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Comment by john murphy on January 25, 2012 at 2:33pm: catchinf some shade are we??? very nice

Comment by Chantal McIlveen-Wright on January 25, 2012 at 3:05pm: Must have been a hot hot summer beautiful Mac!!!

Comment by Rhonda Fisher on January 25, 2012 at 4:34pm: I think Mac wants you to find your own cool spot, first in best dressed!

Comment by Lynne Van Luven on January 28, 2012 at 11:48pm: What a beautiful dog.

Comment by Patricia Hanley on January 29, 2012 at 12:01pm: Yes. My niece says he looks like he uses eyeliner!!!!!

Comment by Lynne Van Luven on January 29, 2012 at 12:40pm: Is he a field Setter - my Maggie has a very similar look and she is the field variety - I just love her to pieces as I do the rest of my dogs.

Comment by Patricia Hanley on January 30, 2012 at 3:57am: I would not be that familiar with the differences there. I don't think I have seen a field variety. However, having looked at your photos of Maggie, I would say he is a bigger variety, with a lot more fringes, like the conventional setter that I know!!! Excuse my ignorance - but I am not familiar with more than one variety. Your pups are gorgeous!!!!

Comment by Lynne Van Luven on January 30, 2012 at 10:17am: He certainly is a handsome fellow. I was introduced to the field or red setter back in the early 90 s

- they are much smaller than the true IS - 50 lbs is pretty std, much smaller in stature, not as many

feathers and supposedly they were bred down to hunt easier through the brush - I think they are

a little more full of it - very flighty compared to the true IS - more birdy influenced if I can put it

that way - very loving and very smart too. I couldn t see from the picture of Mac just how large

or how many feathers he has but he is gorgeous and I hope you did not take offense when I

asked that question - because he is gorgeous- just could not see how large he is - my Brody

is 81 pounds - just had him at the vet last week - he is a full Irish. Maggie s mom and dad

were full Irish but she is much smaller and way less feathers so somewhere she must

have a Field relative in her background - she might weigh 40 pounds! She is very tiny

in her stature - she loves to snuggle next to me in the evening on the couch and loves

to please as they all do.

Comment by Patricia Hanley on January 30, 2012 at 10:29am: No, please - no offense at all. I got my Mac as my third setter in my life. My first I inherited from my father-in-law who always had reds, and passed on his love of them to me. He was very tall and (as I describe it) a square head and very handsome!! Lots of fringes. My second, my pride and joy, was a White and Red setter, which I got when I was looking for a Red from the breeders and could not find one. One breeder offered the Red and White, and I never regretted it. He was adorable, and so loyal and protective of me when my husband passed away, and lived to be 13 himself. I had to say goodbye to him last year, and it nearly broke my heart. Therefore, Mac is my new Red - and when I was looking, again I was looking for the big, strong, square head variety - with the fringes. That's the only reason I say this, and had no reason to take offense. I appreciate your comments, and can assure you that no matter what dog came into my view, of any breed, I would think it was adorable!! Good luck with your boys and girls.

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