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It is great to hear from all of you and to see how the pups are doing and what wonderful homes they are going to. It keeps us inspired to raise the absolute best setters that we can. We also wish to thank each and every one of you for keeping in contact and for the wonderful/fun photos and cards that you send our way.

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Attached is a photo of my 7 month old pup Will getting some bird work this morning. Field trial season starts in a couple of weeks and I may enter Will in some puppy stakes if time permits.
B.B. …………… Oklahoma

Murphy (Blacksmith) just a few weeks before turning 8 hunting grouse in the woods of MN. This was his first trip on this type of hunt. I didn’t know what to expect in thick conditions but he was a natural. Figured out what he was doing right away and got on birds like a champ. We had a blast. As you can tell he did too, curled up for a rest after a long fun day. Keep up the good work.
S.N. ……………… Minnesota

Kerry & Marian,
I wanted to send you a picture of Mr. Peabody – we named him Buster. He is now a year and a half old. I took him out on some late season Pheasant hunting here in Colorado, and he is just an awesome Bird Dog! I have been hunting Pheasants, without a dog for the last 5 years, and have learned so much about Pheasants from watching Buster hunt. He loves to hunt, has a keen nose, and those incredible “find and point the bird” skills you read about. He is so fun to have around the house and is a true member of our family.
T.S. ……………… Colorado

Kerry & Marian,
Attached are a few photos of Molly and Pickle. Told you I would send some pictures when I got them. Molly is almost 5 years old and Pickle in nearly 2. First picture is Molly, second is Pickle backing Molly and the third photo is Pickle on point. These dogs have been a joy to own and fun to hunt with. They make great companions and are lovable around the grandkids. Thanks for such fine dogs and keep up the great work. J.W. …………………… Illinois

Hi Kerry
Just thought i would drop you a quick line to let you know how good Jazz is doing, she is growing like a weed... We had our first vet visit last week and she passed with flying colors. She was a big hit with the Vet. My main reason for writing is to tell you how impressed the Vet was with the paperwork you supplied to me regarding her immunizations. The time you have spent raising and preparing your puppies is greatly appreciated and has been noticed all the way out here... Keep up the good work and thanks again for a great puppy.
S.D. …………… North Dakota

Hello Kerry
I wanted to update you on the progress of the female puppy we bought from you back in October. I think she is out in the woods as I
write this email, with my wife, daughter and her friend. We named the pup "Lucca" after a town in Italy that we went to in the summer of 2010. Lucca is a great dog and is coming along very well. She is really a social animal, both with people and other dogs. She's still young, so the big dogs scare her a bit. She has a great nose that is going to waste with us in suburbia but we are getting out into the woods enough so that she doesn't lose her talent. She's been to the vet a number of times to make sure she gets everything she needs and is doing great health wise. My daughter really loves having Lucca around. I think Lucca has made a big difference to our daughter on a day to day basis. I think we all agree that a good dog offers as much to the owners as it does to the dog. Even though we are in Lexington
Massachusetts; we probably get Lucca into the woods more than most dog owners unless they already live there. Thanks for raising such good dogs. I wish I hunted so I could see that side of this dog. I've now owned 3 Setters and never hunted one bit but I can certainly appreciate the breeding. She is really a fine animal. Happy holidays
P.L. ................. Massachusetts

Hi Kerry and Marian-
Just wanted to let you know that "Hunter" (according to my daughter's insightfulness) made it to Charlotte just fine. What a beautiful dog. I am very impressed with him. He is bonding very well with the family including Meme the cat, exploring all facets of his new home, and generally settling-in just fine. He's already been shopping to the local Pet Smart and has everything he needs. Thanks very much for having him all nice and clean. I followed your instructions to the letter and had NO problems with the airlines. As a matter of fact, he got here early. You guys do a very professional job. Thanks very much again for all your help and of course, for a beautiful setter.
D.B. ………… South Carolina

Hi Kerry
Here are more pictures of tommy, and my sons first quail hunt, tommy parents where Powerball and Meg. He has really turned out to be a great hunting dog.

F.A. .......... Texas

Good morning,
I thought I would send you a picture of one of your dogs. We got Barney from you 4 years ago. He is the son of Dapper Dan and Yanni. He is a great dog. He hunts well and has a personality that won’t quit. I took the picture after a walk this fall when the Sumac was turning.
Have a great holiday.
J.C. …………. Minnesota

Hi Kerry and Marian,
Hope this finds you folks well. Just wanted to email an update on Mego..., she's doing great! She's with a friend of mine at "Grouse Boot Camp" in PA. I loaned him Mego for the fall grouse season. They have hunted every day of the grouse season except one and have moved 100 - 150 birds, and Mego has gotten a grouse education. I'll be taking her south with me this winter and hope to put an AKC Master Hunter title on her.
E.L. ……………… New York

Rock N Roll's 12th Birthday.

