Sugar Creek English SettersWarmer weather is coming in a few weeks. So are the woodcock, coming back soon from southern locales, at least for those of us within their range. Our friend and mentor Walt Lesser discussed a lot of good reasons to run dogs on spring woodcock in a post here back in 2017 titled…
Sugar Creek English Setters
OFA Hips, OFA Elbows, BAER, VPI. Males 60-65 lb. Females 48-55 lb. Athletic, cooperative temperament, practical range, primarily hunting and proven on grouse/woodcock in New York State. Choosing for coat, conformation, color but not at expense of health and performance. Branchport, NY. website email
Okay, don’t try to pronounce that, just call him Finn! More about that in a moment. Finn is a male pup we purchased from Classic Setters of Hartsburg, Missouri a little more than 4 months ago. He is now just past 6 months old, and doing great. All the good puppy things have…
Our litter born December 29th is thriving. Chica whelped 4 females and 7 males. This breeding has produced a mix of markings. Some are tri-colcored, some have head patches and 2 or 3 likely will prove to be orange beltons as their colors become more developed. The litter was sired by Goodgoing Trooper…
We have a new litter due to whelp shortly after Christmas from our female Sugar Creek Chiquita (we call her Chica, OFA hips Good and elbows Normal ) and a Goodgoing male named Goodgoing Trooper Run (OFA hips Excellent and elbows Normal). Chica has proven a strong 4 year old performer, having retrieved…
Hello (again) Ryman Setter friends! Some news for you from New York State coverts. We had a great September running Josey and Chica in the field for exercise and scouting work in September. Looking back at last month, I realize it’s a really under-appreciated, maybe even totally unrecognized, part of the season. While not great…
Hello everyone, It’s Sunday evening on November 1, with a dark sky and hard winds that promise to lay maybe one last flight of fresh woodcock in our Finger Lakes coverts. Hopefully everyone had the October we all wish for and some more days of the same are coming in November. A friend and his son…
Hello, so here we are, 7 weeks and 2 days since Josey whelped the litter sired by October Mountain River. On their 7 week birthday, everyone went to the vet’s office for wormer, vaccinations and microchips. Do we know how to party or what? So, for most of us, that’s really early for…