English Setter

One is certainly one of the spread dogs of hunting more and with reason, due to its excellent qualities venatorias associated to its beautiful aspect and its sweet and gentile expression. Optimal dog of hunting, that is lent more to being used in varied lands and for diverse types of animals, is equipped with a very fine sense of smell, good speed and resistance and a kindly, good natured and sweet character, that frequently takes it to be chosen by people who are not hunters like company dog. 

It can, perfectly, be said that the father of this wonderful dog of hunting, of English origin, was Sir Lawerack and, current, to this race occurs the name him of Setter Lawerack unjustly, because this line is very rare at the present time. Towards beginnings of second half of century XIX, dividing of the best dogs then existing in Great Britain, Sir Lawerack, working with a strict selection, crossing often dogs of narrow consanguinity, it fixed the type present on which later it wrote, in 1872, a work of great interest that still maintains its use. Him Llewellin followed Mr. L., that sharpened the forms and made the general aspect gentile of the Setter. But this one is the most recent history, the origins of the Setter are much more old. Descending, probably, of the Spanish Braco, the Setter already was well-known in England in the heat of Renaissance as it testifies a writing, dated in 1570, of doctor Caius. Nevertheless, until end of century XIX it was constituted almost exclusively in the dog of hunting of the English. As of that moment its diffusion began by Europe, where, immediately, it was appreciated by his natural qualities of excellent hunter. Not only in England one takes care of and it deals with with care and strict criteria selectivity to this race, but that the same happens in other countries of Europe, where the number of bred units really is elevated. Therefore, nothing strange turns out to see how in many canine exhibitions and European competitions of work, the absolute winners are generally exemplary of deposits that are not indeed English.

If professor Solaro dedicated many from his studies to the Pointer, another great cinólogo, professor Fabio Cajelli, also investigated very carefully and attention to the Setter. On the general characteristics of the English race, among other things it has written: ?Its general aspect must denote the predisposition to the work, great facility of movements, long muscles, good bones, but not too much hard, cross-sectional diameters not very pronouncing. Discarding will never be recommended enough that mastodóntico English Setter, with abundant skin, lymphatic, with great head?.

Height and Weight. Raised to the cross male, of 65 to 69 cm.; females of 61 to 65 cm. Weight: males, of 27 to 30 kg; females, of 25 to 28 kg.

Head. It releases and lean, with stop marked well. Black Trufa or of color liver, according to the tonality of the layer. Deep and quite moderately square snout. Lips not very hanging. Made oval skull

Eyes. Of color it countersinks dark.

Ears. Of low birth, of average length, pendants in fine you fold against the cheeks, with the aterciopelada end.

Neck. Relatively long, muscular, lean, slightly been nauseated, without papada.

Previous extremities. Shoulders affluent thrown backwards and oblique. Great, muscular forearms, with cleared bones. Metacarpos short muscular, round, in correct seriousness.

Body. Thorax with deep and wide chest fallen between paletillas. Abarriladas, slightly salient ribs. Short and straight back. Wide kidneys, slightly been nauseated.

Later extremities. Long thighs from the haunch to corvejón. Metacarpos folded well. Feet. Closed, compact, with hair between the fingers.

Tail. Of birth almost on the line of the back, of average length slightly curved in scimitar form, without tendency to turn itself upwards.

Coat. Slightly undulated long and silky, with trousers with flecos in the extremities. Black and white color (blue belton), lemon and target (lemon belton) brown target (to liver belton), white, black tricolor and spots fire.

FEEDING. The nutritional necessities of this dog of sample are for the 1,680 males from 1,530 to Kcal. daily and for the females. 1.460 to 1,580 Kcal. daily. These data, considered like minimum ration of maintenance, must be increased for the units submissive an intense physical activity until arriving at 5,000 - 5,500 Kcal. daily. Useful for the females in gestation state, during the lactancia and for the puppies and even the adult units that present/display certain deficiencies, are the provision of mineral-vitaminic complexes. Between vitamins we remember the A, C and D and the group of vitamin B.

DAILY CARES. In addition to the suitable feeding, for a perfect hygiene of the dog they are necessary: a control of the lees that must be made several times to the year in a laboratory of clinical analysis of confidence, that allows to determine the possible presence of parasites; rigorous program of vaccinations that consider the more common infectious diseases of the region.

 

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