Thanks for such a great dog!

C.H. …………………. Oregon

Hi Kerry,
I forgot to attach a picture of Emmett to my email! He definitely has an eye for birds, he is constantly looking out the window for them, then sees one, then goes to the door and barks to be let out! Below are two pictures of Emmett. I can't believe he is already 6 months! Pics are of Emmett Looking at a Robin that flew up into the tree. After he was let out he was pointing at a robin on the other side of the kids toys. His pointing is getting better all the time. Thanks, Kristina

Hi Kerry and Marian!
Have not talked to you two in a while. My name is R**** W****. I bought Tanner from you 15 and a half years ago. He was the son of your dog Ike and Copper. Your little girl at the time named him because he was Tanner than most.
Tanner was a great dog! His drive was, to put it mild….Unbelievable. The dog lived to hunt birds. He was a house dog. When he was 6 months old he would run from window to window in our home just to look for Robins. I worked with Tanner every day and he loved it. He was so easy to train. He looked forward to it every day. He pointed and I shot his first pheasant on you ranch that year. If you remember you even got him to back Ike when Ike was on the other side of the river! As you know the last 15 years we have all enjoyed the high population of birds in ND. Tanner and I had a great life together. I had to put Tanner down on Thursday. He was 15 and 6 months old.
Just wanted you and Marian to know that the dog you sold me had a great impact on my life. I am a full time Firefighter in ***** for the last 26 years and have seen many things. The passing of Tanner was a huge event in my life. I have been to your home, know your neighbors, hunted with you and seen the effort you and Marian put into the Setters you raise. Just wanted to pat you two on the back and tell you to keep it up and it is worth it. My life was better for having Tanner in it. He will always be remembered and loved. Your work does more than produce great dogs. Your work produces more memories then you know and makes people’s lives better. I thought I had the best job in the world? Thank you both, Randy. The next time I am in the neighborhood I will have to stop by just to hug a Setter.

Hi Kerry,
A couple of pictures from our latest outing with Winchester. Went on a
1,100 mile road trip into the interior so we could get one last spring hunt in. Season stays open a month longer up north. Lots of big country up there and Winchester is in his element running the big high country. The caribou seemed fascinated by us.
S.M. ....................... Alaska

Hi Kerry
Here are some pictures of Tommy. He is the son of Powerball and Meg. My husband, *** *** purchased him from you and wanted to send you some pictures of Tommy. Tommy was a hunting machine this year lots of quail.
F.A. .............. Texas

Dear Kerry and Marian
I feel I must join the ranks of your many fans and satisfied customers. There are many owners of fine animals, but very few who have the talent to breed them. Hana, Dapper Dan X Destiny was the pick of the litter that I told you to pick the best one for me out of the litter. What a wonderful dog she is. As for training, all you have to do is take her hunting. She does the rest. These kind of dogs with a lot of bred in natural ability are what your program is about. Thanks for breeding a great setter...J.H. ……………….. Montana

Kerry... hope all is well for you folks this spring. The pup is doing well, growing of course, and healthy. Clearly a bright dog, given that he picks up on the yard training in just 1-2 sessions. Took him on his first float last week, and he took to the water with no problem. So here's a picture for you. The real exciting thing for me is he appears to be a natural retriever.
Take care............
M.N. .................... Montana

Hi Kerry,
Winchester and I climbed up to a big valley at 2200 feet yesterday. This dog is absolutely amazing, deep snow is nothing to him, he gets out and works the area like he is running the plains. He is just a joy to watch. I put Vaseline between his toes and with that his feet never ice up and he never stops. After three and a half hours of working hard I tried to get him to eat something, he has nothing of it, just wants to keep hunting. I guess you can tell how proud I am of him.
S.M. ................. Alaska

Kerry,
Satie has been a wonderful pup from the first moment we picked her up in Orlando on February 3rd 2011. We couldn't have asked for a better loving disposition and character. We took her to the woods last weekend and let her chase some quail. It was like a switch went off and she went wild chasing them around, even went on point a couple of times and actually caught two of them. After a few moments, she picked the birds up and brought them to me. A couple of pictures. Thanks again. P.H. ……….. Florida

Hi Kerry,
Just wanted to let you know that Truman is doing WONDERFULLY. We love him. He is an excellent and elegant dog. We have people asking to adopt him all the time, and all the neighbors walk over simply to pet Truman and talk with him. He's fantastic with our kids, and he loves going on long runs in the woods and snow. He is the very best dog I could ever imagine owning. Thank you again for the world's best dog. M.W. ............. Minnesota

