Firelight SettersThis comment was made on my earlier post about breedings I have been doing. So today when I was running one of my pups in the grouse woods I took a couple of short videos: videos cannot be shared within a reply so I had to create this new post as my…
Classic SettersWe are happy to announce a new litter by our imported stud dog from Iceland, Hafrafells Mori, and our linebred female, Classic Fiona’s Blue Bebee. Both parents can be seen in the pictures below after some successful hunts last fall. Beebe whelped 10 pups and all are doing well. The puppies are a…
This is from my blog titled Firelight Reflections, shared here as part of RS members sharing recent hunting and breedings. For years breeders have been breeding their Ryman-types to Ryman-types, feeling it was perpetuating a good thing. But genetic regression to the mean has resulted in common opinions in the bird dog world of Rymanssuch…
October Setters
For several years a group of the breeder members from RymanSetters.com have been discussing the possibility of looking overseas for English setters that are hunted and would be a good compliment to Ryman-types. There are nice setters in a number of countries that might be a fit—some of the Italian setters, Turkey, maybe…
We have been travelling to Wisconsin to grouse and woodcock hunt and meet with fellow Ryman Setter breeders and friends since the 1980’s. In recent years we have combined this trip with a trip to South Dakota to hunt prairie grouse and pheasants. We pack up our setters and our Airstream trailer and…
We recently imported a stud dog, Hafrafells Mori, from Iceland. We have admired hunting english setters from Iceland for years and got to know some breeders there and were offered the opportunity to import Hafrafells Mori. We especially thank Hjalti Reynir Ragnarsson and Oddur Orvav Magnusson for what they have done for hunting…
Ryman-Type Range Range is an important aspect of a dog’s performance for hunters to consider. Ryman-type setters’ range is often described as “close”, “close working”, or “foot hunting”. These are, at best, highly subjective terms that have VERY different meanings to different people. Most of us who are attracted to the Ryman-type want…