Ted I never said you didn't clean yours and so I had to spend more time in doing mine, but that is what you get from a dog that looks kike that.
These dogs are not far rangers but were bred for close work on woodcock and grouse, so their stamina is not the same as one hunting large fields for quail or pheasant.
Anyone that knows setters knows the name Pinecobles and Warren Scheckels and DeCovery Setters.
DeCoverly. I believe it is DeCoverly. I researched them before I came into what I have, now.
Anyway, the older I get, the more trouble I have with the notion that a setter should "look" like something in or from a show ring. It simply doesn't make for a practical bird season, or multiple days of hunting away from the comforts of home.
I'm not blessed enough to own a kennel full of dogs, and need one who has enough of a head of steam to pull off a week of tough stuff, if I get the chance to do it.
This one will. My Springset Gordon could. My big English, couldn't.
Show dog looks can't overcome that.
Best,
Ted
