FoundersYesterday, January 4th, 2020 found the dedicated hunters and Breeder Members of RS traveling thousands of miles to Kansas from points west, north and east for the week of the 2020 Breeders Gathering. There were warm and convivial greetings, conversation and laughter as the trucks pulled in and folks got set up in…
Sugar Creek English SettersWe 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…
Hunting season stretches from September through January but October is special with it’s colors, long days, and temps and leaves dropping . RS Breeder Members and their dogs have been putting in long days and weeks afield to enjoy every possible minute of October. Time in the field and woods with our dogs…
Firelight Setters
To spare Lynn Dee Galey, our customary interviewer, from talking to herself more than usual, we invited Randy Lawrence, a retired teacher, to do the deed. For 19 years, he wrote the “Wingshooting Column” in Sporting Clays magazine, and his work has appeared in numerous bird gun and gun dog publications including Shooting…
Stoney Brook OutfittersWe have two tricolor boys available for hunting season. They are full brothers. Quincy is 2.5 and Mr. O is 4 months. Their mother has OFA Excellent Hips and Normal Elbows and their father has OFA Good Hips and Normal Elbows. Quincy Quincy came back to us this spring after his former family…
October SettersI’ve been receiving a lot of inquiries regarding the news about reports of possible diet related Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM). The reports are pretty scary and people are justifiably wondering what they should do. So, I’ve spent some time reading up on it. Useful Info First, here is a veterinarian oriented paper on the…
Parker Hollow SettersPuppies just turned 6 weeks old and doing great. We are very happy with the breeding to Firelight Encore Deacon. We had 2 males and 4 females, we have 1 female pup available at this time to a hunting companion home. Information on this breeding can be found here: https://rymansetters.com/breeding-announcement-update/ Serious inquires on…