" English Setter" means " family dog" in all of the world' s languages, so you will have no problem meeting that need.

" Cooler" blood refers to that which is removed a generation or two (or more) from the " hot blooded" field trial champions. In good breeding, the same lines are retained (known as line breeding), for instance a son of a great champion bred to a granddaughter of either the same great champion or another champion very closely related. Some people prefer this as a way of assuring that their pups won' t be big-running dogs (it doesn' t always work). My breeding program follows this pattern, albeit removed only one generation from the top field trial blood available. My 18-month old female, Misty (below), is by CH See Johnny Run and out of Tioga Golden Girl. Johnny' s sire is HOF CH Tekoa Mountain Sunrise. Tioga Golden Girl' s sire is HOF CH Hick' s Rising Sun, whose sire is, you guessed it...HOF CH Tekoa Mountain Sunrise.

Please keep in mind that true All-Age breedings (an All-Age champion sire bred to an All-Age champion dam) occur all the time that produce comfortable foot hunting offspring, as well as field trial prospects. If you would like to know the benefits of both types of breeding, I can elaborate further.