Irish Red Setter in Action

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[@alexishamer6427]

Irish ☘️ Setter dogs 🐕 🐶 run 🏃‍♂️ very fast 💨 is because they enjoy 😉 ☺️ 😊 doing it and makes them happy 😊 😃 😆. Very large dogs 🐶 🐕 in the world 🗺️ 🌏 🌍 🌎. They probably eat pheasant. They have lovely ☺️ fur. 👍

[@tomcoffey74]

Brilliant George I hope you have as many good years with her as my Rua has given me fantastic to see the breed coming back and hopefully promoted by good rough shooting men

[@springerspanielful]

Good man Tommy,I'm looking forward to it.

[@terrycastor8299]

What a beauty Rua is! My best friend growing up had an Irish Setter for awhile. She was a beautiful dog and in truth it was a shame he ever acquired her. He had no idea how to handle her. She was a very energetic pup and spent most of her time with him chained to a dog house in the back lot of their property. She was so starved for attention that she went delirious with joy whenever a human came near her. It was such a shame. She had all the potential in the world of being an excellent hunter.

[@springerspanielful]

That's a terribly sad story..

[@terrycastor8299]

@@springerspanielful, indeed it is. It broke my heart for her every time I saw her.

[@grahamallison6704]

Nice to see the new pup, good luck training her and I look forward to seeing some video's of progress in 2022.

[@springerspanielful]

Appreciate the positivity Graham,many thanks.

[@patob4868]

Best of luck George with your beautiful new pup , she's in good hands , happy new year to you,

[@springerspanielful]

Go raibh maith agat a chara...

[@larryquinn710]

Lovely looking pup George. Best of luck with her.

[@springerspanielful]

Good man Larry,thanks a million.

[@keithcrackett1992]

The reds seem to be making a comeback. I have a friend who has a red and white pup booked for 2022. I struggle with seeing red dogs in the bog with the rushes. I’m colour blind so when they are on point they disappear 🤣. I have a very good wire haired vizsla who I’ve walked past many the time only to hear the clatter of wings behind me when he pushes the bird up in disgust👍

[@springerspanielful]

A dog coloured black/white would probably help I'd say..

[@benbreen4923]

Beautiful pup. Looking forward to seeing her progress.

[@springerspanielful]

Us too!

[@jonathanoconnell8625]

Beautiful pup

[@springerspanielful]

You are so kind

[@Ger886]

A real beautiful pup George

[@springerspanielful]

That's for sure.

[@paulbryan1094]

What a super puppy. Will look forward to seeing her grow up. Happy 2022 to you.

[@springerspanielful]

Thanks a million Paul,and many happy returns..

[@peteroconnell7680]

Very nice!

[@springerspanielful]

For sure

[@vincentflynn8061]

Well done George great footage.

[@springerspanielful]

Thanks Vincent,and glad you found the channel.

[@waikarimoana]

Good day George, great training and nice footage to, we wish you and yours a great and happy New Year and hope we all have a better year than this one.Greetings from faraway land on New Zealand,, Tony.

[@springerspanielful]

Happy new year to you and yours Tony..

[@huntershunters7185]

good nice video

[@springerspanielful]

Thanks for the visit

[@markfairman162]

Great video. Congratulations on the new Puppy Rua. I live in Ireland myself and I am interested in getting started with hunting. Would you have any advice for a beginner on where to start? I have two gundog breed pet dogs which I would be interested in trying to train for hunting also.

[@springerspanielful]

My best advice would be to contact your local gun club,enquire in any gunshop and they'll point you in the right direction,best of luck.

[@markfairman162]

@@springerspanielful cheers, thanks for the reply. I have done some online searching but many clubs had little or no online presence in my area. I will now try the nearby gunshops however, thanks again for the advice.

[@backpackingireland8624]

Tá Rua go háilainn George ! I see you’ve ventured into the Setters , are the Spaniels taking a break ? Beautiful dogs the Reds , our own too . Look forward to seeing her training. Sláin Tamaill 🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@springerspanielful]

I've had setters and pointers before now,and I'll always have a spaniel,gundogs are an addiction,ní bhéinn sásta gan iad,athbhlian faoi maishe duit a chara.

[@backpackingireland8624]

@@springerspanielful Ana Mhaith George. Sure variety is the spice ! You have great ground for the setters up your way . Keep it lit 🔥

[@macrolly23]

Hi George would get back into the setters again? There is snipe on the grass fields at the winter time to run them on.

