The artist who designed the awesome grouse for this new Orvis shirt is an avid grouse hunter but is also the new owner of a Ryman Setter puppy, Firelight Emmylou. Congratulations to Jay Dowd, it is great to see his talent being recognized. The shirt can be found on Orvis online. Maybe…
We will have a new litter out of Classic Russian Blue bred to Classic Max’s Ellie. Ellie is due to whelp the end of June or beginning of July. It is a repeat of a breeding that produced excellent pups. Both parents have been extensively hunted on wild birds and have OFA certification…
RymanSetters.com is excited to announce that the first annual Ryman Setter Breeders Gathering and Hunt is scheduled to be in January 8-15, 2017 in northcentral Kansas. This wild-bird-only event is a long needed opportunity for dedicated breeders to hunt together to see each others dogs as well as evening fireplace conversations about breeding…
I am very excited to announce that we had a successful breeding of Belle, our four year old blue belton on May 15th. The offspring of two grouse dogs, Belle has proven herself on grouse and woodcock over the last four seasons and just about everything she does is natural. Before her first season,…
I enjoyed this article and although it was written by a show breeder, the ethics, points and issues are the same and I thought I would share. In Search of the Perfect Stud Dog by Peri Norman I bought my first show dog in 1971. He became a Champion and attained his CD. He…
This may be the most important point we make in our series on Canine Hip Dysplasia: Most cases of HD go unrecognised and undiagnosed because people don’t realize it isn’t normal for dogs to become arthritic when they are old. This is worth repeating. Absent a history of trauma it is not normal…
Mike and I have just wrapped up our hunting for the 2015-16 year. It was a good one that spanned the months of Sept-January and included 5 different states. My personal time afield was a bit restricted by a litter born in late November (I’m thinking these pups were worth it but I’m…