My husband and I live in Hertfordshire and have owned at least one Irish Setter for over 25 years. We lost our fourth Setter (Murphy) just over a month ago and are slowly recovering but we are so lost that we are hopefully due to take delivery of either Bailey or Reilly (we cant decide) on 26th September. Our first two Setters were Follidown gentleman and the third we rescued from Maureen Hurl's Setter Rescue. The new boy is coming from Maureen Savage in Leicester - photos arriving shortly of all.
At 6:01pm on November 25, 2009, Maggie Smith said…
Bailey looks lovely and yes he has grown - I think he looks right for his age. Glad to hear that the training has gone well and that he is living up to the 'Irish' character. Have fun
Lots of love and praise when he 'goes' outside and straight out after food and when he wakes up. I used a crate when my girls were puppies and rarely had any accidents over night. I dare say you are doing all this already - has Maureen any tips?
Hi Shelley - I saw the puppies at Maureens and met Rachael the day Oscar went to their home. I have Ruby aged eight- bred by Maureen. Hope you have fun with your boy
Hi Just logged onto this site and read all the comments on Bailey, so nice. Trust he's ok and not destroying the garden too much! I have the photo of Baiely with his dad on my site
Oscar has his last innoculation next Thursday, so it'll be a week after that until we can walk him, cannot wait.
The socialisation class is at the vets, we're allowed to go to that as the other dogs there are either fully vacinated or they've had their first ones but not out walking yet. We are also having him microchipped next Thursday.
I'll get some more photos on here sometime soon.
Hi Shelley,
Oscar is doing well thanks, we had another puppy socialisation class last night, they weighed him, 10.6kg! He's put on over 3kg in 2 weeks! The nurse said he was looking much taller, I knew he was bigger, but seeing him everyday, I didn't realise he'd grown quite so much!
I'm pleased to here Bailey has taken well to the crate. How are you doing with house training? It's been about 2 weeks now since we've had any accidents in the house - lovely.
I'll keep checking in to see how you & Bailey are doing.
Rachael