Fun time. What top five things do you constantly get asked about your dog? - Exclusively Setters2024-03-28T18:20:46Zhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/forum/topics/fun-time-what-top-five-things?commentId=865021%3AComment%3A218814&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThis is such a funny topic. I…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-07-28:865021:Comment:2253202009-07-28T01:37:08.861ZKristinhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/Kristin
This is such a funny topic. I get the same comments too - is he a golden, he is so skinny, I had one when . . . But most of the comments are complimentary ( or maybe we are just nicer here in Texas) and Kelsey seems to charm most everyone he meets. A friend of mine calls him "the Cary Grant of the dog world" (and I agree) :)
This is such a funny topic. I get the same comments too - is he a golden, he is so skinny, I had one when . . . But most of the comments are complimentary ( or maybe we are just nicer here in Texas) and Kelsey seems to charm most everyone he meets. A friend of mine calls him "the Cary Grant of the dog world" (and I agree) :) ...........these are so funny…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-07-06:865021:Comment:2191592009-07-06T04:42:11.064ZSharyn Latchfordhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/redladies
...........these are so funny...<br />
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I get the same as most of you... Irish are hyper, mad, scatty......but I just smile.....but best for me is....can't be a pure bred as they are too quite...:-)))).......<br />
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Sharyn
...........these are so funny...<br />
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I get the same as most of you... Irish are hyper, mad, scatty......but I just smile.....but best for me is....can't be a pure bred as they are too quite...:-)))).......<br />
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Sharyn I quess I have been lucky eve…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-07-05:865021:Comment:2190762009-07-05T18:25:04.318ZJo Ottingerhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/tizlady
I quess I have been lucky everyone I have come across so far knows what my Irish Setter is. I hear alot that they or someone they knew had one in the 70's. I had one lady stop her car and get out just to pet Hawk and then tell me about her neighbor's Irish when she was a little girl. Before I got Scout everyone I knew could not believe I was going to get one as you know they are not very bright. Yet I have been told by several people when we are out walking how bright theirs was when they had…
I quess I have been lucky everyone I have come across so far knows what my Irish Setter is. I hear alot that they or someone they knew had one in the 70's. I had one lady stop her car and get out just to pet Hawk and then tell me about her neighbor's Irish when she was a little girl. Before I got Scout everyone I knew could not believe I was going to get one as you know they are not very bright. Yet I have been told by several people when we are out walking how bright theirs was when they had one. I alwas hear how sweat Irish are. i confirm: he looked extremel…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-07-04:865021:Comment:2188282009-07-04T18:18:05.665ZLaura Kolbachhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/paintedblue
i confirm: he looked extremely fat!!! :-)
i confirm: he looked extremely fat!!! :-) :-) Sometimes I wish to get s…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-07-04:865021:Comment:2188162009-07-04T17:17:07.815ZJelena Kreitmayerhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/legosmom
:-) Sometimes I wish to get some courage to come up to some people and say " uhm, your dog is fat"... Nowdays even vets are afraid to say that to people for fear of them switching vets.<br />
Oh, I also get (from the freelancers who work for me, actually) : Is he old? he looks old.. Uhmmm, no! ( he was 4 when the comments were made). Later they told me its because of the long coat. (????????) :-\
:-) Sometimes I wish to get some courage to come up to some people and say " uhm, your dog is fat"... Nowdays even vets are afraid to say that to people for fear of them switching vets.<br />
Oh, I also get (from the freelancers who work for me, actually) : Is he old? he looks old.. Uhmmm, no! ( he was 4 when the comments were made). Later they told me its because of the long coat. (????????) :-\ :) many times I would be walk…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-07-04:865021:Comment:2188152009-07-04T17:06:25.955ZJelena Kreitmayerhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/legosmom
:) many times I would be walking my previous IS in Bosnia, and there would be some older ladies walking behind commenting on the color and how they wish they could take him to their hairdresser and say "This is the color I want my hair to be!" :-D
