I went back and looked at your photos. Nice gun and birds. What bread is your dog? Looks to be in the Spaniel Family.

English Setters - from the Old Hemlock bloodline started by George Bird Evans.

here is a link to photo alblum of the dogs some of us put together for the tenth reunion a couple years back.


http://www.oldhemlock.org/PhotoAblum...ring/index.htm

Thanks, I also meant "Breed" not "Bread" lol.. I must be getting old.

Great Pictures. I did a quick search on the Old Hemlock bloodline and it states that the breed did cross with Spanish Pointer and Springer Spaniel as well as Water Spaniels. You can see the Spaniel breed in the shape of it's head. Beautiful dog.

well - the English Setter was originally created from those outcrosses back in the 16 and 1700's. The setter was a set breed by the early 1800s when Laverack and Llewellin lines came about. Most modern English setters will trace back to one of them.

George started with a Ryman Setter named Blue in the 1930's, and brought in one bench English Setter line for size and form and also several other small private setter lines. Look at the setters on a D or better Parker - the well done ones would fit right in our line. That was Georges goal - the old style foot hunting Setter that was being replaced by the smaller faster trial type.

GBE
 

Just wondered if that is Kay, George's wife in the pictures?

yes, Kay is in some of the pictures - the reunions started after GBE's passing -Kay lived to be 100 and when she could she attended. For example - picture #12 is Kay, at the reunion, #55 is at her 100th birthday party, #113 is one of OH Osthaus's visits with her at the Old Hemlock house.