Firelight SettersA photo says 1000 words? Here’s a quick 15,000 words from our Breeder Members today.
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…
Rum Creek Setters
Life with English Setters for me was prompted by an article in the 1980’s by long-time outdoors writer Tom Opre. His description of the traits of English Setters still make them a special breed today. My first setter, Sadie, was from Jagerlust Setters in Holly, Michigan and she set the bar for the…