Irish Setter Discussions

What do you mean what lines :blink: I'm new to all this!! lol!!

oh sorry, i said that too once!!

on his pedigree, who is his mum and dad?

you'll pick it all up quick with us lot around!

Sire - Crynllis Charmer

Dam - Kiracious Koto Song

Is that it lol?

And his Great Great grandfather - Casians Intrepid was the 'Crufts supreme champion.'. There's 26 Show champions on his pedigree

Gorgeous photos!! (not that I am biased).

I have never had a puppy Red, but with the 2 rescues I have, I have found that 6 years old is the 'magic' age! The DAY they both turned 6, the recall suddenly clicked!!

Haha. I can imagen. He's cerainly, head strong and boistrous lol!! Haha!!

Have you got any pics of yours on the bord? if so could you pass me a link

yes - thats right.

sorry i forgot my dear friend miss potter is part of the setter clan too!!!!

oh i rescued a setter back in july and his grandfather was caspians intrepid too! he won crufts in 1999. he was an amazing dog but very over used as stud in my opinion!

Yeah, it does seem that way lol!

The lady who runs my local training class says that she has a good eye for quality of dogs so we'll see. I hope he is, as I'd love to go, jut for the experience TBH!!

My Potter used to be a show dog and has a very good head, wheras her daughter, Molly has a more 'ski slope' nose and is not quite as good 'show quality'. So I am told.




I do show them in the local 'fun' shows and they have done well! I really enjoy it! Potter seems to remember, and puts on a show, then goes all silly!!

I have decided that my household will never be without a Red!!

hi miss potter - sorry i forgot to mention you.

a house without a red - that'll never happen here either!!

we do lots of fun shows too, jazzie has done well in them too. more than anything they are as they say - 'fun'. my kids love them too.
last year we went to the 'setter party' in essex, in aid of irish setter rescue - was a fab day, setters everywhere!! jazzie won 3rd in pretiest bitch.

Awww, they're gorgeous!!

The setter in Miss. Potters last post is an awesome photo lol!

i know her setters are lush!

loving that daisy collar too.

Thank you!!

That collar is thanks to too much internet shopping!!

its lovely, mine just have boring ones!!!

i may have to go shopping at crufts!!!!!!!!!

Mac just has a black one. But it matches his lead so ...

I really want to go to crufts ... Hmmm ...

When are the Irish seters being shown? Anyone know?

Just found out - Thursday. Flippin' Thursday Grrr!!

Why a Thursday??

yeah its thursday the 8th.

i'm taking the day off work!!!!!!!!

Awww. I hate you!! I can't go

why - you own a setter - you must go!!!!!

mind you, it'll be my first time actually being there, but i've always watched it on the t.v!! possibly not quite the same though!!

Gosh, I don't have setters, but have just been admiring all the beautiful photos.

Started to remember a pair that were around when I used to walk our family dog (just one or two years ago!). Anyway one of them had a white chest - ever seen an Irish with a white chest??

No, she wasn't born that way, it was all down to her over enthusiasm... she used to bomb around at full pelt, then when she tried to stop, she would be going so fast that her front legs went under her & she skidded along her front. She did it so often that she rubbed away the hairs on her chest & when they grew back, they were white!

Presumably ruined any chances of showing her, but her owner still loved her - as did I - nothing like a setter for pure joy of being alive.

Actually no. White is allowed and lots of Irish Setters have white on them, usually on the chest, but black anywhere is a fault.

The standard says....


''Colour
Rich chestnut with no trace of black. White on chest, throat, chin or toes, or small star on forehead or narrow streak or blaze on nose or face not to disqualify.''

I had one with a white star on her forehead once. and Bailey, the dog pictured in post number 11 on this thread has a bit of white on his chest, not much though.

Dawn R.