Chantal McIlveen-Wright

Female

Coleraine, Northern Ireland

United Kingdom

Profile Information:

How many Irish Setters do you have?
Two again. Darwin (17/10/2004) and Mac (born 1/6/11).
How long have you owned Irish Setters?
Since 1996
About Me:
My love story with Irish setters started in 1996 with the most wonderful IS ever - MC, a field trial with Monroad ancestors. I was so lucky to have this very special and clever boy!!! Unfortunately, I lost him in May 2010, a couple of days short before his 14th birthday.
In between, in January 2005 came very handsome Darwin, the sweetest nature possible, Irish born with Thendara gd-parents. Recently we had a new addition to the family, Mac (the holy terror), born the 1/6/2011 from Sumaric Mr. Jingles and Thendara Vanilla Ice.

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  • Ro Cox

    Hi Thank you for the Birthday wishes - I've jsut come back from lunch and now about to embark on bathing five dogs ready for our Cahnnel Islands Dog of the Year tomorrow!!!

    RO

    :)

     

    Feb 18, 2011

  • alessandra loffredi

    Hi thanks for your welcome!!!

    Feb 18, 2011

  • Ro Cox

    Thank you - of course they are th ebest - but we all think our own are the best and that is as it should be!!

    ;)

     

    Feb 18, 2011

  • Mrs Brenda Russell

    Thank you so much for your welcome Milo my ten month old puppy, Mawgan is six years old.

    Feb 18, 2011

  • Suzanne

    Hello Chantal,

    Thank you for Jenna's birthday greeting. 

    Kind regards,

    Suzanne

    Feb 19, 2011

  • Eunice Marott

    getting late in downtown Sydney. I will look tomorrow. I look at our Molly and am grateful I have her as when my last one departed at 9 years last Feb I was very upset. 

    Feb 20, 2011

  • Ewa Wojcik

    Thank you very much for your congratulations, I loved this boy and he gives me so much pride:)

    Feb 20, 2011

  • Eunice Marott

    I worked it out. Your photos are lovely it is hard sometimes I still miss our Cherie (last IS). It is funny I was working then and she was left quite a bit. Molly I am relucant to leave her alone. She goes just about everywhere with me. I will be back at work again soon I hope and then she can go to Doggie Day Care where she went before I left work.

    Feb 20, 2011

  • Barbara

    Hi Chantal! Thank you for looking at my photos and your kind comments! Please cuddle your lovely Darwin for me. All the best. Barbara

    Feb 21, 2011

  • Lucie Havlova

    yes Chantal, only one, extremely spoilde boy....Lucie

    Feb 23, 2011

  • Joan M Cox

    Yes thanks we had a lovely walk in our local park and Saffy had
    Great fun jumping in and out of muddy puddles!!  Just what Setters love 
    to do!

    Feb 23, 2011

  • Tony Williams

    Hi Chantal,

    Thanks for your lovely comments on the photo of Mitch.

    Tony

    Feb 23, 2011

  • mimmo presta

    andy says thank you to chantal!!!

    Feb 24, 2011

  • Sandra, Monty and Kerry

    Hi Chantal, I'm already enjoying the site, thanks. Best wishes to you and yours from Sandra and Monty.xx

    Feb 24, 2011

  • ereni

    Thanks Chantal:)

    Feb 25, 2011

  • Régine Finck

    Thank you Chantal.

    Feb 25, 2011

  • martina mckeag

    Hi Chantal your photos of Darwin are lovely 

    Feb 25, 2011

  • Michelle Walsh

    Hi Chantal !

    Thanks very much for your well wishes for Legolas. He certainly deserves to have it sorted this time, it's been going on for nearly a year and it can't be pleasant for him to be limping all the time...poor lad. Glad you liked the picture...it's those big brown eyes that get me every time :)

    I tried them in lots of things even soft cheese his fav ! He took most of them but one of the anti biotics were pink in colour & I think harsh on his tummy, he threw up once shortly after them & it made him very wary. I even tried grinding them down with a pestal & mortar but it was as if he smelled it...little rascal. Any way they're all gone now & I just hope he won't need them anymore.

