tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84803187692859362732011-07-31T06:21:27.921-04:00Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.comBlogger381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-21564647170893395872011-02-23T08:21:00.007-05:002011-02-23T08:43:13.955-05:00<div align="justify"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--1so6FRT6Gk/TWUKiQgq1iI/AAAAAAAABaU/zQlv3xQc6Qw/s1600/RGD_B.jpg"><span style="color:#003300;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 137px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576875297232049698" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--1so6FRT6Gk/TWUKiQgq1iI/AAAAAAAABaU/zQlv3xQc6Qw/s200/RGD_B.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#003300;">From a notorious internet troll with less than stellar credibility who launched personal attacks on John and the Fetters Setters web site/blogspot on a public sporting forum this past winter ~ to strange claims made about the Estate of George Bird Evans of Old Hemlock fame, life is hardly ever a dull affair in the Fetters household. Not that we would have it any other way ...<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">We had begun one of our newest pages,</span> <a href="http://fetters-setters-people-say-anything.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#663300;">"Fetters Setters ~ What Some People Will Say and Do to Sell a Dog" (easily accessed by clicking here)</span></a><span style="color:#663300;"> </span><span style="color:#003300;">some time ago, however began publishing on it in early December with the first article, "Like a Hungry Tick Looking for a Dog ..." </span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;">It has been a busy time for us over this past hunting season and into the month of February, with little time for any additions to our pages here. However, as far as "strange and stranger" circumstances go, this page is definitely worth a look, with our most recent addition to it, "The Strange Case of the Missing Codicil" (having to do with the Estate of George Bird Evans, Old Hemlock English Setters and a Last Will and Testament that purportedly never was) being published there in the last couple of days.</span></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="color:#003300;">Some articles for the Fetters Setters web site/blogspot have been in the works for months however time constraints and family responsibilities had prevented their final drafts and publication. More additions to our pages will be forthcoming in the coming weeks, as even with our breedings and continued training, we are finally finding a little more room to breath. Stay tuned ...</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">>></span></div><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top"><span style="color:#003333;">To Top of Page</span></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-2156464717089339587?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-10523746349008719532011-02-23T07:49:00.008-05:002011-02-23T08:20:26.315-05:00<div align="justify"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-urzSVOCFSj0/TWUD2zZykYI/AAAAAAAABaM/MNwtLKBRy6g/s1600/RussianBoar_FettersSetters.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 223px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 210px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576867953614426498" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-urzSVOCFSj0/TWUD2zZykYI/AAAAAAAABaM/MNwtLKBRy6g/s320/RussianBoar_FettersSetters.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#663300;">It has been nearly a year (March 13th, 2010) since John first announced The Fetters Challenge ~ an open invitation to anyone out there who claims to own and/or breed "Ryman Type" or "Ryman Style" setters.</span><br /><span style="color:#663300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#663300;">"... to bring their best setter and join me in The Fetters Challenge: a six-day hunt running in brace with any setter from my kennel, which will begin each day at sun-up and end at sundown. Point for point, wild bird for wild bird, retrieve to hand. At the end of this six day period, we will see whose setter is eager and rarin' to go hunting for the seventh day ..."</span></div><span style="color:#ffffcc;">>></span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#663300;">Needless to say, he has been "thoroughly disappointed" that no one to-date has taken him up on this invitation. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">>></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#663300;">In early December 2010, John enhanced the challenge to include a $2,500 stake, with the loser of the challenge donating that amount to the winner's choice of charities. Still, no one has taken John up on his invitation. For more on The Fetters Challenge and The Fetters Challenge Update, see the <a href="http://fetters-setters-testimonials.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003300;">"Fetters Setters ~ Testimonials" page, easily accessed by clicking here.</span></a></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">>></span></div><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top"><span style="color:#003333;">To Top of Page</span></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-1052374634900871953?