Gordon Setter Show Dog
By susan gordon i have set up this site to benefit the clubs that i do secretary work for and to help those people who enter their shows.
Gordon setter show dog. These nonprofit programs are run independently by volunteers from each regional gordon setter club. They were first bred to hunt 200 years ago in. Table 2 of the abstract tells us that the 3 year average of gordon setter litters was 114 and that from those litters an average of 389 individual gordon setters were registered per year.
The handsome well muscled gordon setter is the most alert serious and sensible of the setters a graceful yet powerful dog who enjoys hiking biking jogging and field work as regular exercise. This site enables me to offer on line entries though low tech without having to rely on others. Whilst overseas bird dogs are worked on quail w.
Though usually calm and dignified with a wise and noble expression the gordon setter does have a silly side and also a demanding side. Find gordon setter puppies and breeders in your area and helpful gordon setter information. Maureen justice has been breeding and showing gordon setters.
The gordon setter is a fairly rare breed of setter today. Some of the gordon setters talents include guarding watchdog hunting tracking pointing and retrieving. Availability of dogs varies from region to region.
Use the online entry form to enter your dog into specialty shows for which i am a show secretary. The gordon setter club of americas rescue program is a network of regional gordon setter rescue programs from across the united states. The gordon setter was recognized by the akc in 1884.
Their quarry in the united kingdom may be partridge or grouse pheasant ptarmigan blackgame snipe or woodcock. The gordon setter is a large breed of dog a member of the setter family that also includes both the better known irish setter and the english setter. Setter breeds are classified as members of either the sporting or gundog group depending on the national kennel club or council.
As with most setters they. The gordon setter was one of the breeds that were used in the development of the irish setter. The ages of the dogs tend to range from 8 months to 10 years and dogs are spayed or neutered as a condition of placement.
Ranked 105 out of 188 breeds the gordon setter falls nearly in the middle of all breeds and has ranked similarly among akc breeds for several years. The gordon setter is a good sized sturdily built black and tan dog well muscled with plenty of bone and substance but active upstanding and stylish appearing capable of doing a full days. They are a very active dog that is devoted to their family.
Gordon setters are energetic companions that thrive on the company of people.