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The English Setter is one of the oldest breeds of gundog, with a history that traces back to the 14th century. It was developed over hundreds of years from the spaniel and was originally called a Setting Spaniel, used for finding and setting birds. They would be worked on moorland, ranging out freely in front of the hunter, quartering the ground and looking for birds. When located, they would crouch (or set) and remain motionless facing the birds, often lifting a paw to indicate the position of the quarry. The hunters would then approach and lay nets so that on a given command, the dogs would rise and drive the birds into the nets. Use of the net continued until the late 18th century, but as use of the gun replaced the net, the term Setting Spaniel was replaced by that of Setter.
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The English Setter is one of the oldest breeds of gundog, with a history that traces back to the 14th century. It was developed over hundreds of years from the spaniel and was originally called a Setting Spaniel, used for finding and setting birds. They would be worked on moorland, ranging out freely in front of the hunter, quartering the ground and looking for birds. When located, they would crouch (or set) and remain motionless facing the birds, often lifting a paw to indicate the position of the quarry. The hunters would then approach and lay nets so that on a given command, the dogs would rise and drive the birds into the nets. Use of the net continued until the late 18th century, but as use of the gun replaced the net, the term Setting Spaniel was replaced by that of Setter.
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This is Molly, my red and white Irish Setter who is two years old and a companion to my Orange Belton English Setter, Mikey who is 9 years old. Their May December relationship does not seem to affect their adoration for each other and part of this narrative are the lyrics to Elton John;s son, The Sweetest Eyes that Mikey thinks is the most beautiful song describing his lovely ladyMolly. I will add to this narrative, but if you want to read about Molly and Mikey,my dog photos are posted on artwanted.com/masterofhtemaze or underartist Julie Marks. I will be uploading my favorites of about 80 photos I have poster over the year of my lovable dogs including new shots that are often unusual highlighting the relationship between Molly and Mikey and my life-size dolls, Molly’s Grandwitch Lillian that also has become a comic strip and our resident Gypsy, La Senora Belladonna. These characters are under the subcategory supernatural and dogs at AW. I hope you enjoy the gorgeous face of this adorable and very affectionate portrait of Molly.
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This is a 9 week old English Setter Puppy who is / who unlike the photo is a powerhouse of / energy like most puppies. Barney is a Llewellin field setters as opposed to Show Setters that were introduced when Lavarak began breeding English Setters for Competition. His coloring is unusual since he is a tri with liver and black ticking and beautiful green/amber eyes. This breed is intelligent, very affectionate and needs a lot of family attention to grow up to be wonderful couch potato. I took a series of shots of Barney and delight in his curious and playful nature. Given his sense of wonder and adventure, Barney is a great subject for photographing dogs which I love to do owning a red and white Setter / and an orange belton English Setter. Given their lack of pretension and self consciousness, it is delightful to take photographs of our canine companions. I have a series of amusing and poignant photos of this adorable puppy. Candid shots of dogs are very popular and there are many wonderful photography books on canines given their unique and very different personalities. I adore them and believe people can benefit and learn a lot from our beloved and dear animal friends. / Nikon DSLR D80- Macro Lens / Please view this in the large format.
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Molly
by Julie MarksMolly is a rare red and white Irish Setter who has a huge heart and an old soul. I have / raised and loved Irish Setters, English Setters and Gordon Setters for most of my adult life. My photos on RB of Jesse and Loving Jesse captures the spirit of my first Irish Setter and Willard is a wonderful photo of our tri-color English Setter and his Daddy lounging in our backyard. I love taking photos of my dogs and Molly is one of the most expressive dogs I have ever known. Her facial expressions and body language speak volumes. Sometimes I wonder what witty things she might say if she could speak. She probably could write a book that rivals Dorothy Parker and Oscar Wilde for their wicked wit. Although Oscar Wilde is widely known as a playwright, his fairy tales for children are exquisite and poignant stories of true beauty, selfless love, generosity, loyalty, brilliant wit, and moral aestheticism such as “The Birthday of the Infanta,”, “The Selfish Giant,” The Nightingale and the Rose” and the Happy Prince,” among others. They are true classics of wonder for all ages and I imagine his fairy tale, “The Devoted Friend” might be her favorite as demonstrated by her loyalty to our family, especially her beloved Mikey. When I saw her precious face in this photograph, I associated to a quote from Fran Liebowitz. “If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater…suggest that he wear a tail.” Rachael Hale, a well known dog photographer wrote 101 Salivations:For the Love of Dogs, a tribute to the animals who have stood by us for centuries and continue to be our best friends. Please view this in the large format. This portrait of Molly was taken with Nikon DSLR D80. using a / Macro lens.
