Beauregard of Rebel Ridge - My Setter Pup

[Kentucky Bird Hunter]

Here are some photos of Beau, my ten month old setter pup. He is a grandson of Shadow Oak Bo, and this guy is built for speed! Beautiful tri-color fella. He is a big boy, taller than most of the setters that I've been around. Goes about 60 pounds.

He has taken to training very well. He is totally gun-broke, holds points steady to wing and shot, and retrieves OK for a young dog. He is whistle-broke, and we've started on Whoa-breaking. My wife is happy that he is doing very well at heel. Coming from a field dog like Shadow Oak Bo, he's a big runner and he has a ton of energy, so we get a big run most every morning on the farm, and then a big play time in the evening at our local dog park.

Rebel Ridge is a local guy's private kennel here in Kentucky, and I have been working Beau out quite a bit at Gasper River Kennels (Setters and GSP's), also here in south central Kentucky.

I love this guy, and can't wait for this fall's grouse season.

Dave

[Dean Romig]

What a handsome pup he is! Is there some Llewellin blood in there?





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[Reggie B]

Fine looking Setter pup Dave!!

[Kentucky Bird Hunter]

Yes, Dean, I believe there is some Llewellin blood in his gene pool.....

Dave

[Randy Roberts]

Very nice Dave. We're gonna have to meet up at Elk Creek again and get some practice in before bird season.

[Big D]

Hope we'll see him in Mich this fall

[Kentucky Bird Hunter]

Chances are good, John! Very, very good! In fact, I may bring him along on the spring trout trip in May!

Dave

[Opening Day]

Great looking setter Dave. I maybe getting my female setter this summer too.

[Kentucky Bird Hunter]

Beau is my first setter, having been a lifelong Lab guy. Labs are like the Swiss Army knife of dogs and I've used mine for ducks, upland birds, and grouse, but I am sure enjoying have my first true English Setter bird dog.

Good luck to you, Eric!

Dave

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Dave Tatman

Beau is my first setter, having been a lifelong Lab guy. Labs are like the Swiss Army knife of dogs and I've used mine for ducks, upland birds, and grouse, but I am sure enjoying have my first true English Setter bird dog
Dave

I’m sure Dave is learning this fact more and more each day and as the pup gets a year or two on him it will become more and more apparent that setters are in no way like labs and it is unfair to either breed to compare them.

Grace is my first setter after having a couple of labs and a couple of Brittanies.
I love my Gracie dearly but she is not a lab and I made the mistake in her first couple of years of wondering why she wasn’t more like Tobie, my lab of almost 14 years and why Tobie couldn’t have been more like Gracie in other ways.

They are all wonderful dogs. Yes - I would definitely get another Twombly Setter and yes, I would definitely get another lab. They’re just different.





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