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The Red Setter is a variant of the Irish Setter or Irish Red Setter. The Red Setter is a pointing breed of dog used to hunt upland game. Considerable acrimony exists between the partisans involved in the debate over this breed.
History: The Irish Setter was brought to the United
States in the early 1800s. It commanded great respect in the
field and was one of the most commonly used dog among the
professional meat hunter fraternity.
In 1874, the American Field put together the Field Dog Stud
Book and registry of dogs in the United States was born. At
that time, dogs could be registered even when bred from sires
and dams of different breeds. At about this time, the
Llewellin Setter was bred using blood lines from the Lavarack
breeding of English Setter and, among other breeds, bloodlines
from native Irish Setters. Around the same time, the red Irish
Setter became a favorite in the dog show ring.
The Irish Setter of the late 1800s was not just a red dog.
The AKC registered Irish Setters in a myriad of colors. Frank
Forester, a 19th-century sports writer, described the Irish
Setter as follows: "The points of the Irish Setter are
more bony, angular, and wiry frame, a longer head, a less
silky and straigher coat that those of the English. His color
ought to be a deep orange-red and white, a common mark is a
stripe of white between the eyes and a white ring around the
neck, white stockings, and a white tage to the tail."
The Setter that was completely red, however, was preferred
in the show ring and that is the direction that the breed
took. Between 1874 and 1948, the breed produced 760
conformation champions, but only five field champions.
In the 1940s, Field and Stream magazine put into writing
what was already a well-known fact. The Irish Setter was
disappearing from the field and an outcross would be necessary
to resurrect the breed as a working dog. Sports Afield chimed
in with a similar call for an outcross. Ned LaGrange of
Pennsylvania spent a small fortune purchasing examples of the
last of the working Irish Setters in America and importing
dogs from overseas. With the blessing of the Field Dog Stud
Book, he began an outcross to red and white field champion
English Setters. The National Red Setter Field Trial Club was
created to test the dogs and to encourage breeding toward a
dog that would successfully compete with the white setters.
Thus the modern Red Setter was born and the controversy begun.
Prior to 1975 a relationship existed between the AKC and
the Field Dog Stud book in which registration with one body
qualified a dog for registration with the other. In 1975 the
Irish Setter Club of America petitioned the AKC to deny
reciprocal registration, and the AKC granted the request. It
is claimed, by critics of the move, that the pressure was
placed on the AKC by bench show enthusiasts who were
unappreciative of the outcrossing efforts of the National Red
Setter Field Trial Club, as well as some AKC field trialers
following a series of losses to FDSB red setters.
Appearance: The modern Red Setter is smaller than
his bench-bred cousin. While show dogs often reach 70 lb, the
working Red Setter is generally around 45 lb. The coat is less
silky and the feathering is generally shorter. The color is
lighter, with the working dog found in russet and fawn colors.
The Red Setter often has patches of white on his face and
chest as the Irish Setter of old did.
Temperament: The Red Setter is a happy, biddable
dog. He is readily trainable and reportedly learns quickly.
Most Red Setters do not retrieve as readily as many of the
versatile breeds do but can be taught to retrieve to hand. The
Red Setter makes a loving house companion and is reportedly
good with children.
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