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A lovely photo of Molly sleeping. Her innocence and purity of soul are so revealing when she is asleep. She is the sweetest soul. As Andy Rooney once said “The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” “To eer is human, to forgive canine.” Please view in large format. Nikon DSLR D80 / Macro Lens
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15×22 watercolor on cold press Arches paper. Original available. A Gordon Setter is a large breed of dog, a member of the setter family that also includes both the better-known Irish Setter and the English Setter. Setter breeds are classified as members of either the Sporting or Gundog Group depending on the national kennel club or council. The original purpose of the breed was to hunt gamebirds. Their quarry in the United Kingdom, may be partridge or grouse, pheasant, ptarmigan, blackgame, snipe or woodcock: whilst overseas bird dogs are worked on quail, willow grouse, sand grouse, guinea fowl, sage hen, francolin and any other bird that will sit to a dog – that is to say, will attempt to avoid a potential predator by concealment rather than by taking to the wing at the first sign of danger. It is this combination of a bird that will sit fast in front of a dog that will remain on point that makes bird dog work possible. / Origin / This is the title of the chapter covering pointers and setters in Stonehenge’s work on dogs published around a hundred and fifty years ago. The term ‘Gun Dogs’ would pretty well cover all the dogs described in the chapter. Many of the gun dogs described by Stonehenge are no longer to be found in the United Kingdom or have been absorbed into one of the other breeds. The Russian Setter, the Welsh Setter, Northern Irish Water Spaniel, Southern Irish Water Spaniel and English Water Spaniel, the Spanish Pointer and the Portuguese Pointer have all disappeared in the past hundred and fifty years, and the pictures of some of the breeds that are still with us show considerable differences to the breed as we see them today. Edward Laverick wrote in The Setter, published in 1872: ‘the setter is but an improved spaniel’; while the Rev Pearce in The Dog, published in the same year, said, ‘he is a direct descendant of the Spaniel: “a Setting Spaniel” was the first Setter’. Since then this is the generally agreed with conclusion that the Setter was primarily derived from the old Land Spaniel, so called so as to distinguish it from the Water Spaniel. It is however likely that outside crosses with Hounds or Pointers did influence its development. William Taplin in The Sportsman’s Cabinet (1803-04) maintained that it was ‘originally produced by a commixture between the Spanish pointer and the larger breed of the English spaniel’. We now really need not to go back to the Spaniel and its specialised development into the setting-dog, as it was called, and can be found in the work by the famous French sportsman, Gaston de Foix, Vicomte de Bèarn (1331-91), who it is said owned about 1500 dogs ‘brought from all countries of Europe’ and was known as ‘Gaston Phèbus’ owing to his love for the chase. This work is called Livre de Chasse or Miroir de Phèbus, and was started in 1387. This work was the bases of The Master of Game written between 1406 and 1413 by Edward III’s grandson, Edward, second Duke of York, who acknowledged his debt to de Foix. Below is the main passage referring to the Spaniel and the Setting-dog, as republished in 1904: ‘Another kind of dog is that is called falcon-dog or spaniel (espaignols in the French original ed.) because it comes from Spain, notwithstanding that there are many in other countries…. ‘A good spaniel should not be too rough, though his tail should be rough. The good qualities that such a dogs are these: They love well their masters and follow them without losing, although they be in a great crowd of men, and commonly they go before their master, running and wagging their tail, and raise or stat fowl and wild beasts. But their right craft is of the partridge and of the quail. It is good for a man that has a noble goshawk, or a tierecel, or a sparrowhawk for the partridges to have such dogs; and also, when they are taught to be couchers (chiens couchants in the original French – ed.), they are good for taking partridge and quail with the net…’ (Baillie-Grohman, p66). The modern Gordon Setter is a predominantly black dog with rich tan marking on the muzzle, legs and chest. A little bigger and heavier than either the Irish or English, he is nevertheless descended from the same genetic mixing pot , which undoubtedly has its origins among those setting spaniels we met earlier. The Kennel Club applied the name ‘Gordon Setter’ to the breed in 1924. Before that they were known as vlack and tan setters, and were found in many kennels beside those of the Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon (1743-1827). Indeed, as we shall see, there is plenty of evidence that the majority of the setters at Gordon Castle during the Duke’s time were tri-colored rather than pure black and tan. The breed was brought to the United States by George Blunt and Daniel Webster in 1842, with the purchase of two dogs from the Duke’s kennels. The American Kennel Club officially recognized the breed in 1892. (information from Wikipedia) Complete 2004