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-69427748190524239582011-02-23T06:47:00.008-05:002011-02-23T07:15:20.979-05:00<div align="justify"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w_8QHp1GStg/TWT0FeH4XyI/AAAAAAAABaE/EmOndhMcH34/s1600/LadyBug02_Dec2010_FettersSetters.JPG"><span style="color:#003300;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 163px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576850613414158114" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w_8QHp1GStg/TWT0FeH4XyI/AAAAAAAABaE/EmOndhMcH34/s320/LadyBug02_Dec2010_FettersSetters.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;color:#003300;"><em>Ladybug</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#003300;"><em>house guest</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#003300;"><em>having a</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#003300;">drink of water</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ffffcc;">></span></em><br /><span style="color:#003300;">One or two Ladybugs does not an "infestation" make. Rather with a degree of understanding and knowledge, they can be delightful little winter house guests, with a little nurturing and care. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">..</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;">And living into the Spring, they then can resume their beneficial role in the pest control department ~ especially in the garden.<br /><br />Sometimes taking shelter in one's home when the weather cools in the fall and winter, they will invariably leave in the Spring as the days grow longer and warmer.<br /><br />Do they really bring "good luck" as so many folk tales predict? </span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">>></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">That remains to be seen. But in the meantime, they can be fascinating creatures to learn about as shown in the article authored by The Lady of the House,</span> <a href="http://fetters-setters-for-the-ladies.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#330000;">"Ladybug, Ladyburg ..." featured on the "Fetters Setters ~ Home, Hearth, Hunting, Family, Fashion and Fun" page, easily accessed by clicking here.</span></a><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">>></span> </div><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top"><span style="color:#003333;">To Top of Page</span></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-6942774819052423958?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-39753455386297031582010-09-02T16:13:00.008-04:002010-09-02T16:30:49.623-04:00<div align="justify"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/TIAFfvgZYKI/AAAAAAAABHQ/myLa7mgifTs/s1600/FettersSettersMale_BreedingTheLines3_03.JPG" target="_blank"><span style="color:#330000;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512411986787917986" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 169px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/TIAFfvgZYKI/AAAAAAAABHQ/myLa7mgifTs/s200/FettersSettersMale_BreedingTheLines3_03.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#330000;">In </span><a href="http://fetters-setters-heritage.blogspot.com/2010/09/breeding-lines-successful-long-term.html"><span style="color:#003300;">"Breeding the Lines, a Successful Long-term Strategy ~ Part Three," easily accessed by clicking here,</span></a><span style="color:#330000;"> the newest article on the "Fetters Setters ~ History and Heritage" page, John delves further into the process of successfully breeding consistently excellent setter shooting dogs.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#330000;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#330000;">Unfortunately, many breeders attempt to place a cover-all sort of blanket on their breedings with the use of Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) ratings, however hips and elbows are not the only concerns ~ in fact, far from the only concerns ~ when consistently breeding excellent setter shooting dogs.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#330000;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#330000;">Such genetic traits as conformation, tail length and coupling as well as eye and lip pigmentation, tumors, thyroid problems, etc., also affect an English Setter, and unless a breeder possesses the correct knowledge and experience to begin with, most people who purchase a "new and improved" model using his or her "latest male/female breeding recipe" are just being used a a type of "guinea pig" to see if the breeder's breeding was successful.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#330000;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#330000;">By the time problems crop up later in an English Setter's life, it is too late. And unlike such other inanimate objects, breeders do not issue "re-calls" on the products of the breedings such as a car manufacturer may issue on a car.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#330000;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#330000;">Keeping in mind that purchasing a new puppy is a life-long commitment for the life of the dog, this article is a "must read" for anyone contemplating purchasing an English Setter shooting dog in the future.