[@springerspanielful]

I had considered just that, but after some thought I decided against it as it seemed to me to be a pale substitute for what I used to do.

[@ciaranreale2476]

Hi George, in Limerick myself. What is your opinion on Viszla's? Picking up a pup in the next few weeks and hoping to train him in time for next season. Love the videos. Keep up the great work.

[@springerspanielful]

I don't have a very positive view of Viszlas as a hunting dog, due to their good looks they have been bred for show for many generations and have largely been denuded of their hunting instinct. In my opinion they are not really suitable for Irish roughshooting conditions.

[@ciaranreale2476]

@@springerspanielful I had one bred with a German pointer before and it was an excellent roughshooting dog. I take your point on the showdog. Certainly an issue with the breed.

[@springerspanielful]

@@ciaranreale2476 It was most likely the german pointer blood that made it a good roughshooting dog,you may be lucky but I have my doubts,best of luck with your dog and let us know how you get on.

[@ciaranreale2476]

@@springerspanielful Could you possibly put me in touch with a pointer breeder? I am about 40 mins from Cashel

[@springerspanielful]

@@ciaranreale2476 I can be contacted on Facebook if you are on it,send a friend request and I'll point you in the right direction.

[@davidjackson-xg8hq]

AYA no 2? What sort of cartridges do you use George?

[@springerspanielful]

For pheasant no. 7 shot,duck 5 shot,and for snipe no.9 shot,good quality a priority.

[@macrolly23]

Hi George, nice irish red setter there, what would your opinion on holding field trials for setters and pointers using planted game? , using pigeons or partridges. Each brace of dogs ran would have an opportunity to meet game. I know this is far from the ideal of hunting wild game such as grouse and snipe. But unfortunately game has gone very scarce in some parts of ireland to train setters on. Can setter and pointer trials and training evolve to this?

[@springerspanielful]

I remember fantastic trials on pheasants in sugar beet some years ago,and there are still snipe trials held on some of the bigger bogs,however I think what you describe is the future,one would need to be seriously committed to participate as you described.Not for me I don't think.

[@macrolly23]

@@springerspanielful yes it would take different training for the setters to quater and behave right using planted game. It would be hard for the trial fraternity to adapt to this. I read in Leon mortensen s book from new Zealand that they ran setter and pointer trials on pigeons in bird launchers new Zealand. 🇳🇿

[@macrolly23]

Something has to be done as game is getting scarcer as the years go on.

[@Ronny.81]

@@macrolly23 correct some great potential grouse moors in Ireland but there not being managed enough and the Irish red grouse nearly extinct its a shame.

[@macrolly23]

@@Ronny.81 yes the mountains here have great potential here in Ireland, however the hunting and access rights are mostly a free for all, so this will prevent grouse getting plentiful enough to be a viable game bird. However if gun club's set up release pens and feeders on the mountains maybe red partridge could be an option.

[@jeetts59]

Nice looking gun, what is it please

[@springerspanielful]

AYA no.2 round action sidelock.

[@lefanta9]

OMG

[@springerspanielful]

ZYB

[@rickdevine4150]

Ask a friend to handle the camera it’s too difficult to do both shoot and camera man and wind cover over the mic will cut down on wind noise

[@springerspanielful]

The camera is fitted to my cap,it serves it's purpose for an amateur filmmaker.

[@shug2795]

Why do you teach your Red setter to pattern like a springer/flusher? What is that whistle for? They are not supposed to pattern. They are supposed to use their brains to hunt bird-likely objectives. Flushers pattern because they have to flush to the gun....unlike pointing breeds.

[@springerspanielful]

Evidently you know little about setters and how they are best utilised..

[@shug2795]

@@springerspanielful OK...but that doesn't excuse the incorrect application of the dog in your video. What a waist of a nice dog. Wait...I get it now...your dog doesn't hold point so you have him quartering. It's more of a flointer, than a pointer.

[@springerspanielful]

@@shug2795 The dog holds point just fine, you are very quick to criticise what you obviously don't understand.

[@shug2795]

@@springerspanielful This isn't brain surgery. You own a "pointing breed". POINTING...not sure how else to say this? You don't "pattern a pointing breed, unless your previous dog was a springer. Some folk simply don't understand the fundamental difference between the application of a flusher versus a pointing dog. Irish/red setters are pointers, not flushers. That dog needs rehabilitated.