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I have had special relationships with all my dogs. Like the friends or life partners we choose, we form a more intimate and powerful bond with some of our precious animals. Although, I have loved many dogs since childhood, there were two that touched my heart so deeply that words could never describe. Before I rescued Mikey at two years old and was blessed with Molly at eleven months, Willard, a tri-colored English Setter was one of the most precious relationships I ever had with a human or canine. I have many humorous stories I could write about this delightful and loving dog, but I would write a book. Tri-color Setters are more difficult to find than those that are orange belton like Mikey and others that are blue belton. Willard was black and orange, but the black is dominant with a large orange marking on his leg. Although the color looks like black, it is referred to as blue. The one thing he asked for was never to shut the door so he would be unable to enter the room we were in. There is a saying that dogs are always on the wrong side of the door. For Willard this was catastrophic. When I first acquired him at 9 weeks he began working with my patients since at that time my private practice was in my home. I promised him I would not shut him out and he proved to be a wonderful therapy dog for kids and adults. Among many amusing stories, I will always remember when I got up to shower before beginning my day with my patients. Comfortably washing my hair and enjoying a refreshing warm shower on a cold winter’s day I suddenly heard a cry that almost shattered the glass door of the shower. Looking through the misty glass door, there was Willard crying and wailing. It never occurred to me that closing a door meant the shower door! He was in the same room with me so I thought I would hurry up before my eardrums shattered from his catastrophic wailing. My hair was still full of shampoo so I could not immediately leave the shower and this was certainly not OK with Willard. His screams continued to pierce my eardrums. I thought if I opened the door with the hot water and suds from the shampoo and conditioner, he would understand why I closed the door and harmony would return to our relatively peaceful relationship. I opened the door and to my surprise and alarm, Willard happily walked in the shower and sat next to me while getting soaked with water and shampoo. I quickly rinsed my hair knowing I had about 30 minutes to dry my hair and get dressed for my morning patient. Now I had the dilemma of blow-drying Willard and trying not to be late for a loaded schedule that day. We both left the shower and he sat happily on the bath mat soaked. Before drying myself I towel dried my little devil and barely made it to work after blow-drying both of us. After that he did adjust to the fact that I would not shower with him again, but despite the shower door, he never was on the wrong side of the door again!! This is one of my favorite pictures in our backyard. My son Kevie was taking photography in middle school and received a powerful camera for his birthday. I thought it would be fun to set up scenes with Charlie so I could experiment with this great camera before digital cameras and time or motivation to explore photography. Charlie threw on a velvety throw over his clothes, draped fabric over the chaise lounge and told me when his set was ready for my first shoot. The detail in this photograph can be appreciated by viewing it in the larger format. Charlie’s mother had recently passed away and to make the photo more eccentric he put her earring on to add to the ambience and amusement of this unforgettable experience. Willard passed away when he was 10 years old and to this day I miss my wonderful friend. There are no words to describe how much I loved him. It is obvious that I have a deep love for all animals rescuing many dogs over the years. Today Mikey and Molly fill my heart and I could never imagine living without a canine companion preferring to have two to three dogs to enrich my life. /
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This is the once in a lifetime shot and can be considered mission impossible. Excuse the photo quality. I had to snap this in record time and the content is my purpose in uploading it, not the clarity of the image, Given that the participants are adults and Olympia appears to like tight clothes, I think this photograph is in good taste revealing nothing too graphic since both dogs are wearing coats. Sometimes we have to lighten up for the sake of a good laugh and enjoy the spirit of the most unlikely pairing we might ever see. This scene might have lasted a few minutes. My friend brought her 7 lb. Italian Greyhound over not knowing she was in heat. She exhausted Mikey following him everywhere with no consideration of Molly’s feelings. He tried to get away knowing that the size difference and the fact he is neutered was not going to satisfy his little friend’s desire. She was relentless so in one kind moment Mikey lightly mounted her lifting her slightly off the ground. After I told my friend to take Olympia home because Mikey was so tired of her chasing him, he fell rapidly to sleep. Since his “lipstick” never emerged this was a meaningless tryst. This is what I told Mikey when we had our heart to heart talk. He now understands he did not betray Molly and when he showed her the picture, she laughed and did not even know what was troubling him. She just asked him, “Why were you playing leap frog with Olympia?” I have not even had my sex talk with my daughter yet so she didn’t even know what he was doing. It is interesting how we can get so bothered by things we imagine are going to happen causing intense anxiety and guilt when what we fantasize is only our own projection. I told Mikey that anxiety is anticipatory and I believed Molly would understand. He learned a big lesson today and said he would try to live in the moment and was very appreciative of the great attitude of his faithful companion, Molly who eased his guilt. He was worried since I did not have time to offer them a bedroom out of Molly’s sight. She did ask if they smoked afterward? I thought that was a fair question. Don’t you? /
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Photo: S. Pryce / Treatment: Hickerson /
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My English Setter, Briar, always wants to come along when I go out picture-taking, and often becomes the subject. He will “fish” forever, though I don’t think he’s ever caught anything. / I processed this photo with Photoshop’s Watercolor effect, because it handles the wet hair so well: /
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pencil illustration of an Irish Setter wearing a plaid doggy coat. standing in snow.
