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  1. Vicki6344

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    #1 Jan 25, 2012

    English Setters on the verge of extinction?

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  2. Helen

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    #2 Jan 25, 2012
    I'm really surprised at that and when I first read your post, thought it was to do with working english setters. Wonderful breed, but I can see people choosing a smaller breed.

    Very much dislike one of the comments below that article though, from someone saying they are ugly dogs!

    Helen
  3. Lizzy23

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    #3 Jan 25, 2012
    This was on the BBC this morning, i love English setters they're stunning
  4. pippam

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    #4 Jan 25, 2012
    English Setters are stunning looking dogs very placid the ones ive met very sweet ^^

    if I had the space and a bottomless pit of money id have one!
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    #5 Jan 25, 2012
    Surprised me when i heard about show KC reg greys being on the vulnerable list but then if you try and find a breeder of them there are very few about.

    would be such a shame to lose some of our native breeds . .
  6. Vicki6344

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    #6 Jan 25, 2012
    It would be a terrible shame..... they are such gorgeous dogs..... :049:
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    #7 Jan 25, 2012
    It's just the way it is that breeds tend to go in and out of fashion. I've always thought English setters were beautiful dogs, have never seen one in the flesh though. Seems strange they aren't more popular as they sound like they make good family dogs.
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    #8 Jan 25, 2012
    I saw this on the news today too. Lovely dogs-we had someone with 2 at our training classes.

    I can see they would not suit everyone though as they are quite large and "muck magnets" I would have thought with all their feathering.
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    #9 Jan 26, 2012
    i think its a shame. i think they are gorgeous dogs, and have such friendly personalities. we had one in at the kennels for nearly a month and i fell in love with him :007:

    its a shame that numbers of breeds are dropping, but they arent a breed for everyone, and i think that could be the problem. from what i have read and been told about setters they can be very willful and can take alot of hard work (i know any dog can)

    i love setters and would love one, but dont know if i will ever have one.
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    #10 Jan 26, 2012
    That is surprising. There is a lady with a puppy one around here.
  11. Helen

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    #11 Jan 26, 2012
    I read on another forum, that there are 20,000 english setter pups bred in Italy and 5,000 in France and Spain so they are certainly popular over there. However, they are very common working dogs over here but people only tend to have working setters who work on the grouse moors. They certainly aren't going to become extinct in the world. My young pup is from an Italian import, as his breeder wanted to bring some fresh blood into the UK.

    Helen
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    #12 Jan 26, 2012
    I love em. Couldn't be doing with all that fur though. I like wire hair as it dries quickly.

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