Training an Irish setter is a practice in patience. They take to instruction easily and pick up new tricks quickly, but their headstrong nature means your Irish setter will often test boundaries. But once they learn a new task, they never need a refresher course. Consistency and variety is key in training your Irish setter. Once properly trained, Irish setters make excellent therapy and companion dogs.
In fact, you can often find them visiting hospices and retirement homes, providing a calming, loving presence to people in need. While they require a good amount of space to run around, Irish setters should not be left in a yard unattended, as they may dig or destroy things out of boredom. Also, Irish setters form extremely strong bonds with their humans and tend to suffer from separation anxiety if left alone for more than a couple of hours.
Irish setters are excellent hunters, but they have no guarding instincts. If you have an active lifestyle , the Irish setter might be your perfect dog. As a breed that forms deep bonds, your Irish setter will love going everywhere you do, and their high levels of energy and endurance make them excellent companions for runs once they are a year old. Some will even jog alongside you during bike rides.
Irish setters make excellent hunting companions, with a strong sense of smell and a natural desire to track and retrieve.
Anyone who gets one of these is going to have to take them running or out to the dog park. Irish setters are extremely social dogs and will do well in households with children or other dogs.
Your Irish setter will love you. So much so that separation anxiety may be a problem, and if they are going to be left unattended for more than a couple of hours at a time, this may manifest itself in destructive chewing or barking. You have an Irish setter. Did you get a brush? But all that beauty comes at a price. That long, fine hair is going to collect burrs easily and, if left unattended, will mat up quickly.
Brushing at least three times a week will be a requirement. And you should still get used to having hair around your house, because shedding is a moderate concern for Irish setters, especially during the spring months when the dogs ditch some of that thick undercoat that serves them so well during the winter.
Simply put, an Irish Setter can be a great choice for young families and hunters alike, and their mild attitude and rambunctious energy will rub off on you! The bark of an Irish Setter is short, yet demands attention. Generally, Irish Setters will only bark when annoyed or threatened.
Most Irish Setters are well-behaved at home and will not bark if they are properly exercised. A smart, attentive breed, Irish Setters are generally easy to train using positive reinforcement reward-based methods. Take your puppy to obedience classes to ensure that they grow into happy dogs who are good with both strangers and other animals. When it comes to exercising your Irish Setter, be prepared for a lot of activity. Setters excel outdoors and will be a bundle of energy in practically any weather condition.
Long walks are mandatory for these dogs, and most will need to be run both in the morning and at night. For owners looking to get their dog involved with competitions, Irish Setters excel at hunting tests and agility competitions. With proper training, all Setters are capable of hunting, but field-bred Setters are often well-suited for field trials where horses and riders keep up with them, Bateman says. Irish Setters are an active breed, and as such, require sufficient calories for their energy demand.
However, if your Irish Setter is not provided with enough exercise, they can quickly become overweight. Always offer portion-controlled meals of a high quality, balanced diet to keep your Setter at a healthy body weight. Certain health conditions can occur more commonly in Irish Setters than in other breeds. Responsible breeders perform a variety of screening and genetic tests in an attempt to decrease the incidence of some of these conditions in future generations of Setters.
As with other deep chested dogs, Irish Setters are predisposed to developing gastric dilatation-volvulus, also known as GDV or bloat. With this condition, the stomach fills with gas, fluid and food, and flips on itself so that the contents cannot be emptied. Life-threatening compromise can occur due to the compression of major blood vessels, which can result in cardiac dysfunction and shock.
A surgical procedure known as a gastropexy can be performed to prevent this condition. Avoid exercising your dog an hour or two before or after meals and keep food and water bowls on the ground rather than in a raised stand.
Even if your Irish Setter appears to be healthy at home, continue taking them to the veterinarian for routine wellness care. Your veterinarian has been extensively trained to detect subtle problems before they become more significant. Also monitor your Setter for any changes at home, including weight gain, lethargy, coughing, lameness, seizures, vomiting, diarrhea or regurgitation, and contact your veterinarian with any concerns.
As with any breed, a number of health conditions have been identified in the Irish Setter, occurring either at an increased frequency in the breed or through a genetic link. These conditions may include, but are not limited to, the following: Patent ductus arteriosus, Vascular ring anomalies, Atopic dermatitis, Primary seborrhea, Hypothyroidism, Congenital megaesophagus, Gastric dilatation-volvulus, Gluten-sensitive enteropathy, Hypertrophic osteodystrophy, Osteosarcoma, Cerebellar hypoplasia, Globoid cell leukodystrophy, Idiopathic epilepsy, Lissencephaly, Ambylopia and quadriplegia,Cataracts, Entropion, Everted cartilage of the third eyelid,Progressive retinal atrophy, Persistent hyaloid artery and Laryngeal paralysis.
Although considered a medium-sized dog, Irish Setters are known to mature very slowly and will only start to age out of the puppy phase around three years old. Arguably, the most famous Irish Setter was, in fact, fictional. President Richard Nixon had an Irish Setter while in office, named after the small town in Ireland where his family had their roots. With long feathering down their backsides, chests, legs and ears, Setters require regular brushing to avoid mats, Bateman says.
A pin brush works well on their feathering, while a boar-hair or horse-hair brush works best on their bodies, she adds. The breed requires semi-regular bathing and special attention should be given to their ears, which can often hang into their food or water.
Due to their long coats, Irish Setters shed a fair amount. If you live in a climate that enjoys all four seasons, your Irish Setter will shed their winter coat and grow a thinner, lighter coat in the summer. The dog must be made to heel beside or behind the human, as in the dog's mind, the leader goes first and that leader must be the human. In addition, they will also enjoy running free in the safety of a fenced yard. Daily brushing and combing of the soft, flat, medium-length coat is all that is required to keep it in excellent condition.
Keep it free from burrs and tangles, brushing extra when the coat is shedding. Bathe and dry shampoo only when necessary.
This breed is an average shedder. At one time the Irish Setter was a red and white dog with shorter legs than today's breed. The shorter legs were most likely bred in to help the dogs "set" the game. They would crouch down low near the bird so that the hunter could walk over and toss a net over the prey and the dog. In the 19th century selective breeding produced a dog with a pure chestnut red coat and the white was bred out of the breed. It is probably older than the English Setter.
The Irish Setter is an all-purpose hunting dog, both a pointer and retriever in all types of terrains. It is especially good for hunting game birds. It has an excellent nose and is very fast. When the Irish Setter finds his game he runs quickly back and forth in front of the hunter in order to alert him.
The Irish Setter's talents include hunting, tracking, retrieving, pointing, watchdog, agility and competitive obedience. I just got him today and he already seems to love his new home! He already knows how to sit and we're still working on the down command. George got his name by my family voting for what we wanted to name him. The names we had were George, Seamus, Champ and Bama.
I can't wait to see George grow up to be a healthy adult dog. Her nickname is Ala B. Her likes are spending time with me, going places with me and playing with her friend Bama an adult Irish Setter , pointing at things, walking up and down stairs, running and riding in the truck.
Her dislike is being scolded. Her favorite things to eat are her food Royal Canine , dog cookies from PetCo's treat bar, anything she can get in her mouth to chew on, rib bones to chew on for dogs and pig ear chewies.
Her favorite toys are a stuffed squeaky cow toy, tennis balls, a squeaky stuffed horse and pretty much anything that she can get her mouth on! She is a sweetie! She is going to be a beautiful dog when she grows up! She is changing every day! I think she is going to be a big girl! She weighed a little over 9 lbs. It's like she is getting taller every day!
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