Linda Baldry's Comments

Hi Linda, it was great to see you too after such a long time. Its been a whirlwind of a weekend & Zac is having a rest now after his very hectic & very successful couple of days. Best Wishes Chris

Welcome from Down Under, Linda!
I was born in Kent, and remember going to Whitstable.
Long way from home now, but I still adore England.
Cheers,
Myra.

Welcome to the site I am sure you will enjoy it and such beautiful babies...
Dee and the girls

Hi Linda, Welcome. I've just been looking through your photo's. Your Irish are very lovely. I'm sure you will love this site. It is very friendly and lots of fun. I have two Setter girls, one Irish & one English. We live in Australia.

Again welcome.

Lynn & Tess (Irish) and Megg (English).

Hi, Linda, I like your dogs, Your pictures are very nice. Beautiful heads:-)
Love, Spela&red girl Rubin

Lovely to hear from you; No, I have not forgotten you.
Wondred where you had been?
This appears to be a very super setter site; i have not had much time as yet; to fill in photos etc...
love, Pat

Hapy New Year Linda, welcome aboard! Yes this is a very addictve site & I could spend hours & hours on it looking at everyone's piccies & reading their news.....however I have to fight my two teenage sons for the computer so don't get as long as I'd like.
We had a bit of rotten end to 2008 as we lost 2 Irish within a fortnight which was shocking & very tough to get through.
We lost Withersdale Streets Ahea via Clannad 'Katie', she was by my C. Heat on the Street ex Withersdale Chanterelle; she was 11 years old.
Then we lost 'Flame' Delsanto New Flame for Clannad: Sh Ch Konakela Zagar ex Sh Ch Delsanto Lucinda, she would have been 13 on 1st January but unfortunately faded away before then.
Both girls were our 'stay at home' stars as both preferred the couch to the showring, they have left a big vacuum in our household.
Congratulations on your win @ SEISC, super start to the year for you. Hope to see you @ MISS Champ show in February.

Hello Linda,
Just had a call from Julie.
Look forward to meeting her when she comes over - yippeee - someone coming to Perth at last - most head straight for Sydney!
Cheers,
Myra.

Hi Linda,

It was a tearful day at MISS Ch Show on Saturday. We went hoping to win the PGB Class but little did we know it was to be a special day.
It was a great result for Maureen – we are sure she was looking down at us.
A great day.

I am sorry I did not get time to chat on Saturday.Lovely photo of your puppy.

Kind regards
Colin & Pamela
Riqitta Irish Setters

Hi Linda'
Thanks for telling me about this site last week i spent most of last sunday on it and Maritas.Your puppy pics look adorable are they all of your scarletti pup.I recognise the errant eyebrow!!

Hi Linda

Will be bathing and trimming tmrw once i get back from my 3 mile walk.

Went to crufts today, doing the discover dogs. It was not that busy

See you Sat

Dena
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Hi Linda
How u doing? Good to hear from you! Lookin at your pics Jet us looking really good! Didnt get chance to see you at Crufts unfortunately because I went with a friend in Pointers and I was buzzin back and forth to both Irish and Pointer rings! Yeah, great for Rita and LaLa wasnt it? She is looking lovely. Tinks is just starting to get some coat after losing it after her last season and now shes due in season again!! Typical. Will post some pics soon. See you soon Maureen

Hi there Linda
Wasn't sure who the others were taken by, who are the head studies by...Their parents that is not the photos...they look like a dog I used to know....didn't the dogs have beautiful heads in those days, well at least yours did, Can't wait to see the rest. Only have one or two of my oldies from the 70's not too good at keeping photos from the mice in the past....Where were you based when you started showing??
All the best Dee and the girls

Hi there Linda
I thought so...Not by the dog that I thought, but by his son. I used Harley on my second bitch, I just adore his head, I think that he was the best thing since sliced bread, I think I was about the second or third person to use him, when he was fairly young. The bitch puppy that I kept beat the pants of everything at the time, unfortunately she died before her second birthday, of bloat, which I presume she took after her mother, and grandmother. In the early 80's I came out of setters because I just couldn't face loosing any more wonderful dogs to this dreadful complaint. Still my young girl hasn't bloated, unfortunately Jas has...so I am back to square one, Rita has some lovely dogs I will have to look out for you at the shows. Where are you next?? anything up this end of the country???
Dee and the girls
Can't wait to see more pictures of those wonderful old heads....

Thanks for your comment about Bono! I hope to have alot of fun with him! Best regards Jenny

When did you start showing, because we were in South London in the 70/80's so we may have competed against each other then. I lived in New Malden, in Surrey from the late 60's but didn't get my first setter until 1971 and its been (as they say) down hill from there on, the money that is, the dogs have just got better and better, had the Akitas for a time but still came back to my first love, as it were...
Will speak later, have a granddaughter hanging on my arm trying to draw, so can't type that well...Dee and the girls

Hi Linda, saw you had added some of your old photos to the web site.They are lovely photos, you had and bred some lovely animals They would have done well even today.A lot of irish dont have the head qualities today like some have had in the past.
I NEED TO GET TO GRIP WITH MY SCANNER ie get it out of the box to see if i can get it working.To see if i can get some pictures on the site.

HI Linda ,remember me ? Pat Predeth ,I have just got my p/c so I am doing the rounds so to speak, and finding whos around .I think I remember some of your pics .I havent put any on yet tell you the truth I dont know how to ,but I am learning all the time and some friends are helping the old brain out. I dont have any Irish now , and I do miss them. very much. I now have 2 Schipperkes instead just to keep me going they are great little dogs . Well I will say by for now Pat .

I have Julie's trip marked in my diary. Hope we can catch up.
Cool nights and mornings, but jolly hot through the day - cannot believe it at this time of the year.
Happy Easter too.
M XX

Hello Linda, thank you for your nice comment on my page. I am glad you enjoyed my Crufts photos, I must say I was also impressed by your young Scarletti male. He is a very handsome boy. Will be looking forward to see him maybe later this year! All the best, Kasia