Red Setter - any pearls of wisdom

virgin_moneysaver

Padstow wrote: »

Sorry hethmar, yes all homeless dogs are equal. Poor little things.

I do love the springers but I have decided against this idea as I would feel I'm replacing Nell, & maybe getting a different breed would be a bit easier. To be fair I am undecided about the Setter as he was bigger than what I was looking for, but we'll see what happens. There was a lovely x breed in the kennels who ticked all the boxes apart from one, she has staffie in her & we're not allowed on the clubsites with those, also I'd be a bit wary around my nephew ( not that I ever left him alone with Nell, but she just walked into another room of her own accord when he came to visit). I'm not looking for a pedigree, just a dog that suits us, & we suit her/him!

Will keep you posted if we are successful in our quest

Lirin

Scuba- yes, I forgot about stubborn! Seems a good factor in the breed. Ours were cunning too- if we took them out to parades, fairs, etc, we couldn't turn our backs on them- they'd have every child nearby charmed into giving up their icecream, just with a flick of those big trembly brown eyes.....

Very good, reliable and loyal dogs- love Red's.

virgin_moneysaver

well, came home from a weekend away with the girls to find waiting for me - the Setter. My husband had gone to the rescue centre whilst I was away & adopted him. God, he is so thin - his spine is so prominent, they said he was emaciated when they 1st got him. So ringing my vet this morning to take him for a check up & start building him up

WobblyDog

My parents have adopted several setters (both English and Red) from rescue centres, and they all tended to be skinny when first adopted. Within a month or two they had all eaten their way to a healthy weight.

Youdontseeme

virgin_moneysaver wrote: »

well, came home from a weekend away with the girls to find waiting for me - the Setter. My husband had gone to the rescue centre whilst I was away & adopted him. God, he is so thin - his spine is so prominent, they said he was emaciated when they 1st got him. So ringing my vet this morning to take him for a check up & start building him up

Yay:j I was hoping you would get him.

I am sure with lots of love and care he will be driving you nuts in no time!

Best of luck
YDSM

(I think we need a photo though!)

vroombroom

oooooh photos please. I LOVE setters x

virgin_moneysaver

will get a photo on ASAP - thanx to all who've contributed to this thread & the advice - Shanks is fast asleep at my feet as I write

virgin_moneysaver

OMG! - just to give you an idea of how underweight he is - according to the Setter website he should be between 25" & 27" tall, he's 26" - & between 60 -70 lb in weight - HE'S 38LB!!

OnAndUp

Oh bless!

I feed burns - when My dog was underweight they recommended adding sunflower oil to their food? Did the job - seems like a quick / easy / cheap way of adding lots of calories.

Hintza

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