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My Irish Setter (Tallow) having fun in the snow in order to get this shot I had to walk my dog knee deep in the orchard, have him sit and then retrace my steps on the way back. I did this so that when I took the photo you wouldn’t see my footsteps in front of Tallow (my dog). I did this 3 times and then ran out of orchard. This was the best of about 50 shots. I guess I should have planned ahead and shot at a different angle so that the trees weren’t shown behind him 2 Greeting Cards sold Challenges / 1st place Challenge Winner Mans best friend’s (It’s winter time) 5th place in What makes ME happy in the group Who ARE you to Judge? 4th place in “Running Dogs and Cats” in Cats and Dogs group challenge 5th place in “Avatar Challenge- Action!” in phoDOGraphy 5th place in Pet’s in Action (Paws N Claws group) 2nd place in “Your Beautiful Pets” in Canon Vs Nikon group 1st place in “5 or more Features, Dogs and Cats only” in the group Paws n Claws / Sept 9, 2009 / Wait for me Featured in / Speed / Mans Best Friend’s (Dogs only) / Cats and Dogs (1 per day) / phoDOGraphy Aug 28, 2009 / Animals in Action Aug 28, 2009 / JPG Cast-Offs Aug 29, 2009 / Bits and Pieces Sept 2, 2009 / Snow! Glorious Snow Sept 13, 2009 814 views and 44 favorites at time of entry to The 500 Views Group times
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my setter picking apples in the summer
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This is one of my favorite photographs of my dog Molly, a red and / white Irish Setter. One of my great joys is looking into her / deep and soulful eyes. She has the rare capacity to make us laugh / simply by viewing her various expressions. Her feelings and / reactions are on the surface and Molly appears to not possess any awareness of why we can’t restrain ourselves from laughing as / we delight in her pure innocence. To appreciate this stunning / member of our family, please view this photo in the larger format. / This photo was taken with a Macro lens.
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Watercolour & Pen painting of an Irish Red setter dog.
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Thanks to the hosts of Pets Are Us for featuring this picture on 16.08.09 /
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If there is anyone that doesn’t know Phantom is the one that lead me to my love of photography as well as being my favorite subject. This was one of his “quiet” moments. Featured ‘Cats & Dogs’ – Oct. 2009 / Featured ‘Mans Best Friend’s’ – Oct. 2009 / Featured ‘Paws & Claws’ – Oct. 2009 / Featured ‘Dimensions’ – Dec. 2009
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Now you might wonder what is wild Phantom or the lupine. My answer would be….BOTH. One of my favorites because Phantom lead me to my passion of photography as well as it really shows his “wild” side. Featured ’#1 Artist of RB’ – Oct 2009
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This is a photo of my Irish Setter Tallow and myself I had the camera mounted on the tripod and I had a remote control in my hand while I was healing with Tallow. I was out searching for photos of the fall colours and thought I would thought I would try something different. This is what I came up with. Nikon D80 / ISO 400 / 1/80 at f/9 / 55-200 lens / focal length 60mm / -1 EV featured in All Pets Great and Small Nov 17, 2009
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The Irish setter is among the most graceful and natural of field dogs.
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