Hi Kerry, Hope you are doing well. I thought I would send you a photo update. The first two photos are Tucker (born 7/10) with his first wild bird (woodcock). The switch has turned on for him and he is doing wonderful. The last photo is of Tucker and Ellie (born 1/07) and two very rare birds (central North Carolina bobwhites). Tucker pointed the covey with Ellie backing and Ellie pointed a single with Tucker backing. They are proving to be a great team. TB .............................. North Carolina

Kerry,
I thought you might like to see one of my trophies - My daughter's first bird, pointed up by Jack (from your Molly) right at her feet.
J.D. .......... Minnesota

Kerry,
I finally didn't worry about shooting a bird and took a picture of Boy and my no tail dog Buck. These pup's are cleaning house. Boy is a keeper.
Thanks,
D.R. ......... Colorado

Kerry
Hunting has been ok, numbers down quite a bit here in MN. Need to come out and visit you guys, by the looks of the pics you have plenty of birds. Hank's doing great, he's got it pretty much figured out. He is a machine.
Take care
J.M. .......... Minnesota

Hi,
I just wanted to update you on Nixon, whelped 11/10/08. We’ve had a great year with Nixon, we spend most of our time in the grouse woods where is has really been maturing. I took a friend and brother-in-law to southern MN last week for some late season pheasants and he did great on the runners and really held steady. I’ve included a pic. Happy Holidays.
J.F. ......... Minnesota

Hi Kerry,
Can't help sending some more photos. We are so happy with this little guy. We are getting him out all of the time, letting him be a pup but he sure is looking good. Points some, finds birds all of the time and loves being out. He never stops hunting while we are in the field. These pictures are from two recent ptarmigan hunts.
S.M. ............. Alaska

Hi Kerry,
Right next door in S. Dakota. Just wanted to email a couple of photos..., Mego's first point on a sharptail..., hunting her solo..., she pointed the bird, held the point for photos, and retrieved it. She's doing great and getting a lot of bird work, and is much more staunch on point than I would ever expect of an 8-month old pup....

E.L. ............ New York

Hi Kerry, We took Lilly up on her first hunt this weekend at about 4 1/2 months old. She did really well! She found four birds and we brought home three. She works really hard and is comfortable around the gunfire (once she figured out it meant we had a bird for her).
Thanks again for the great pup.
Best, Z.C. .......... Wyoming

Hi Kerry and Marian,
Check out the attached photo of your "Puppy #10" who is presently at "boot camp" with ***** **** while I do fishing charters on Lake Ontario 24-7. Will be headed out your way on Sept. 16 for 3-4 weeks of bird hunting, and will stop by to show you Mego, if I'm in the neighborhood. ***** is roading Mego and my other pup every day, and both are in top shape for their western hunt. Should be fun. Mego is doing very well, staunch on point at 7 months, and one of *** **** favorites. She is a really nice little dog, loves to retrieve, a tough little hunter who specializes in rooting around in heavy cover. Very, very obedient. She's pretty much doing it all at only 7 months. Thanks for a great little setter. E.L. .......... New York

Hi Kerry,
Here's a shot of Twig taken Aug 22nd @ 14 months. Nothing else needs to be said other than "HOLY COW!!!!!".

S.P. ................ Michigan

Kerry,
Thought you might appreciate this photo of Bentley enjoying a sail on Narragansett Bay this past week. He took to sailing like he does to everything else we ask him to do….. like it’s his job…… He just loves the seagulls and diving cormorants.
Great dog, smart, cooperative, birdy, the best!
P.F. .......... Rhode Island

Here is a photo of Winchester with his first grouse at 4 months. This pup has a great nose and has the sweetest disposition of any of our dogs. The labs love him. We could not be happier and now understand at some point we will have to have another one of these great dogs.

S.M. ............. Alaska

Hello to you both. I hope your summer is off to a good start.
A year ago today we drove to San Francisco International to pick up Dakota. We loved her from the moment she stepped out of her little kennel. We love her more today than we did then. Dakota has become many things to us. She is a true family dog. She lives in our house and is always in the middle of whatever the kids are doing. She is there with her funny head tilting and inquisitive glance when she knows something is wrong. She is our excuse for exercising as she takes us for two walks every day. She is our hunting companion who is vicious in the field, but kind and gentle in the house. She has yet to meet a dog who could outrun her.

In her first year Dakota had 25 pheasant shot over her points. I think this is particularly impressive since she started the season at six months, and maybe more important, she is my first hunting dog. I know I learned much more than she did during our first season together. Towards the end of the season I just put her in the field, pointed her into the wind, and let her do her thing. It was a lot of fun. I look forward to watching her hunt the fields of the family farm in South Dakota this fall. Thanks so much for sending Dakota to us. She has been a great addition to our family. I have attached a couple of pictures of Dakota and the kids on our hunts.
Kris

Hi Kerry,
A few pics to check out. Went pheasant hunting the last two Sundays with Twig. Eight months old and doing just a fantastic job. He's got it all, great nose, great drive and awesome personality. I don't need to say anymore....the pics will do that!!!
S.P. ........... Michigan

I want to let you know that my Bird Dog, Dakota, that I bought from you is a great dog.