    Thank again ~ Lego & Michelle

    Feb 25, 2011

  • Dee Rance

    Yes my puppies are only on loan to their new families, I am devastated, its the not knowing that is the problem...and I have emailed all the contacts that Susan gave me. so far the common thread is that they can't go in until it has quietened down a little..I understand, that my head tells me, human life is more important than animals....but my heart tells me I want her back in the UK ASAP we will just have to wait and see...

    Feb 25, 2011

  • Natalie Zastrow

    thank´s for your comments on my pictures :)))

    Feb 26, 2011

  • Jon & Jane Roden

    Hi Chantal, ,many thanks for the kind wishes. It's my birthday - one year older, seems I have aged about 5 years since taking Charlie on - only joking

     

    Hope all is well with you & dogs

     

    Best Regards,

     

    Jon.

    Feb 26, 2011

  • Marjolein Bogaard

    Thnak you Chantal for the nice comment on Killian! I am also verry proud of him. I saw your pictures and Darwin looks great! Have nice day!!!

    Feb 27, 2011

  • Marjolein Bogaard

    Thanks Chantal and I am very pleased to meet you here on ES! ALways nice to keep in touch with setter lovers all over the world an exchange pictures and experiences!

    Feb 27, 2011

  • Sarah Jane Grinham

    Hello thank u for my birthday wishes, my boy always makes every day special!!

    Feb 28, 2011

  • martina mckeag

    Thank you Chantal for your lovely comment on Shannon that was our first spring

    like day

    Mar 1, 2011

  • martina mckeag

    Hi Chantal thank you for accepting my invite i just love this site

    it is great looking at all the photos of all the other setters around the world

    i admire all those that have more than one setter

    how old is Darwin whould you ever get another one

     

    Mar 1, 2011

  • martina mckeag

    Hi Chantal

    sorry you lost MC you will know when the time is right

    yes i am thinking of getting another one i have had dogs all my life but always just the one

    somehow i think it is different with setters they seem to need company.sometimes i think shannon thinks im a dog she just wants to be with me all the time and then again i dont know if she whould accept another dog

    Mar 2, 2011

  • Sandra Nevitt

    Thank you Chantal, I now have 5 Redheads and 2 GSD's to help with the birthday cake so it will soon be demolished!

     

    Mar 2, 2011

  • Peter Hennig

    thankyou Chantal for your comment on our afghans they are very different in almost every way from the IS and certainly fun, they all get along wonderfully.Rahni is 9months and has what is known as monkey face, this eventually goes when his adult coat starts to come,grooming is easy at the moment, it's much more work when the coat changes

    cheers Peter

    Mar 3, 2011

  • Natalie Zastrow

    :) Thank you for accepting my invitation!!

    greetings Natalie

    Mar 3, 2011

  • Bertille Schneider

    Thank you Chantal for your welcome message :-)

    Mar 4, 2011

  • Peter Hennig

    Hi Chantal, YESSSSSSSS we identify greatly with the disappearing act!!!!! Every breeder told us never EVER EVER let them off lead in an unfenced area!!!!!!!!!! Both my wife and I love the Affies, but my heart belongs to the Irish. Elton and Morgan both melt me, just looking at them. Susan had swap cards as a kid on both the Irish and Afghans and loved them both. Now we have BOTH!!!!

    Cheers Peter

    Mar 4, 2011

  • Sandra Zivanovic

    Thank you very much.

