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How many Irish Setters do you have?

3 setters at the moment

How long have you owned Irish Setters?

I bought my first setter in 1975, I lived in England at the time and he was from pure Wendover lines. I have never been without irish setters since.

About Me:

I breed and show (as few shows as I can get away with to be perfectly honest). My main interest is obedience work. I have always worked with my dogs and have got three irish setter obedience champions in a row (FCI-rules). Meaning grandmother, mother and daughter. One of the dogs I also made up to be a certified armydog for the swedish army. Just to prove it could be done...but I have to admit that after all this, I am running out of steam and seriously considering a bordercollie so that I can compete on an equal level. But I may still change my mind. I have owned (and mostly worked) a number of breeds, among them german shepards, a poodle, bloodhounds, an english setter, pugs and now half a french bulldog. My daughter ownes the other 50%. (Mine is the cute half in case you were wondering.)
Workwise I write and draw for the swedish kennel club magazine plus write/illustrate books about dogs/cats and one about horses and work as an illustrator for newspapers, magazines and just about anything else you can think of.

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Scandinavias biggest puppy-show...almost 1300 puppies in Malmö 8/11

Best of Breed irish setter (and reserve gundog group) was Rusa (Röde Baronens It Aint Me Babe).

Once again I realised why I enter so few shows...it took all day and then finally there we were...in the big ring. And Rusa certainly made the most of it! From behaving perfectly in the breed-ring, she… Continue

Posted on November 10, 2009 at 12:54am — 20 Comments

Why my dogs dont get to sleep in my bed...

Just did these two illustrations for a job and thought that they explain quite clearly why my dogs dont get to sleep in my bed...yes I know, I drew the wrong breed...

Night 1 and Night 14...

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Posted on September 15, 2009 at 4:25am — 25 Comments

Yet another Birthday missed....:-(

No wonder I am totally pissed off!

I was 5 years old on the 26th of july...and did she miss my birthday? She most certainly did!
Did I get a cake, like practically all other dogs on this site?
Judge for yourself.

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Posted on August 28, 2009 at 4:48am — 21 Comments

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At 1:24pm on November 11, 2009, Dee Rance said…: I am even more envious of you, Cast iron wood burning stove and the sea close by...even with the mess. As for the Motorhome it has been a dream of mine for a few years now. I dare say I will have to get used to it as for parking etc, but lets face it I should be able to do it, it will be smaller than a bus...
As for putting the dogs in kennels I can't do that at the moment Jas bloated last time I put her in a kennel so that will never happen while she is alive, just can't take the risk. She is too precious to me, I would never forgive myself if anything happened to her while I was away enjoying myself, I will either take her with me or not go at all, my dad thinks that I am quite mad, perhaps he is rite. Ah well there you go...
The weather here is drech (wet, cold and miserable) All the best Dee and the gang

At 12:11pm on November 11, 2009, Camilla Ostman said…: Holland..and no Sweden rules over other countries scoring and question is why do Sweden consider themselves better for scoring, interesting?

At 4:51am on November 11, 2009, Dee Rance said…: Findlay is a combination of a couple of things..I was going to call him Findley but one of the people that have helped, (she did all my 'puppy pack' printing for me). Her surname is Findlay and the puppies were borne on her birthday. So it had to be with an A rather than an E, well that is as clear as mud....eh...
Envy is definitely my feeling to where you live, it sounds wonderful, I have never been to anywhere other than the two places that I mentioned. When I get my Mobile home 'thinggy' I will be just packing up the 'kids' and going off to travel Europe, I can't wait, but will have to until I get the money for the Mobile home, probably never get enough, so it is all wishful thinking, but hey I can dream, I couldn't go to the US because I will not be able to get anyone to look after the 'kids'. I am also with you re the snow and wind etc, but I do miss an open fire, so cosy when it is blowing a hooley outside. Again one day, I will get that back too... though I don't like the mess an open fire creates. Ah well you can't have everything eh??? Dee and the gang

At 1:29pm on November 10, 2009, Dee Rance said…: I know that we are not supposed to envy others but hey I would love to live by the sea,
Sorry about saying near to you, but as I said Poland is a lot nearer you than me, and I have never been there or am likely to ever go there, but she was a recommendation so don't want give away a good home, I really hope that she will be happy with her wee boy, my boy is called Findlay he has been my favourite from the word go, may not be the pick of the litter but he is really sweet. And I will be doing more with him than just showing, I think he has got brains as well as beauty.
Have a great time in Florida never been there myself, well never been most places, only Crete and a few parts of Spain, really boring but nice and worm..

At 8:14am on November 10, 2009, Dee Rance said…: Ah not Sweden...Poland well to me its nearer you than me...so not that close.
How do you see the big waves from indoors???? I would love to live that close to the sea...I would spend every day there.
You must be so thrilled at the win that your baby had, she must have been under six months..we can't show ours until they are over six months, my baby has his first show on the 6th February, and then its a case of hitting the floor running, there are a lot of shows one after the other, some I will have to find someone else to show him, but will still be going, I at least have a friend that can share the car with, cuts the petrol/diesel costs, and mileage on the car, and someone to keep you awake while driving!!!

At 7:41am on November 10, 2009, Dee Rance said…: I am just glad that they have got really good homes, They are coming your way, well got you surrounded, I thought that I had killed them with their rabies shots, they were so sick, poor wee things.
It has been absolutely tiddling down here for the past two days, and boy is it cold, heavy frosts over the past couple of day too. Thought it would be a bad winter this year, Geese, they don't usually get here until about three weeks after they did this year..I know what you mean about the wind and the wood. I have been to the beach when you had such high waves it was scary, but always thought that it was so very beautiful.

At 6:57am on November 10, 2009, Myra Thomas-Rhodes said…: Well, at least Rusa won so well, after such a terribly long wait. Sometimes it is a long wait with nothing to show for it.
Aaaaghhhhh! Such is dog showing!

At 6:34am on November 10, 2009, Camilla Ostman said…: Precis, finns en anledning till at jag står!!!

At 5:35am on November 10, 2009, Myra Thomas-Rhodes said…: I understand your thoughts, Ursula. I very rarely show, in fact haven't done a lot for years. Same reason. Too much to do here, and with other things in life, to be sitting around at a show WAITING!! As a judge, I prefer to get on with the judging, so that people aren't waiting whilst the lunch break takes place. Your system is better, where the judge is allowed to go through if they prefer, whereas here, we have to break at a certain time. I think the dogs and the exhibitors come first, and the judge is fulfilling a job.