Thread: Experienced Setter needing home for the year

I'm overseas at the moment and have had some hiccups with the care of my English Setter Northstream Blue Belle (bred by me). She was supposed to have been with family but that unfortunately was not to be, because of their extremely timid cat who decided to boycott the place when Bella was there.
She is now with a retired hunter but his wife has been hospitalized, so we probably need to find a different option again until I'm back in January.

Ideally, I was hoping for Bella to be with someone retired, or someone who'd spend time with her instead of just locking her away. So if anyone here on the forum knows of anyone decent who'd be keen, please let me know.

If this is a hunter / bird dog person they could have a good hunting season ahead. I have been using Bella on ducks (she's a strong retriever), pheasants and quail. She just turned ten years old (on February 28th) but she's still pretty fit. She has spent all her life with her mother (my Norwegian import Moulin). Unfortunately Moulin had to be put down in November, so Bella has been needing more human company since then. She is very good natured and also excellent around children.

You can read more about my dogs on www.huntfishdive.com
I can be reached either through this forum or my email ftolsen@hotmail.com

I forgot to mention that I will obviously cover her costs (food, reg. etc)

A couple of pics..

Can she do deer? @FTO

Originally Posted by Neckshot

Can she do deer? @FTO

Yeah, she'd hunt anything if she was encouraged to. I used English Pointers on deer / roe deer when I lived in Denmark in the 1990s.
However, Bella has spent her life in Northland and is a classic upland game birddog, who also has been used to plenty of duck shooting. She has also retrieved pea fowl and turkeys, despite not being a big dog (approx 18 kg).

Thanks to those who made contact regarding this. A new place has already been found, where she'll also get some shooting done over her.