Christmas gift for Glen...

[Susan Stone]

I wonder what Glen would enjoy most for Christmas...

A bone? Hmm, not bad.

A bit of female company? That sounds better.

A day out hunting? BRILLIANT!

So that is what we did, we spent a day in the Alsace with friends and Glen enjoyed a bit of hunting with François Boitier (I do not shoot so can't take Glen hunting myself).

Another thrill was seeing 'Glen Junior du Domaine du Fuchsberg' having a first session on partridge. He stole the show!

The day started off looking like this...

But no way were we going to be put off!

Glen setting off on rough ground, hunting through thick undergrowth where the pheasants have a very fair chance of getting away.

'Spot the dog'... no wonder all Irish Setters used to be Red & White!

close-up...

Success! Well shot, François! 

"Yummie, a pheasant for my Christmas dinner"

And now it is up to Glen Junior, 7 months old and first time out.

François Boitier, professional trainer, gets the best out of the dogs.

But even he did not foresee that Glen-J is not just a setter but a natural retriever! :-))

A Happy Christmas for Glen!

First time we saw this castle in the snow. We will certainly be back - in 2012!

Best Wishes to all friends for Christmas and the New Year.

[Melinda Auld]

What great photos and what a lovely day out for your dogs!

[Monique VIRY]

We spent a very pleasant day. Papa Glen, we always enjoy seeing work, can beproud to have sent the good genes to his son Glen Junior.
Thank you to the photographers for the pictures

[Chantal McIlveen-Wright]

Susan you couldn't gave him a better present!!!  what a wonderful day .... Glen all our girls and boys are wanting the same now  :-(  what will we do  :-(  :-(  A very Happy Christmas from Darwin & Mac

[Esther Siegrist]

great day for you all!

Auch euch wünschen wir ein frohes Weihnachtsfest die besten Wünsche fürs kommende Jahr.
Esther, Glenn und Jamie

[Cathy Forster]

the castle is the Haut Koenigsbourg, a little destroyed from the last storm, but still there ! I thought this training WE was cancelled because of the hard weather, but see that no !

Have a nice end of year ...

[Catherine Carter]

Great post,  lovely photos, Susan! I thoroughly enjoyed reading it....must remember to take my camera next time we go shooting....but it will be hard to follow in Glen's footsteps....

[Carmel Murphy]

Wow!! Brilliant present;o) And what a super young boy Glen jr is! Super photos too!

[Christiane Lohmann]

Kisses to Glen and maybe next christmas will find him a german princess Sissi under the christmas tree,-)))))

[Nadine Bonjean]

Super!

[Susan Mogony]

We always say to our setters when they eat pheasant, deer or something other wild meat with us....'you must be they only setters at the world that eat wild with us today' but i think i am wrong! :-) have a wonderfull christmas!!