Boy but IS's are Clever! - Exclusively Setters2024-03-19T06:20:57Zhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/forum/topics/boy-but-is-s-are-clever?id=865021%3ATopic%3A1077886&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThere was a fun example of th…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2013-02-27:865021:Comment:10812062013-02-27T13:28:34.004ZCynthiahttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/Abby
<p>There was a fun example of the IS's quick grasp of situations just this weekend.</p>
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<p>We visited a good friend and her dog over the weekend. They have a two story appartment and her dog never learned to walk down the stairs. He is straight out scared by the idea of walking downwards on them.</p>
<p>He is a very playful chap and quickly took a fancy to biting my dog Abby's ears and trying to make her join his games (playful, yes, but not chivalrous - this does not sit too well with…</p>
<p>There was a fun example of the IS's quick grasp of situations just this weekend.</p>
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<p>We visited a good friend and her dog over the weekend. They have a two story appartment and her dog never learned to walk down the stairs. He is straight out scared by the idea of walking downwards on them.</p>
<p>He is a very playful chap and quickly took a fancy to biting my dog Abby's ears and trying to make her join his games (playful, yes, but not chivalrous - this does not sit too well with a courteous Setter) - so when Abby learned, that wrinkling her nose was not enough to make him stop, she tried to leave and find a safe spot upstairs instead. Sure enough, he followed, so she fled back downstairs. The dog's mistres had to take him back down when he started whining on the top of the stairs.</p>
<p>This single short event was enough for Abby to grasp the situation. For the whole rest of the weekend whenever her new friend became a little to obtrusive, she would walk up the stairs, wait for him to follow and walk down again, leaving him behind, wailing on top of the staircase.</p>
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<p>She is clever. And cruel.</p>
<p></p> Mine likes to fish. We don't…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2013-02-27:865021:Comment:10810162013-02-27T02:09:38.799ZCynthia Bhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/CynthiaB
<p>Mine likes to fish. We don't get to do a lot of field work, so he has invented his own. You can see him in the dinghy: what he's doing is looking down into the water for a fish. Sometimes we will row around the shallows with him draped over the pontoon while he wags his tail happily and waits for something to zoom off across the bottom, then he fakes going after it. When we go for a walk along the beach, he will wade, happily wagging his tail and pouncing on anything that moves.…</p>
<p>Mine likes to fish. We don't get to do a lot of field work, so he has invented his own. You can see him in the dinghy: what he's doing is looking down into the water for a fish. Sometimes we will row around the shallows with him draped over the pontoon while he wags his tail happily and waits for something to zoom off across the bottom, then he fakes going after it. When we go for a walk along the beach, he will wade, happily wagging his tail and pouncing on anything that moves. Sometimes I tie him to the dinghy and he will tow it around, fishing. He will stay in until he's hypothermic if I let him.</p> Brilliant!tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2013-02-26:865021:Comment:10809442013-02-26T22:59:42.625ZTrish Haillhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/TrishHaill
Brilliant!
Brilliant! Our setter Bronte would be wa…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2013-02-26:865021:Comment:10809962013-02-26T18:46:49.946ZPippa Wheaterhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/PippaWheater
<p>Our setter Bronte would be waiting for me by the front door ever time I was coming back home from being out. The garden was enclosed so couldn't see the car coming round into the close we think that it was that it was the sound of the engine she could hear, her little nose would be pushed up against the glass looking out to the drive.</p>
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<p>Our boy puppy Oscar is a surface surfer and knicks everything he possible can, I had put a piece of baked ham cooked on top of the mircowave…</p>
<p>Our setter Bronte would be waiting for me by the front door ever time I was coming back home from being out. The garden was enclosed so couldn't see the car coming round into the close we think that it was that it was the sound of the engine she could hear, her little nose would be pushed up against the glass looking out to the drive.</p>
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<p>Our boy puppy Oscar is a surface surfer and knicks everything he possible can, I had put a piece of baked ham cooked on top of the mircowave which is on a kitchen worktop but sits back. He had worked out that if he hit the mircowave door hard enough the plate would wobble and fall off. Him and his sister enjoyed my baked ham at christmas.</p>
<p>People think they are unintelligent because they enjoy life and like to run about in gay abandonment barking at anything like birds, butterflies and flies !!</p>
<p>I love reading everyones stories the different things their Setters get up to.</p> Yes and no! James finishes wo…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2013-02-26:865021:Comment:10808582013-02-26T17:01:31.000ZHoward Glansfieldhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/HowardGlansfield
