Introducing Grace
 

Just something special about setters

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Jay, you are so right, what a couple of beauties!!!!

That’s funny, my Willow did the same thing when she was young.. She would start foaming at the mouth before I even started the truck!

Jay, did you get a new pup to brace up with Tess??

Dave

Jay, I'm in love with that little tri-color sitting by your side.

This is my little girl Grace when we first bonded.

The second picture is yesterday at the vet counting her puppies.


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Dave;

Yes. The sire is from the same Pinecoble breeding that produced Tess and I expect her to be very similar to Tess in terms of personality and prey drive.

Dean;

Love tri-color setters, big Ryman-type setters. Best of luck to you and your Grace. When is she due?

Jay

What a gorgeous pup, Jay. Congrats. It was great to see you this fall, but we must make a better plan for next year to bird hunt together again!

Dave

Grace is due to whelp in the next few days. Tuesday is her due date but it could actually happen any time now. We're taking her temp twice a day now and it is a steady 100.2 but when it drops to 99 or 98.9 it's down to just hours.




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Dean

Now you'll have me wondering the when. How many are you expecting?

Vet says 7 but we think we see 8 and there might be another hiding someplace.
Grace is from a litter of 9 and her cousin had 11.





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Dean do you have homes for all of them ?

Yes we do Eric. They are all, as we say in the 'trade', SPF but deposits have secured order of the pick.





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The pup in the first picture, Harrison, is a little over three months old now. The picture was taken at around seven or eight weeks. I'm very excited about the potential that I'm seeing in him. He's my first Llewellin, and I can tell there are big things in store for this one.

The second dog is my current grouse companion here in the Southern mountains. He's never been on anything but wild birds, and while he was slow to develop as a result, he's turned into a wonderful dog. As you Brittany guys are aware, their natural expressiveness and temperment are hard to beat.

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Grace whelped eight beautiful puppies on November 17. They are all happy and healthy and have begun on 'puppy chow soup' today. This should be a welcome relief as their teeth have all erupted and boy are they sharp!


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Mosby
 

First hunting dog (hopefully) since my two English Setters died two decades ago, along with the bobwhites.