Thank you Lyn for admiring my new boy. He has had big shoes to fill and he really is filling them. Scout was the joy of my life while I had him. Hawk is so outgoing and happy that I do not know what I would of done if I had waited any longer for him. He is a handful and is into everything more so then Scout ever was. I am hoping to show do alot fun things with him.

Your Layla is gorgous. They really make our lives complete.

Hi there Lyn, well have done my duty for the moment, am trying to get him to come live up here, but I think hell will freeze over first. I hope that all is well with you and yours.. the knee is getting better... and that Layla is going fine.
Will give you an email soon, when I get my head around this hot weather, but I think that it is stopping up here today....cool... all the best, I need a rest now, from all that cooking and cleaning, never have liked that.
All the best Dee and the girls

Thanks Lyn,just starting to realise how occupying it is,although its extremely friendly.Better get down to getting some photos done now.
Regards
JIM C

Thank you Lyn for your kind comments on my blog. It was a real pleasure to visit this lovely place,
Kind Regards, Kristina

Dear Lyn!
Thank you for this lovely poem and it is a true comfort in my grief. I cryed when I read it but crying is very good and natural when you loose some one dear.
Thank you again//Kristina

Dear Lyn,
It was so sad to read about Layla,my heart goes out to you. She is such a sweetie. I was interested to see that you also have a boxer. I actually wanted a boxer, but my ex wanted an Irish Setter. Now having had them for almost 30 years I wouldn't be witout one, but I still have a soft spot for Boxers!
Best wishes,
Michelle

It is hard when an older dog starts to lose their sight and you suddenly realise that you have to be aware that they can't see so well all the time, but to have a young dog be like that is heart breaking. It is interesting to hear that Lucy instinctively looks after her and guides her. Are her other senses now heightened to compensate as they would be in a person?

Hi there Lyn I thank you for the comment on the Blog...because of this I am not sure how I am going to get down to Leeds, the person that I was going to ask to look after is going away that weekend, but will still try and get down, although obviously Saffy comes first, at the moment, will let you know how we get on.
Dee and the girls

Thanks for the email, will write later privately. Saffy has stopped eating and yes the hot weather is really a problem for her, although it is much cooler up here. As for Jas that will be in the email, my granddaughter is waking up so will have to deal with her now,
Speak soon and ''keep your head up'' I am sure she will adapt, I truly hope so, because we are catching up very quickly here.
All the best speak soon Dee and the girls

Thank you so much! She's a very sweet dog with an extremely good nature.

Tank's Heaton

Hi Lyn
thank you for your nice comment. Yes, we had a great time in Italy, Setters are warm welcome in the north of Italy. Hope, we can go again next year.....
Regards Esther

Hi there Lyn
I haven't had an internet connection for nearly a week now, so have been getting withdrawals from the site, or anything else on the computer, still it has given me time to get my spare bedroom decorated. An now I am back..well, I hope that I can keep the connection..
Speak soon, Dee and the girls
ps will not be able to get to Leeds unfortunately, I just can't leave Saffy or take her with me. I was really looking forward to it as well...Dee

Hi there Lyn,
They say its like riding a horse, if you fall off you must get rite back on, don't leave it too long before getting back behind the wheel again, dreadful things panic attacks...yes Saffy is getting bigger and more uncomfortable, she just can't seem to settle today, hope all is well with her, I am having a panic attack every day here, must stop and enjoy it, may not do it again...
Hope to see you all soon and I hope that Kens legs get better soon.. been there and done that as well, don't ever want to do it again....Love Dee and the girls

Thank you Lyn, she is also very lovely in character.

I'm so sorry read about your lovely Layla, she is still so young.

