Thread: Gortinreagh Failte pregenant

Hi am happy to announce were are having puppy's around july 1-5th . Our bitch imported from Gerald Devine in Ireland has successfully been mated with the co-owner of FAILTE who's dog is named Rigby . Rigby is another setter of quality lineage with great health and good conformation .Rigby has been used solely as an upland game pheasant dog hunting mostly cut over pine blocks .
I will post pedigrees at some stage of both animals . I will be hunting over Rigby this weekend so will probably post something on youtube if I get some footage .
Failte is a wonderfully kind and biddable bitch with flare. She has a great nose , a solid and cautious point and is producing some excellent birds for the gun -here is a video of her working and producing for anyone interested in talking a pup once theyre on the ground .Failte is a bitch that works for the gun and this means she constantly checks in to see where the gun is -a very important quality when hunting heavier cover .
Lets hope all goes well and some of you guys carry on hunting over the beautiful English Setter

I cannot edit this post from where I am so it looks like John was mated with Failte lol sorry !!! John

failte at work on only her second ever weekend out with the gun over her for those that have not seen this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ipO4rKsgbo

Gerald Devine in Ireland's web site Gerald Devine | Gortinreagh Setters

Great looking bird country in the video!

Originally Posted by el borracho

Our bitch imported from Gerald Devine in Ireland has successfully been mated with the co-owner of FAILTE

I'm crying from laughter!

Originally Posted by Pointer

I'm crying from laughter!

YEP SHELL BE AROUND 6FT PLUS TALL HAHAHA

I'll never look at John the same way again!

Your spelling mistakes, El B...pregenant...what on earth????!!!!! Flare...flair...are you alright?


I hope Failte has safe maternities...whoever the sire is Will you have her scanned?

i couldnt go back and correct the obvious errors Ees -why , buggered if i know but it wouldn't allow me to do so hence the weirdness haha--sire Rigby!

Failte's last hunt of the year before the arrival of our beautiful litter in july

July, what is she going to be doing until July...you must let the in whelp bitch gallop daily until she decides she can do so no longer...must keep her fit for her maternities...she must have good fresh air to breathe and keep the circulation healthy. A sluggish bitch, sluggish whelps...

Have you got a whelping box sorted yet? I like to advise the vet of the due date just in case anything unexpected might happen, also get a price for the worst case scenerio, ie caesar.

Originally Posted by EeeBees

July, what is she going to be doing until July...you must let the in whelp bitch gallop daily until she decides she can do so no longer...must keep her fit for her maternities...she must have good fresh air to breathe and keep the circulation healthy. A sluggish bitch, sluggish whelps...

Have you got a whelping box sorted yet? I like to advise the vet of the due date just in case anything unexpected might happen, also get a price for the worst case scenerio, ie caesar.

Glad you ignored that bullshit!

Originally Posted by Ruff

Glad you ignored that bullshit!

Silly me, I forgot...I do not know anything about looking after bitches in whelp...

Congratulations El B...

Originally Posted by EeeBees

Silly me, I forgot...I do not know anything about looking after bitches in whelp...

Agreed. Actually, you probably do... I meet a heap of folks who claim to know all the fine details to whelping, nutrition, health and well being, but none of their dogs do any bloody thing they're told, often they have picked a solid pointing breed simply because it stops when it finds game because they couldn't stop anything not predisposed to! They use this as a demonstration of their control when the reality is they couldn't have stopped that dog from stopping even if they knew how

Get a dog with natural ability and train it well and you'll have something to be proud of. I'm not talking about me either.. I wish some of the real dog trainers would post more... Jamie Payton is a great example, his second dog, well his dad's dog but he trains and runs it in trials a GFCH at 3 1/2 years, a new record... His first dog is already titled and needs one more Challenge in Live Game to be Grand. That boy is in his early twenties and knows more about great dog work than most old farts, he knows bugger all about whelping, he knows enough about nutrition to know his dogs are healthy... is there more to know????? ... Want to stem the "Red Tide" the whelping box won;t help... get your shit together and start training better than Robyn... she's better than you folks, not your breed. Raise your game... let go of the old methods Don;t rely on the setter or a pointers predisposition to slow down on game, train the damn dog and capitalize on it. Stop relying on luck, train your dog, you have the stock... go to work!

yes we have consulted the vet and I wont hunt her heavily more but just light runs. Im hoping JP will make a whelping box for her and will talk with him tomorrow --shes on the bed now looking fatter!!! .