    Kind regards from Sandra and big red family

    Mar 4, 2011

  • Justina Kiškūnaitė

    A late thank you for birthday greetings! :)

    Mar 5, 2011

  • Justina Kiškūnaitė

    Oh yes I did - I got engaged!!! :)

    Mar 5, 2011

  • Katie Ozard

    Thank you, your boy is gorgeous :)

    Mar 5, 2011

  • Carmel Murphy

    That photo is my favourite of myself and Rua together;o))

    Mar 5, 2011

  • Tony Williams

    Thanks again Chantal for your comment on my photo of Mitch. It is my favourite photo of him - to me there is a certain rightness (for want of a better word) of how he fits in with the landscape - I think you noticed this too. The area of moorland in the photo is on our door step and where we regularly walk.

    Really enjoyed your puppy photos and the one of Colonel MC - he was a very handsome chap.

    Best wishes

    Tony

    Mar 5, 2011

  • limpanovnos panagiotis

    good evening mr.wright.in greece i have one pair of irish setters,and a  younger one.he is 1 year old.i left it behind beacouse i moved on to switzerland with my family.a miss them a lot and thats why i took contact with E.S.

    Mar 5, 2011

  • Natalie Gaylord

    Thanks Chantal!!   I put some pics up now.  So many to choose from.

    Natalie

    Mar 5, 2011

  • Peter Hennig

    Hi Chantal
    not all afghans run away we were at a show standing outside the ring with a few people and affies when one lady said to her affie well your done so you can go back to your crate she dropped the lead and the dog ran back to their canopy and stood in front of his crate passing lots of other dogs and canopies, I stood there astounded. I said to my wife did you see that? So the lady called him back Dally (his name) she motioned with her hands the dog came back stood next to her then she sent him back again to show it was not a fluke . There is another lady on the show scene who does agility with her affie so all is not lost if you want to get one. If you have a place they can run free they will run themselves silly for 10 min. then sleep for the rest of the day.They are a much more docile dog than the Irish. The toughest time is when their coat changes this can take some time but if you enjoy grooming like we do it's all good. cheers Peter

    Mar 6, 2011

  • Tony Williams

    Mitch has recovered just great from the op. In fact I think he looks in better shape now than he has done for several months. We've enjoyed some recent walks up in the hills now the weather's improved. I'll take the camera the next time we are up there and try and get a couple of nice pics.

    Thanks for asking about him.

    Tony

    Mar 6, 2011

  • Susan Mogony

    Thanx Chantal! Darcy send his greetings to you as well as I!

    Mar 7, 2011

  • Sherry Miller

    Chantal...Darwin is such a lovely boy....love the puppy pictures of him....but only problem looking at them is they are making me want a puppy to keep Molly company!  Fun to watch how he has grown....and can tell you all feel the same way about your Irish as we do here. 

    Mar 7, 2011

  • Yvonne Wark

    Thank you for Holly's birthday wishes x

    Mar 8, 2011

  • Leslie

    Hi Chantal, Thanks for the warm welcome! I have been lurking on the forum and reading up on the discussions, I'll have to check my page more often! ;-) I just went over to look at your page and your Darwin is beautiful!

    I will definitely announce his arrival and provide photos, right now I'm looking for puppies in the San Francisco Bay Area and talking to breeders, so it will likely be a little while. I'm fencing the back yard in preparation now so I won't have a "four county dog"

    Although a little time will be good to line up training classes and get prepared, I fear it will be much longer than I need. Finding the right dog for me is definitely worth the wait, so I'll just have to be patient! In the meantime I'm reading up on the board... there is a lot more information available than there was when I had my last setter!

    Mar 8, 2011

  • Michael M.

    hi, it was a mistake, i like red setter and i think also ES and pointer very well.

    i like very much to work with my two red setter.

    Mar 10, 2011

  • carly holmes

    Thankyou, will hopefully Add a picture over the weekend!

    Mar 11, 2011

  • june walsh

    Abbi has always been my girl  l own her and l bred her and have both her parents

    Mar 12, 2011

  • sarah jackson

    Hi Chantal. Thank you.x We have had a great day and my beautiful girl(my husband!) bought me some wild Jasmine room freshner. Its all about Jasmine in our house.lol.xxx

    Mar 12, 2011