Do you have a favourite colour in the English Setter? - Exclusively Setters2024-03-29T11:26:42Zhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/forum/topics/do-you-have-a-favourite-colour?groupUrl=englishsetters&commentId=865021%3AComment%3A465968&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI agree that it would be a sh…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2011-01-19:865021:Comment:4659682011-01-19T07:27:49.019ZSheree Parrishhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/ShereeParrish
<p>I agree that it would be a shame to see the number of blues drop, and the problem is, the less blues there are then people with an orange bitch will be forced to use a perhaps mediocre blue or tri dog rather than a good orange, in order to get a colour other than orange in the litter...I think there is only one breeder over here that constantly mates orange to orange as that is her favourite colour!</p>
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<p>I agree that it would be a shame to see the number of blues drop, and the problem is, the less blues there are then people with an orange bitch will be forced to use a perhaps mediocre blue or tri dog rather than a good orange, in order to get a colour other than orange in the litter...I think there is only one breeder over here that constantly mates orange to orange as that is her favourite colour!</p>
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<p> </p> How interesting Sheree...
i c…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2011-01-18:865021:Comment:4652732011-01-18T00:41:41.351ZAndrea Maxwellhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/AndreaMaxwell
<p>How interesting Sheree...</p>
<p>i can see that perhaps some of it might be a preference, but maybe it just so happens that the more quality dogs happen to be oranges? It would be a real shame to see a drop in numbers of the blues.</p>
<p>How interesting Sheree...</p>
<p>i can see that perhaps some of it might be a preference, but maybe it just so happens that the more quality dogs happen to be oranges? It would be a real shame to see a drop in numbers of the blues.</p> Another trend may be in the m…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2011-01-17:865021:Comment:4649772011-01-17T15:27:12.924ZSheree Parrishhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/ShereeParrish
<p>Another trend may be in the making...we were at an open show on Saturday and, of the 20 odd English entered, only 2 of them were blues, the others were all oranges.</p>
<p>I'm booked into the Midland English Setter Championship show next month, it will be interesting to see what colour is more prominent in the classes there.</p>
<p>If there were one stud dog in particular that everyone was flocking to, and he were orange I could maybe understand an influx of oranges, but there are a real…</p>
<p>Another trend may be in the making...we were at an open show on Saturday and, of the 20 odd English entered, only 2 of them were blues, the others were all oranges.</p>
<p>I'm booked into the Midland English Setter Championship show next month, it will be interesting to see what colour is more prominent in the classes there.</p>
<p>If there were one stud dog in particular that everyone was flocking to, and he were orange I could maybe understand an influx of oranges, but there are a real mixture being used at the moment so I just can't think why this is happening.</p>
<p>I would add that I am very happy with my orange boy...he won his class again and another reserve best of breed...bless his little orange socks :-)</p> I love them all xtag:irishsetters.ning.com,2011-01-10:865021:Comment:4432382011-01-10T23:24:36.381ZMarionhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/Marion
I love them all x
I love them all x I do agree that certain colou…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2011-01-10:865021:Comment:4425692011-01-10T07:48:33.465ZAndrea Maxwellhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/AndreaMaxwell
<p>I do agree that certain colours may start to influence placings as much as some people refuse to say it does. In saying that, perhaps the quality of the orange is just leading in Australia, hence the preference for breeding it.</p>
<p>When i first started showing, granted in my state in Australia, there were only two to three ES showing, but throughout the country, I was one of very very few that was showing a Tri. </p>
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<p>i too have noticed the increase in orange in the UK in the…</p>
<p>I do agree that certain colours may start to influence placings as much as some people refuse to say it does. In saying that, perhaps the quality of the orange is just leading in Australia, hence the preference for breeding it.</p>
<p>When i first started showing, granted in my state in Australia, there were only two to three ES showing, but throughout the country, I was one of very very few that was showing a Tri. </p>
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<p>i too have noticed the increase in orange in the UK in the last couple of years... seems to have had the opposite happen in Australia - there seems to be a few more blues and tris in the ring than they were when I first started showing in 2002.</p> Me neither - not really!!
tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2011-01-10:865021:Comment:4425682011-01-10T07:44:23.163ZAndrea Maxwellhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/AndreaMaxwell
<p>Me neither - not really!!</p>
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<p>Me neither - not really!!</p>
<p> </p> So do I! There isn't a colour…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2011-01-06:865021:Comment:4401792011-01-06T19:08:01.522ZDeborah Christopherhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/DeborahChristopher
So do I! There isn't a colour that would stop me having one.
So do I! There isn't a colour that would stop me having one. Have to agree with your senti…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2011-01-06:865021:Comment:4401262011-01-06T17:09:05.731ZSheree Parrishhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/ShereeParrish
Have to agree with your sentiments Michelle :-)
Have to agree with your sentiments Michelle :-) I really like blue-beltons, e…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2011-01-06:865021:Comment:4401032011-01-06T16:11:36.324ZMichelle Walshhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/MichelleWalsh
<p>I really like blue-beltons, especially that blue grey colouring with lots of little flecks in long silky hair, I really think it looks lovley.</p>
<p>My own 'blue' is very black & white, he has some flecks but I think his face markings are as close to a springer spaniel as you'll ever see :)</p>
<p>My other setter is apparently a lemon belton or so I've been told, very similar to an orange but with lighter pigment in the eyes & nose & very faint flecking except on his head...so I…</p>
<p>I really like blue-beltons, especially that blue grey colouring with lots of little flecks in long silky hair, I really think it looks lovley.</p>
<p>My own 'blue' is very black & white, he has some flecks but I think his face markings are as close to a springer spaniel as you'll ever see :)</p>
<p>My other setter is apparently a lemon belton or so I've been told, very similar to an orange but with lighter pigment in the eyes & nose & very faint flecking except on his head...so I guess I have a soft spot for this colouring too.</p>
<p>But Setters tend to look good in any colour if you ask me ! :)</p> When I had my first English h…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2011-01-06:865021:Comment:4398622011-01-06T11:22:18.013ZSheree Parrishhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/ShereeParrish
When I had my first English he was an orange and everyone in the ring had blues or tris, then I got a tri a few years later and the winners were oranges, the oranges seem to have been very popular in the UK for a few years now and in Henry's junior classes they were all oranges with the exception of two tris. We went to an open show just before Christmas, there were 19 English entered and only one of them was a tri, the others were all oranges. When I'm judging I don't let my colour…
When I had my first English he was an orange and everyone in the ring had blues or tris, then I got a tri a few years later and the winners were oranges, the oranges seem to have been very popular in the UK for a few years now and in Henry's junior classes they were all oranges with the exception of two tris. We went to an open show just before Christmas, there were 19 English entered and only one of them was a tri, the others were all oranges. When I'm judging I don't let my colour preference overrule my thoughts on construction etc., but there are judges that we all know only like oranges.