| English Setter | | A blue belton English Setter | | Alternative names | Lawerack
Laverack
Llewellin (or Llewellyn) Setter | | Country of origin | | United Kingdom | | Classification and breed standards | | FCI: | Group 7 Section 2 #2 | Stds | | AKC: | Sporting | Stds | | ANKC: | Group 3 (Gundogs) | Stds | | CKC: | Group 1 - Sporting Dogs | Stds | | KC (UK): | Gundog | Stds | | NZKC: | Gundog | Stds | | UKC: | Gun Dog | Stds | The English Setter is a breed of dog. It is part of the Setter family, which includes red Irish Setters, Irish Red and White Setters, and black Gordon Setters. English Setter photo correctly named; replaces EnglishShepherd9_fx_wb. ...
Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) (English, World Canine Organization), is an international Kennel Club based in Thuin, Belgium. ...
© The American Kennel Club (or AKC) is the largest registry of purebred dog pedigrees in the United States. ...
The Australian National Kennel Council (ANKC) is the peak body in Australia responsible for promoting excellence in breeding, showing, trialling, obedience, and other canine-related activities and the ownership of temperamentally and physically sound purebred dogs by responsible individuals across Australia. ...
The Canadian Kennel Club (or C.K.C.) is the primary registry body for purebred dog pedigrees in Canada. ...
The Kennel Club in the United Kingdom is a club aiming to improve the relationships between dogs and their owners. ...
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The United Kennel Club (or UKC) is the second oldest all-breed registry of purebred dog pedigrees in the United States and the second largest in the world. ...
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Trinomial name Canis lupus familiaris The dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a domestic subspecies of the wolf, a mammal of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. ...
The Setter is a type of gundog used most often for hunting game such as quail, pheasant, and grouse. ...
The Irish Setter, also known as the Red Setter, is a breed of gundog and family dog. ...
The Irish Red and White Setter is virtually identical in use and temperament to its cousin, the Irish Setter, but is more often found as a working gundog. ...
A Gordon Setter is a medium-sized breed of dog, a member of the setter family that also includes both the better-known red Irish Setter and the normally white with black, brown, tan, or a combination of three of these colours English Spainel as well as the less common...
Appearance
A young orange belton English Setter. With age, the coat will grow longer. The English Setter is a gun dog, bred for a mix of endurance and athleticism. The coat is flat with light feathering of long length. They have a long, flowing coat that requires regular grooming. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...
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Gundogs, also called bird dogs, are a category of dog breeds developed to assist hunters to find and retrieve game, usually birds. ...
The various speckled coat colours when occurring in English Setters are referred to as belton; valid combinations are white with black flecks (blue belton) or with orange flecks (orange belton— depending on the intensity of the color, they might be lemon belton or liver belton), or white with black and tan flecks (tricolour belton).
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Temperament This breed's standard temperament is best described as a "Gentleman by Nature." However, it can also be strong-willed and mischievous. English Setters are energetic, people-oriented dogs, that are well suited to families who can give them attention and activity, or to working with a hunter, where they have a job to do. They are active dogs outside that need plenty of exercise in a good sized fenced-in yard. Inside they tend to be lower energy and love to be couch potatoes and lap dogs that love to cuddle. Many are good around children.
English Setters are very intelligent and can be trained to perform about any task another breed can do, with the exception of herding. However, they are not always easy to train, as their natural bird instinct tends to distract them in outdoor environments. Their temperament is considered a soft one. Therefore they are very sensitive to criticism, and could be unwilling to repeat a behaviour out of fear to disappoint the trainer. Positive reinforcement training methods therefore work best for English Setters.
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Health A relatively healthy breed, Setters have few genetic problems but some problems occasionally occur. Canine hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, congenital deafness, and canine hypothyroidism are some of the more well-known ailments that can affect this dog. Life expectancy is between 10-12 years. This article covers Hip dysplasia, a condition affecting the hip joint, which occurs in humans but is more commonly associated with animals, especially dogs (Canine hip dysplasia). ...
Elbow dysplasia is a condition involving multiple developmental abnormalities of the elbow-joint. ...
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History
A 3 month old show type or Laverack English Setter The English Setter was originally bred to set or point upland game birds. From the best available information, it appears that the English Setter was a trained bird dog in England more than 400 years ago. There is evidence that the English Setter originated in crosses of the Spanish Pointer, large Water Spaniel, and Springer Spaniel, which combined to produce an excellent bird dog with a high degree of proficiency in finding and pointing game in open country. The modern English Setter owes its appearance to Mr. Edward Laverack (1800-1877), who developed his own strain of the breed by careful breeding during the 19th century in England and to another Englishman, Mr. R. Purcell Llewellin (1840-1925), who based his strain upon Laverack's and developed the working Setter. Today, you still hear the term Llewellin Setter, but this is not a separate breed, they are however a completely separate and pure bloodline. Field-bred English Setters are often mistakably referred to as "Llewellin", but only DNA can tell the difference. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 670 KB) Summary River Churnet Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
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Game is any animal hunted for food. ...
A bird dog is a gun dog used to hunt or retrieve birds. ...
Pointer at the moment of flush A pointing breed is a type of gundog typically used in finding game. ...
Springer Spaniel refers to two different breeds of dogs, both of which are commonly called simply Springer Spaniel: Welsh Springer Spaniel English Springer Spaniel This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
 A four-month-old Llewellin Setter. With time, Laverack bred successfully to produce beautiful representatives of the breed. The first show for English Setters was held in 1859 at Newcastle upon Tyne. The breed's popularity soared across England as shows became more and more widespread. Not long after, the first English Setters were brought to North America, including those that began the now-famous Llewellin strain recorded in the writing of Dr. William A Burette. From this group of dogs came the foundation of the field-trial setter in America, "Count Noble," who is currently mounted in the Carnegie Museum at Pittsburgh. At present, the English is one of the most popular and elegant sporting breeds, often grouped with its cousins, the Irish and Gordon Setters. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...
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A Gordon Setter is a medium-sized breed of dog, a member of the setter family that also includes both the better-known red Irish Setter and the normally white with black, brown, tan, or a combination of three of these colours English Spainel as well as the less common...
The field type & show type English Setter look very different, even though they are the same breed. Field type setters are often smaller and are seen without the coat than the show type. For this reason, in the English Setter breed, compared to other breeds, there are very few Dual Champions (dogs that have completed their show & field championship titles).
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Miscellaneous The name Llewellin Setter is given to a certain strain of English Setters bred by R.L. Purcell Llewellin to be perfect for field trials. A Spaniel Field Trial A field trial is a highly competitive event at which hunting dogs usually compete against one another. ...
Aside from the Llewellin strain of Setters there are many other unrecognised regional strains of English setters. One such strain, the Newfoundland Setter, was accomplished by breeding English, Irish and Gordon setters together over a period of hundreds of years. The result is a setter which is almost perfectly adapted to the local terrain and can display the visual traits/colours from any of the setter types.[citation needed]
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