He turned 4 years old August the 17th.

L.G. ............. New Mexico

Marian and Kerry,
Well, this is Roxy. It has been about 10 months since I was out to pick her up. She was born 11/23/08 from Dapper Dan and Razzle. She is a great family dog and is on her way to becoming an amazing bird dog. I couldn't have asked for a better dog. Thanks. A.C. ............. Iowa

Hi there, This is J.B. here from San Francisco. I have a 2 year old female (Kerry) born Aug 8 from Blackleg and Katie. I just want to tell you she is a wonderful family dog. She loves people and is always happy! Her favorite activity is going to the beach! Enclosed are some pictures. Kerry could be a poster girl and is a good advertisement for English Setters: not a day goes by without a stranger coming up to say hi! Thank you so much for everything. J.B. ......... California

Hi I just wanted to tell you how much we are enjoying the 2 pups we picked up from you last August. We called the tri setter Sundance and the black and white Butch. We are the couple that showed up with the full car and we had a crate that was to small and we had to trade you for one. We were out camping with them on the weekend and I thought I would send you a few pictures.
Have a great day!
B.T. ...............Alberta, Canada

Greetings. We bought a female setter from you back in winter 2001. Just wanted to share some photos of her. She is out of HAVELOCK JINGLES AND HAVELOCK BLACKSMITH, her name: Free River Sage. Not only has she been an amazing upland bird hunting dog, she has also been a fabulous addition to our family and great with the kids (a bit of an adjustment for her when they came along, as she was our "first baby"...). Sage has been on the cover of 2 sporting magazines (photos attached), and featured in many others. Many thanks for such a wonderful dog.! M.E. ........... Montana

Kerry
Another shot of Lucy and my son in Nebraska late November. Prairie Chicken, quail and pheasants. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.
R.M. ......... Texas

We just wanted to send an update on Daisy! We picked her up at the airport in mid-late July and she is wonderful! It was so easy to pick her up. Well house trained as soon as she got home with us and we’ve only lost few shoes! She is great with our kids, and loves to play with them. She is very sweet and good natured. Attached is a picture of her on her second trip to Kansas this season. We wanted to send you a picture with her on point, but this one is more fun. So far she is great to watch in the field and is really getting the hang of finding the birds! We look forward to many great years with her as our hunting companion. We hope to one day make it up to see you! Thank you so much. K.H. ........... Colorado

Hey Kerry,

Here are some pics of Hank from Citation and Julie litter. These were in south west MN.

J.K. ... Minnesota

Hi there, the attached is a picture of my year and half year old puppy from a Dazzle / Powerball litter. He is a GREAT dog in every way and a pointing machine! The picture is from South Eastern Washington on the Oregon border where we got our pheasant limit in 12 minutes on Thanksgiving weekend. Thought you would enjoy seeing it.

C.S. ................ Washington

Greetings,
Hopefully you’re not getting too sick of my bragging and updates. I never thought Izzy could get any better (4 years old out of Ike and Julie)…….but she keeps amazing myself and anyone I hunt with. This is last weekend in south central ND……I’d tell you more about how good she is but I’m sure you’ve seen it a million times hunting your dogs. I hope you had a great thanksgiving!
R.H. ............................ North Dakota

Hi Kerry and Marian,
I am sending and updated picture of Gunnar- what a great dog! Mike just returned from Montana and says he has a wonderful nose. His performance was outstanding. Gunnar and our female from Grouse Ridge, Millie, just had their first litter of pups- 4 females and 4 males. We hope they have noses like their daddy!
Regards, M and K D. and Gunnar ........................ Ohio

Kerry, Just

figured that I would send an update and some pictures of the pup (Reba & Dapper Dan) I bought from you last summer. Katie broke at 5 months on her second trip in the field. She is pointing ptarmigan and backing my old dog like a pro. Kate has lots of leg for a dog who is only 5 1/2 months old, seems like she has the potential to be a real ranger (just the way we like it here on the "ROCK"). The puppy loves to comb open country, but she doesn't like to give up downed birds!! (She once ran a full hour with a bird in her mouth and wouldn't come close enough to catch her). She has all the signs of becoming a pro. The dog swims like an otter and absolutely loves the water. I am extremely pleased with her progress and can only hope for the best. Thanks again for a wonderful puppy! I'll send more pictures as she progresses.
S.B. .............. Newfoundland

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