Ziggy Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 from this to THIS!!! : In just 4 months???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 How gorgeous . Can't decide whether puppy or grown up is more gorgeous . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Gosh he hasn't half grown Still gorgeous though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 4 months?! Beautiful though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted March 30, 2010 Author Share Posted March 30, 2010 He is now 27 kgs... a full grown setter is anything between 30 and 33 kgs... He is VERY strong... but he is a darling... I love the idea of puppies, and how cute and sweet they are, but I must admit they are also hard work (maybe, especially, when it's your first dog ever, and you also have 4 kids to train , and the pup to train, and yourself to train, and your husband to train)... and there is nothing that can compare to standing there and feeling a warm nose in your hand and look down to see a calmer, adoring dog staring back and say 'come on boy, let's go for a walk'... his presence now is amazing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 He's a gorgeous boy and looks so soft. You lucky person, hope the human training goes well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 What a gorgeous boy he is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Awww Great photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chunkin Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 What a gorgeous boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 He's stunning Ziggy, and now that the weather is getting better, we hope to meet up soon. I know what you mean about the calming down - Ruby is starting to reach that stage now (lurchers are always skittish until they are about 2 years old ) and it's so nice to have her come when called and sit nicely. Well done, he's a credit to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 He is a handsome boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 wow, isnt he handsome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebird Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 What a stunning boy. It might be something to do with food and genetics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 He is gorgeous, I think I've said before that he's my hubby's favourite dog, so I'm not going to show him the photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorimer73 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 He is a really lovely looking dog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted April 3, 2010 Author Share Posted April 3, 2010 Thanks everybody... the vet seemed quite impressed with him too, partly because there aren't many irish setters around... As he's our first dog, we always wonder about all kinds of things (we thought we were prepared, and we had read many books, subscribed to dog magazines, watched every dog-oriented tv program for two years... only to find out that, like with kids, you can't really be fully prepared, a lot of it is experience and on-hands learning), so had a few questions for the vet (including stains on Charlie's tongue and lumps under his muzzle), but all seems good, and he seems a happy healthy boy. Claret, would love to meet up with Ruby, but word of warning... Charlie is a teenage boy with hormones raging... (my 10 year old daughter keeps trying to explain to him that trying to make babies with his cushion will NOT work, and that if it did the babies would look very odd indeed )... Hubby is desperate to let him off the leash some time, but I think he is nowhere near ready for that... His training is going ok, he is getting more focused and quicker at figuring out what we want, but his recall is still totally unreliable, and I can't think of anywhere safe to practise it except the garden or the park with a very long leash... OH once let him off in a field, a few weeks ago, and I wasn't too happy to hear that... Any advise on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 We'll have to meet up and do some recall with him then. Ruby will probably ignore his amorous advances, besides, she can run really fast, so he'd have to catch her first! You could get in touch with Julie again re the recall; she has some really good techniques. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadietoo Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 He's absolutely stunning Ziggy...but how did you manage to get him to be so calm in just a few months????? We had a Red Setter many many moons ago, and he didn't calm down until he was about seven!!!!! If I let him off at the beach, even in his old age, he'd immediately be off chasing the seagulls and heading for France. He had training classes and all that, and knew exactly how to behave there....it was just when he got outside again he reverted to the exuberant wild Irishman he was....a fun dog but such a handfull....but just remembering him now makes me smile a huge smile, I'm sure he's having a grand time - his Red Setter Heaven will be full of seagulls (and bits of leaf and twigs, and blackbirds and rabbits and old bits of rubbish anything else that moves) to chase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted April 12, 2010 Author Share Posted April 12, 2010 Hi Sadie I'm not sure I'd call Charlie 'calm'... he is usually a bundle of energy bouncing around the place like a lunatic and wagging his tail so hard it hurts if it hits your leg... I haven't let him off the leash yet, but we have a large garden and he sure charges through that as if life depended on speed... We work hard with him to encourage him to be calmer around the kids, because he is so big he easily knocks the three year old off her feet (and she's a pain cause she keeps exciting him), and even the older kids find him overwhelming if he gets too mad... so we try hard to get him to be excited when playing ball in the garden, but to be civilised in the house... he is still young, and it's a work in progress, which I understand with an irish setter will remain 'in progress' for a long time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
