Dogs available - Update Elle and Dash have found homes

We occasionally have started dogs or puppies for sale. To be honest, we essentially breed for ourselves and our goals. But we can't keep all the pups from every litter and when we do have a litter, there are usually some that are available for purchase. We usually keep 20-50% of the puppies and begin to develop them. While we are bird hunters first, our main goal in breeding is to produce dogs that will be successful in field trials. I believe, based on experience, that good trial dogs can make great hunting dogs. However, there are a lot of really good hunting dogs that aren't cut out for the field trial game, often because of stylistic differences between what is seen as ideal for a trial dog. Often we have dogs that we work hard to develop and evaluate, giving them time and training to show if they can be successful as field trial competitors, but in the end they just don't quite have all it takes to be a stylish, dead broke (steady to wing and shot) trial dog. And those dogs we then try to find loving hunting homes for.

We care deeply about our dogs, they are part of the family. And so when we have one that we've put time and effort into developing but it won't make a trial dog, we start trying to find the right home for it. We do sell these dogs, but we are more interested in the right home than how much we can sell them for. Because of that, I rarely post a price on these dogs. We try to work with the right people to get the dog a wonderful home.

HUNTING DOG AVAILABLE

Pine Straw Covergirl (ELLE)

WE HAVE FOUND A HOME FOR ELLE.

Elle is almost 4 years old, runs beautifully, has an awesome loving and biddable personality, finds birds and gets them pointed. Elle is available as a hunting dog. Contact us for more details on Elle and price.

We do sometimes have young field trial prospects that are available as well. If we feel we have a particularly promising group of pups we've kept from a litter who all show potential we may be willing to let one go to a field trial home. At this time (Jan. 2017) we have such a litter with three young (5 month old) dogs that all appear to us to have field trial potential. So if you are serious about a young field trial Setter give us a call.

FIELD TRIAL PROSPECTS

These pups will be 6 months old on Jan. 13. They are 2X National Champion Shadow Oak Bo X RUCH Pine Straw Katydid.

DASH

WE HAVE FOUND A HOME FOR DASH

Dash is showing a lot of potential. He is leggy and runs with a fancy tail. He is very birdy and is diligent in his searching. We kept Dash because a buyer changed their mind and then shortly afterward he broke a bone in his leg. So we kept him through rehab and continued his development. We have been assured that the leg is now fine and in fact will be stronger than it would have been. We would really like to see Dash go to a field trial home of some kind.

EMMY and CHESTER

Emmy (tricolored female) and Chester (O&W Male) are where we are going to have a tough time deciding. Emmy is fast and snappy, and a very seriously good bird finder. She is pointing with rare intensity for this age, and hits those points hard. Chester is very fancy running, uses his nose well with his head up and points with style. He is the kind of pup that wants to go with you, not just run off, while still being bold about going and searching for birds. While we aren't actively seeking a home for either Emmy or Chester, the right person may be able to talk us into selling one of them, but we are pretty serious about seeing how they develop as field trial prospects.

EXPERIENCED FIELD TRIAL DOG MAGGIE has been sold. She will be a Texas bird finder come the fall. We sold Maggie to experienced quail hunter and new friend Dean.

At this time we have one experienced field trial dog who is available. AKC Field Champion Pine Straw Magpie has a number of field trial placements, both AKC and American Field, and both walking and horseback. Maggie is out of Grand National Grouse Champion Chip's Uncle Buzzie X Annibel Blue Sky. Maggie is a dead broke field trial dog, or would make an outstanding polished hunting dog. Maggie is just one point shy of her AKC Amateur Field Champion title at this time (Jan 2017). We will continue to trial her as long as we have her. She is lively and quick and looks good on her birds. Maggie weighs about 36 pounds when in trial shape. She has whelped one litter of puppies several of whom are promising derbies on Jeanette Tracy's string. Maggie is 4 years old.

If interested in any of the dogs or you want to talk about our dogs, field trials, or our future breeding plans feel free to contact me at pinestrawsetters@gmail.com or call 912-256-3826.