Hi there Lyn just thought that I would put something light hearted on the blog before the busy time, I should have two more weeks, bless her she needs a skate-board to stop her belly from scraping along the ground, she is really uncomfortable as well, and I really do wish that there is only 9 in there..All the best Dee and the girls

Thank you Lyn for wishing a happy birthday to my Sarah! Pups are fantastic, happy to have them, and glad you like them on the photos too :-))
Can see you live in Barnsley, the town Sarah comes from, it's lovely :-))
So sorry for your Layla's eyes, it must be hard for you but it's something that makes you love her even more, I bet! A sweetheart she is!
All the best / Marta

Hi there Girls...Thank you for Saffys birthday greetings, she will enjoy life a lot more when she gets at least some of her figure back, it is going to take a lot for that, she is huge now...
All the best will speak soon Dee and the girls

Thanks for the birthday wishes and the lovely comments about Niamh :)

Melinda
xx

Thanks for that Lyn, I did hope that she would have them before the weekend but not even sure if they will come over the next few days, she is just lying around, no panting no shredding of anything, ah well what will be will be.
Love to all Dee and the girls

Thank you, Lyn. I'm enjoing the site very much. It's so nice to connect with so many others who love the beautiful Irish doggy!
Pat

Soon!!!

Ah well she could have given me a) less and b) a few more girls...ah well they are all safe and sound at the moment so I will keep my fingers crossed and hope that the all do well, Bottle feeding twice a day, to start with, but they are all doing well at the moment. and thanks for the comments greatly appreciated. will try and get some pictures on the site soon. all pics so far from Nicole, she takes a good picture and can post them it takes me forever, and I'm not such a good photographer as her...All the best watch this space Dee and the girls+15

Thank you Lyn!

Thank you for the comment on Ivys foal! She does look pretty...but is quite a handfull!

Well bring the caravan up and you can stay hear for a wee while and I am sure that Layla and Lucy would enjoy Scotland, It has been lovely to have people to come in an help even if it is only to let me have a shower, I took a chance and cut the grass today, literally running up and down with the lawn mower and strimmer, I think that the strimmer is broken. It would be nice to finally meet you all. Ah well we can wish..but thanks for the thought.
All the best and thanks again Dee and the gang

I haven't seen that one...who is it that said that they were thick, they obviously don't know them....let me know and I will if I get more than a couple of minuets take a look, and maybe blow my top at that comment...
All the best Dee and the gang

Roger Mugford has had Irish for many years, he had one of my friends puppies once when he lived in Ottershaw park.
Can't understand how he would say anything like that...well what does that make him, because he has had them for many years that must make him a little stupid as well, you don't keep getting something that you think is flawed without being a bit gaga yourself. If I get a few minuets I will take a look at that....All the best Dee and the gang, ps how are you all doing are you all keeping well???Dee

They are so cute, I just had to take that picture, I call it ''assuming the position'' Thanks for the comments I am going to be a boring grandma with all the baby shots...

Hi again Lyn I just loved the one when they looked like they were kissing they looked so cute, and yes they are little fatties I think I am going to need a bigger box!!!

Thankyou for your nice comments on my photos Lyn...and lots of love to your beautiful Layla..what a very special girl she must be :))

Oh Lyn, I am not offended! I just feel that perhaps the breeder was trying to do what (to her) seemed right.
And then it sort of came out all wrong, as it sometimes does with all of us...wrong words, and definatly the wrong time.

Greetings from a very sunny southern coast of Sweden :-)

Hi Lyn, Just been on your page, did not know you were just at Barnsley( lifelong reds fan). your irish looks like she copes very well with her blindness, its amazing how dogs sense things and help each other.

regards Neil

Hi Lyn
We are at Conisbrough, tend to do more showing than watching football now, did go to Lincoln though, I go when I can, but Iam always there in spirit, I think lots of spirits will be needed this year!!!!

Neil

Hi Lyn thank you for asking about Dublin. He is doing fine, acting totally normal. I haven't started meds yet. I am waiting till I see the specialist in 10 days. Unless he has problems that change that plan we made. Lyn I don't think anyone will necessarily go along with my thinking here but in the states there is company called Hartz that makes many over the counter grocery type flea and tick shampoo's and topical products as well as so many other dog products. I used their Infusion conditioning shampoo for the first time when we bathed him with the first seizure that followed. Then the second bath four days later we used that product as well. On a whim I googled "my dog had seizures from Hartz shampoo" OMG I was floored to find so many dogs and cats have died from their products. And had seizures like crazy. The US government has forced them many times to stop selling certain products but even the puppy shampoo has killed puppies. I had no idea of any of this. My whole thought process is now that both baths, both times grand mal, well you see where I am going with this. I am taking the shampoo with me to the specialist and basically my husband and I decided that we will treat him normal and do our normal daily activities. And if he has a seizure we will know for sure that he has epilepsy but if he never has another one we know it was the product. Does that seem to make sense?

