Brandy...my English Setter

Brandy from 2003-2008

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Pets & Animals

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• dogs
• English
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• Setter

[Murmelkatze]

In one way you are right all dogs were born for a special kind of work. And there is no need to breed Showlines, where all the good genes get lost.

But WHAT when there are rescue Setters which had a real bad life?Not every human hunter is a bad guy, but so many train the Setters in a wrong way. A soft and gentle dog,sometimes there is only a little pile of shivering and scared to death hunting dog left

a dog should NEVER be status symbol, because of their beauty,even rescue dogs need work

[jppestana1]

In a word: nice.

[Murmelkatze]

@jppestana1

Thanks! She is still with us, but getting old now...love her

[bashfulbrother]

For those interested there is a group called ESRA-English Springer Rescue Association that takes in abandoned and abused setters that they mend, them and find them permanent homes.

If you are thinking of getting a dog, give these people a look.

[bashfulbrother]

I am sorry for your loss. I lost my Springer 12 years ago and I still miss that dog very much. I am one of those guys who used him for bird hunting. He lived 13 years. He and I were best friends. And when it became fall, he knew he would soon be out in the fields. He would get antsy for a couple of weeks before the opener, and then when we went out he would calm down. Don't ask me how he knew, he just did. When I got out my shotgun, he was 3 feet off the ground with excitement.

[sundropsprite]

These dogs are wonderful! Smart too. My bestfriend has two. The very first one she got,jake, she rescuded from a lake. He is 11 years old now. She has another one named silk who she just recently got. Silk lived on a farm and the farmer shot him in the leg. She has three doogs and the other two are always getting into trouble and jake always gets them in line. He rembers me the very firts time he saw me. He rembers there mailman, And he also rembers his abuser. He always barks at red trucks. :)

[madcrowmaxwell]

@flunker911, If you're still reading this, setters may have been bred to hunt originally, but the same characteristics that make them good hunting dogs also make them good companion animals (at least for families that have an active life and plenty of time to spend outside with their dog)

[Spookyashell76]

So you rescued that lovely dog from death at a shelter? And gave it a great life. I love people like you!

[Badialima]

I've rescued a two yrs old Setter girl from a shelter few months ago, Stella, and she's the best dog in the world. I love her very dearly, and she loves me back, I can tell by the way she looks at me: taking her home is the best decision I could ever make! Setters are beautiful life companions!

[flunker911]

@Stenelaida setters are bread to HUNT! nough said.

[Stenelaida]

@flunker911 I got my setter because she was stuck in a shelter for 7 years, not because she was cute (well, she actually is :D). looks like hunters think that setters are bred to be left in shelters, there are so many of them in there... so you should tell them what setters are born to do, instead of tell me that rescue a dog from a shelter is a sad thing.

[MemoryLane419]

She is such a beautiful Setter. Setters are such a gentle, loving breed I couldn't imagine anyone giving up such a wonderful dog. We have a spoiled Setter named Saydee that has completed our family.



[MemoryLane419]

She is such a beautiful Setter. Setters are such a gentle, loving breed I couldn't imagine anyone giving up such a wonderful dog.