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Firelight Setters
Breeding goals are for athletic dogs with style, intensity and precocious natural ability. Small breeder with 50 years in Setters. These are my personal gun dogs and hunted extensively on multiple species of wild birds in both forest and on prairie. F50/M60-65 lbs. OFA, BAER, VPI. Typically 1 litter a year by advance reservation. Northern Michigan. website email
The 15 Ryman-type Breeders attending are all avid wild bird hunters and serious about the dog work. And everyone again scattered across the countryside all day in pursuit of KS quail and pheasant. However, the camaraderie is a huge part of the success of the Gathering as well as RymanSetters.com in general. Cocktail…
Cold temps but bright sunshine found breeders and dogs scattered across the countryside in quail habitat. Great start to the week!
As the sun sets here in Kansas over a dozen Ryman-type breeders are settling into the lodge or will be arriving soon. We are looking forward to a week of hunting wild bobwhites with each other and dogs from a variety of lines. Good dog work and lively discussions will be plentiful. …
Knowing that in the past I had judged dozens of AKC Hunt Tests (HTs) as well as trained and ran numerous dogs through all levels, I recently had some folks ask me to talk a bit about HTs relative to ryman-type setters. HTs were developed by the AKC about 30 years ago and…
The following was written by Dr. Cristina Arrigoni Martelli, who grew up with gundogs and hunting in Europe but for many years now has been a grouse/woodcock guide and hunter in Maine. She has always run Brittanys but now has her first ryman-type setter puppy, “Frank”, and wrote this to me in a…
As part of their Project Upland – Bird Hunting series of short films, the Ruffed Grouse Society has released “Walter Lesser – an Upland Icon.” Walt is a Founding Member of RymanSetters.com and co-author of the book, The Real Ryman Setter (2013). A retired wildlife biologist, Walt has owned and…