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Setters: training, breed guides and field work for English, Irish and Gordon setters

The setter is one of the oldest and most elegant working dogs in the British Isles. Bred to range wide across open moorland, quartering into the wind and freezing on point at the scent of game, these are dogs that work at a distance and demand a handler who understands them.

ShootingUK’s setter pages cover all three principal breeds – the English setter, Irish setter and Gordon setter – their distinct working characters, breeding lines, training approaches and the field conditions where each one excels. From introduction to game and early pointing work through to grouse moor performance and the demands of the field trial circuit, the advice here comes from handlers who have worked setters at the highest level.

Stylish, independent and built for the hill. There is nothing quite like a setter at full stretch.