<p>Yes and no! James finishes work ,normally ,at 5pm and we were home by then but he had finished work early.Glad you enjoyed it,Joan and I laughed a lot!</p>
<p>Yes and no! James finishes work ,normally ,at 5pm and we were home by then but he had finished work early.Glad you enjoyed it,Joan and I laughed a lot!</p> Come on Howard, find us a few…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2013-02-26:865021:Comment:10809222013-02-26T15:33:43.450ZAngela Clarkehttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/AngelaClarke
<p>Come on Howard, find us a few more like this. SOOOOOOOOOOO funny.<:0)</p>
<p>PS Did you know you would be out ? or did you watch from a hiden room !!!!!</p>
<p>Come on Howard, find us a few more like this. SOOOOOOOOOOO funny.<:0)</p>
<p>PS Did you know you would be out ? or did you watch from a hiden room !!!!!</p> Very funny Howard, your son h…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2013-02-26:865021:Comment:10809052013-02-26T09:27:13.047ZEllen Turberfieldhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/EllenTurberfield
<p>Very funny Howard, your son has described Setters to a tee (",)</p>
<p>Very funny Howard, your son has described Setters to a tee (",)</p> Great story James;o))) Love t…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2013-02-26:865021:Comment:10808412013-02-26T09:14:08.075ZCarmel Murphyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/Clannrua
<p>Great story James;o))) Love the "Hound of the Nuttervilles" bit;o)))</p>
<p>Great story James;o))) Love the "Hound of the Nuttervilles" bit;o)))</p> That's priceless:))))
I reall…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2013-02-26:865021:Comment:10809032013-02-26T09:07:51.962ZSue Patersonhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/SuePaters0n
<p>That's priceless:))))</p>
<p>I really had a good laugh...cheered up this grey day, and I could really SEE it happening. Your son has a gift with words, and experience of living with setters just made it all the more vivid:)))</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing. </p>
<p>That's priceless:))))</p>
<p>I really had a good laugh...cheered up this grey day, and I could really SEE it happening. Your son has a gift with words, and experience of living with setters just made it all the more vivid:)))</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing. </p> I thought this might raise a…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2013-02-26:865021:Comment:10808992013-02-26T08:20:10.778ZHoward Glansfieldhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/HowardGlansfield
<p>I thought this might raise a smile.</p>
<p>I had asked my son to get some large cans of dog food.When we are out the dogs are seperated from our living room by a child safety gate.</p>
<p>This is what he wrote to me:</p>
<p><font color="black" face="arial" size="2"><font color="black" face="arial" size="2"><font face="arial" size="2">Hi Dad</font></font></font></p>
<div style="font-family: arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">You left me too much money! 10x £1.59 =£15.90 So i owe you ????…</div>
<p>I thought this might raise a smile.</p>
<p>I had asked my son to get some large cans of dog food.When we are out the dogs are seperated from our living room by a child safety gate.</p>
<p>This is what he wrote to me:</p>
<p><font color="black" size="2" face="arial"><font color="black" size="2" face="arial"><font size="2" face="arial">Hi Dad</font></font></font></p>
<div style="font-family: arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">You left me too much money! 10x £1.59 =£15.90 So i owe you ???? Your starter for ten!</div>
<div><font size="2" face="arial">I was not happy!! I parked the landrover </font><font face="arial">opposite</font><font size="2" face="arial"> the house and carried the food across the road, all, and i do mean all, the plastic bags broke and i had to chase the food around the road!Until i found nine! It took me a minute or two to find the tenth and got them all in a row on the wall! I rang the bell, and again! No b***** in! I am hot now and a bit miffed! So i go back to landrover and search my pocket for my spare keys(lucky i had them) which has your key on! I get in the house and then have to ferry them two at a time to the table whilst a mad dog does twirls and jumps through hoops tweeting a doggy tune! Eventually the dog food is in and i start to relax(bad move).</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="arial">I try and open the gate to let the dogs in and so i can put the dog food away for my not so loved(at this point) father. As i try and open the gate the mad hatter twirly dog jumps his paws on top of the gate so i pull a little harder and the gate come from its hinges! I am hotter now and a little crosser! I then spend ten minutes trying to re fit the gate whilst the hound of the nuttervilles jumps on top of it but at last successes! No its some kind of chinese puzzle! If the gate is fitted the living room side it wont shut!!! Crosser and even hotter!! I take of three layers of clothes and my hat off. I manage to solve the ancient Chinese puzzle of the gate!! Hooray i say in more of a swear. I then have to ferry the madhounds dog food to the cupboard in the out house.!! </font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="arial">I find an envelope with money and "James" written on it. They bloody knew they would be out!!!</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="arial">Hot and tired i drag myself to the back door and release the Mad dog monster to the outside and collapse!!</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="arial">Sainsburys deliver you know!</font></div>