

Pine Creek Fireside Heston, our latest Ryman Setter pup.

These Setter threads need to be Rivived more often since it seems this is a predomantly GSP site most of the time.

Buckwheat Wrote:Good he!! Steve! How many setter threads do you need to keep you happy??? Theres only so much that can be said about them...

"Look at that feathering"
"What kind of conditioner do you use??"
"How often do you give your setter a pedicure?"
"Has you dog ever refused to hunt an area because it might mess its hair up?"
"Have you ever refused to turn your dog out in an area because it might mess its hair up?"
"How long does it take to properly groom your dog after a hunt?"
"Has anyone found the best way to remove burrs without having to trim or (God Forbid) having to (it pains me to even say it) pull out (OUCH!!) any of their beautiful hair??"


Did I miss anything???
Yes,apparently you've missed owning a good Setter,Too bad for you.

Relaxing with the kids after a morning of chasing NY grouse.

shadow, at about 10 and a half weeks

bstranger,
Shadow is a real beauty, fantastic pup. Nice Setter Pictures everyone.
RGD/Dave

A young Pine Creek Ryman Daisy



Daisy as a mature Grouse Dog in Potter County

Thanks!

I am pretty excited about where he is going to be as far as a hunting dog is concerned. He is a great listener, and a fast learner so if he has any interest at all I am sure he will do fine. I would love to get him on some live quail soon though. We have just been doing the wing on the string, keeping things light and fun.

Just an old thread i came across and enjoyed seeing the dogs.

My friend's (breeder - Kendal Hills Kennel) dog he kept from his most recent litter. A real beauty.

Three generations of Reds.

Very nice dogs! Sharon and Red. I recently purchased a group of setters and i love them already.

Here are my two setters Sport & Katie. Katie has the point and Sport is backing. He is 16 months old.

nice pic love it
cc

this is a great post. this is my first gun dog and so far im loving it. My pups sire is out of october stonewall pine and howards dixie pepper and the dam is out of long gone nixon and kelly's rainbow lucille. i attached a couple of pics of him.

Blair's Witch Doctor http://www.perfectpedigrees.com/4genview.php?id=3230

To update my earlier post, I'm officially a setter guy now. I'm trying to add some photobucket pics of my pup that are 640x480 and for some reason I'm getting an error that says "Your images may only be up to 768 pixels high."

What a pain...

What a GREAT looking bunch of canines here, but I have say those two Gordons on the first page are special !!!!!

The other setter, kind of like the other white meat...

Here is another picture of my young dog Sport during a training session before the season came in.

And here is my 7 year old Katie girl.

Let's try again, think the problem is fixed...

Here's my pup at 6-1/2 months training on Grouse in Maine:



Bird season opens, and here he is 2 weeks later:



Officially a grouse dog!

This is a picture of my new puppy, a orange belton ryman type setter. still have to wait 2 weeks before I can bring him home:)

You guys are NOT making it any easier to resist the 'call of the setter!" I am working on a book about Setters and Pointers (volume two of my work on pointing dogs) and I will be very, very surprised if, by the time it goes to print, the missus and I don't have a Setter and/or Pointer in the home. Right now, I am leaning towards a Setter...mainly because I've been photographing and hunting over more of them lately, but there is just something special about em...can't quite put my finger on it....

Here is a link to some of my recent shots. The dogs on the first page are my buddy's dogs in France, the second page has shots of American bred dogs I photographed at Colvin Davis's summer camp in Manitoba http://www.craigkoshykphoto.ca/p191899691#h2b468720

When i was first hunting over 50 years ago, when someone mentioned a "birddog,' they were talking about either a Setter or an E. Pointer. Now you have all these "off- brands" and "stub-tails" that produce arguments of which is better .

Personally, I feel Setters Rule especially for the ones of us who primarily are just hunters. However, a good dog is a good dog no matter the breed, and different strokes for different folks! For the trialers, it's great to have different breeds that are suitable for different venues.

By the way, it's interesting I think that I started this thread over 4 1/2 years ago.

And Steve; I'd like to thank you for it!!!!

I can't believe I have missed this thread up till now. Enjoyed looking at some of the pics of some of the dogs today as pups.

I got to hunt with Brad and Teigen this fall. This pup turned into something special.

Mntmaniac wrote:After two generations of Shorthairs, I got suckered into a Setter... Out of the Tekoa line and at 8 months, he's showing some real class and ready to hunt this fall.

Very nice pictures SN! They don't get much better than that! There's no other dog that match the beauty of a Setter.

My Tessa - 9 years old

Here is my pup Indy, he is a HighCotton Llew.

Setternut,
Charles sure has some nice looking dogs. What kind of range does Indy have?

Some Pics of Willie. My first setter, but I'm hooked on the breed.

Nice pics. Your avatar and the last dog picture , look exactly like my dog.

BigJake wrote:Setternut,
Charles sure has some nice looking dogs. What kind of range does Indy have?

Indy is just now 18 month. We made a trip out to Montana in mid October where he started to range out more. The last day there I had him standing at 550 yards.

Around here he is more like 150 - 350. But what I am seeing is that if we are not finding birds he continues to range out more.

I really like him a lot

Skydance bred setter backing a Sugarknoll Buckshot bred pointer - TWICE -

What? No pics of the pointer backing the Setter?

Sharon wrote:Nice pics. Your avatar and the last dog picture , look exactly like my dog.

I do admire the pics of your dogs. Beauties for certain. You're gonna make my head swell by complementing my pup like that.

Angus wrote:What? No pics of the pointer backing the Setter?

Nope, they usually get there first...

PntrRookie wrote:

Angus wrote:What? No pics of the pointer backing the Setter?

Nope, they usually get there first...

Bah Humbug... :minigun:

One from today. I should take more pictures instead of just shooting those late season ND ringnecks. Not the prettiest looking point but running in the cattails he stops hard.