Oh my heart goes out to you with a sight disabled dog. Wow what a saint you are indeed. I hope your boxer gets that ear better quickly. We have dealt with that as well and it is hard to see them suffer through the weekend. At my other forum a lady just told me her pug had seizures only when bathed. It was odd he could take a bath were she works but not at home. Odd isn't that? She said that is still epilepsy. That we just have identified a trigger. And to journal that so that we change the pattern of how we do it. It could be the shampoo but it could be the scent of it. I guess human epileptics also can have sounds or smells that trigger their attacks. But they felt he doesn't need to jump on to medication as of yet. To wait and chart if it happens again. Some can go many years this way with only several and until they are often, they don't medicate them because the side effects hurt them more. So I will wait for the specialists opinions on all this stuff. I pray we get through some quiet days. I want to bath him in baby shampoo I think. Most gentle maybe? And I am curious to see if a different shampoo changes the outcome.

Aaah thankyou.
As soon as My dreams see the camera come out they 'strike a pose' as to say. Honest lol
x

Thank you so much for your kind wishes Lyn - Ive had a lovely birthday x

Hi Lyn, thanks I have really enjoyed looking at all these lovely Irish setters

Well he had three more seizures this past weekend and started phenobarbitol yesterday. He is handling the drug okay so far. I am not seeing the specialist afterall because the new seizures gave us the confirmation that it is epilepsy. I am bummed out big time and worried sick about him. Cluster seizures are scary and we are just taking things one day at a time. We got through the night without problems at least! Thanks Lyn for thinking about us. I am a mess over this.

I would love for you to keep in touch. Your an inspiration to me, how well you have seemed to cope with poor sweet Layla and her health issues. I just am amazed. Obviously God thinks I can handle this right, I do believe or he wouldn't have given me Dublin.
My husband and wants to give him sometime on the meds to see if they become worse or a bit better.
I just won't let him suffer. Others will judge me if I give up on him I know that. But I love him too much to watch him go through suffering. We are hoping that won't happen. I am afraid to take him out for our walk today, but afraid not too. I am confused what to do. Shouldn't I let him try to live his usual routine so he doesn't get depressed stuck in all the time? What do you think?

your pup is absolutly adorable! I love the little tounge sticking out just a bit

My fiancee put pics of the dogs on the computer. I am pretty illiterate when it comes to attaching things but I will try. We have a English setter mix he is Bazil then we have Piper she is a Brittany and then of course there is Brie. Our newest rescue. She has come a long way from where she was emotionally when we first got her. She was a wreck. But she has such a great and warm personality. I can do without the headbutting at between 3 and 4 am but other than that. she and Piper spend the day digging up worms and chasing bees and butterflies and staring with great confusion at the hummingbirds.

Thanks

Thank you. Brie is my first foray into the world of setters. She is a red and white. I have enjoyed watching her come out of her shell and blossom. She is a strange one though. She and Piper the Brittany are attached at the hip and I do not know which one of them thought of it but they both go out and dig in one hole which now is about 2 feet deep and dig up worms. Mouthfulls of them,especially when it rains. I am pretty sure they are both demented. The english setter I know is twisted, he ate rat poision as a young pup before we got him.

Hi Lyn,
Thank you very much :-))

Oh Lyn...so you are taking Vildas side on the cake-debate?
Hard work if they all catch on...three setters and one pug + 1/2 a french bulldog + four cats and about 20 chickens and four horses...i would never get out of the kitchen!!!!! :-)

Hi Lyn,
Thank you very very much !
Every day with my girls i live my dream.
Charlotte

Dear Lyn,
Thanks a lot for your kind wishes regarding my birthday and my futur little red head! The presence all of my friends and setter lovers here in this site makes me really so happy.
I feel so good while I’m watching the beautiful photos of your dear setters…
Long live the Setters! Kisses for Layla and Lucy!
With love from İstanbul…
İlkay Kurdak

Hi there Lyn
Thanks for the comments on the pictures, the box one, there is about three layers of puppies in that box, when I brought them home from the vet they didn't even fill one half of it. Will be posting a few pictures every other day as they are growing so fast, a couple of them are over 4lb now. Lovely big and fat...and so sweet. Layla keeping well????and you and hubby of cause??Dee and the gang