:) many times I would be walking my previous IS in Bosnia, and there would be some older ladies walking behind commenting on the color and how they wish they could take him to their hairdresser and say "This is the color I want my hair to be!" :-D LOL i like that answer. I got…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-07-04:865021:Comment:2188142009-07-04T17:01:15.502ZJelena Kreitmayerhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/legosmom
LOL i like that answer. I got yelled once when Lego was still a pup for starving my dog. By a homeless person. :-\<br />
yeah, i still get "he is so skinny" even this spring when he was 5 lbs overweight ( laura has seen photos, he looked fat) :))))<br />
I might use that answer next time :D
LOL i like that answer. I got yelled once when Lego was still a pup for starving my dog. By a homeless person. :-\<br />
yeah, i still get "he is so skinny" even this spring when he was 5 lbs overweight ( laura has seen photos, he looked fat) :))))<br />
I might use that answer next time :D People always think Irish Set…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-06-29:865021:Comment:2175292009-06-29T14:31:55.463ZAngela Robertshttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/AngelaRoberts
People always think Irish Setters are skinny even when I have mine on a diet! A friend of mine who has 3 is so fed up with people saying that one is thin that she tells them she can only afford to feed 2 of them and that's why one is thin. Off the subject slightly here but the sad thing is because the public are naive and cannot recognise pure bred dogs from cross breeds some are paying more for a cross breed than they are for a pure bred dog. In our local paper this week someone had for sale…
People always think Irish Setters are skinny even when I have mine on a diet! A friend of mine who has 3 is so fed up with people saying that one is thin that she tells them she can only afford to feed 2 of them and that's why one is thin. Off the subject slightly here but the sad thing is because the public are naive and cannot recognise pure bred dogs from cross breeds some are paying more for a cross breed than they are for a pure bred dog. In our local paper this week someone had for sale 'Terripoodlles' the advert said a cross between a Jack Russell (which is a cross breed to start with), and a toy poodle, they claimed they will not moult (they will if they turn after the Jack Russell) and were asking £650 sterling which is twice as much as a friend of mine has just had for her show quality pure bred English Springer spaniel puppies. Everyone thinks mine is a gir…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-06-29:865021:Comment:2175012009-06-29T12:52:51.324ZSue and Cashhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/SusanLoconsole
Everyone thinks mine is a girl also because he has such a dainty trot and is quite pretty actually. Nice to see someone else from IL. I get asked everyday if he is a purebred dog? My husband said we should carry his papers with us for the nay sayers. I have gotten to the point where I will just nod and agree with whatever anyone says because I have given up! I never had a dog before that was so commented on before. Good and bad. I would never go up to a Lab owner and say, your dog is fat. But…
Everyone thinks mine is a girl also because he has such a dainty trot and is quite pretty actually. Nice to see someone else from IL. I get asked everyday if he is a purebred dog? My husband said we should carry his papers with us for the nay sayers. I have gotten to the point where I will just nod and agree with whatever anyone says because I have given up! I never had a dog before that was so commented on before. Good and bad. I would never go up to a Lab owner and say, your dog is fat. But yet everyone has to comment on how thin mine is. Or question someone to that degree about their dog in such a negative fashion. I get the curled up nose and snotty comment all the time "he is so skinny". I smile and say thank you. Thin is good, thin is in, thin is healthier. 'Is that an English Setter or…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2009-06-29:865021:Comment:2174772009-06-29T10:51:30.726ZPathttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/PatriciaPatHaddrell
'Is that an English Setter or it must be a Welsh Springer. Maybe it's a cross spaniel. I have one like that at home - he is of mixed parentage as well'<br />
This is some of the remarks I get when people see my Irish Red & White Setter, Ray. Other comments, as the other ES members have said, are of their lunancy, daft, crazy, untrainable. These mostly from people who think they know everything there is to be known in gundogs.<br />
Pat
'Is that an English Setter or it must be a Welsh Springer. Maybe it's a cross spaniel. I have one like that at home - he is of mixed parentage as well'<br />
This is some of the remarks I get when people see my Irish Red & White Setter, Ray. Other comments, as the other ES members have said, are of their lunancy, daft, crazy, untrainable. These mostly from people who think they know everything there is to be known in gundogs.<br />
Pat