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#330000;"></span></div><div align="justify"></div><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top"><span style="color:#003333;">To Top of Page</span></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-3975345538629703158?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-65788560597938651212010-09-02T15:37:00.006-04:002011-02-23T06:57:08.641-05:00<div align="justify"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/TH_9Z6lZPbI/AAAAAAAABHA/SOJ0IzhvfOg/s1600/FettersSetters_PaulLongLetter_29MAY1990_Env+(4).JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 168px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512403090589433266" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/TH_9Z6lZPbI/AAAAAAAABHA/SOJ0IzhvfOg/s200/FettersSetters_PaulLongLetter_29MAY1990_Env+(4).JPG" /></a><span style="color:#003300;">With his singular wit showing through in his letters as well as in person, the receipt of yet another letter from the irascible Paul Long was always a great treat for John.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;">From Long's habit of giving the day of the week he was writing the letter as well as the present weather condition ~ instead of the date, month and year in more common use ~ down to addressing John as "Johny" with one "n" ~ Long's unique character and sense of humor, as well as his sense of life, shone through in his many letters to John.</span></div><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;">Over the years, John received dozens of these letters from Paul Long, faithfully and timely answering each one, and eagerly awaiting the next in reply. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;">The letters were almost like Cracker Jack boxes ~ John never knew what the treasures would be but knew that Paul Long's letters always contained at least one.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;">On our<span style="color:#663300;"> </span><a href="http://fetters-setters-memories-tributes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#663300;">"Fetters Setters ~ Tributes and Memories" page, easily accessed by clicking here,</span></a><span style="color:#663300;"> </span>we are sharing one of these extraordinary letters with our readers. More of these will be presented in one format or another in the future ... the present one we are sharing, postmarked May 29th, 1990.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top"><span style="color:#003333;">To Top of Page</span></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-6578856059793865121?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-57522334721808580182010-09-01T14:20:00.006-04:002010-09-01T14:51:40.194-04:00<div align="justify"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/TH6Z7dpXAyI/AAAAAAAABGg/ZX-s-7aRdGk/s1600/GaryYoungbloodLetter_26AUG1996_FettersSetters_01+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512012240797500194" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/TH6Z7dpXAyI/AAAAAAAABGg/ZX-s-7aRdGk/s320/GaryYoungbloodLetter_26AUG1996_FettersSetters_01+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="color:#330000;">Through the years ~ through past decades, in actuality ~ John has received many types of different letters crediting his knowledge and expertise in all things English Setter.</span><br /><span style="color:#330000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#330000;">We have just added two more of these letters to our "<a href="http://fetters-setters-testimonials.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003300;">Fetters Setters ~ Testimonials ~ Living the Dream, the Upland Shooting Life ...", easily accessed by clicking here.</span></a></span><span style="color:#003300;"> </span><br /><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#330000;">While we have literally boxes upon boxes of letters such as these ~ and we plan to publish many more of them in one format or another at some point in the future ~ we chose to publish these two at this time as we believe they will be quite the eye-openers for our loyal re</span><span style="color:#330000;">aders. </span><br /><span style="color:#330000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#330000;">One letter, in fact, is a cautionary tale that OFA hip ratings do not necessarily guarantee an overall sound genetic dog, as many other factors play into the mystifying cauldron of canine genetics as well ~ and it is only the breeder with the extensive skill and knowledge, as well as experience, who are aware of the ways these genetic problems can be dealt with and ultimately circumvented for the good of the dog and owners, the latter whom "pays the piper" financially as well as emotionally in the end.</span><br /><span style="color:#330000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#330000;">For easy access. we have also included "Fetters Setters ~ Testimonials ~ Index" at the top of the page. East links to the two newest letters entitled: </span><a href="http://fetters-setters-testimonials.blogspot.com/#johncreditryman011"><span style="color:#003300;">"Client Credits John For His Work With Ryman-Type English Setters, Reveals Genetic Problems with Other Breeders"</span></a> <span style="color:#330000;">and</span> <a href="http://fetters-setters-testimonials.blogspot.com/#warrenlies"><span style="color:#003300;">"Client Reveals Warren Sheckells of Pine Coble Tells Him John is Out of Business"</span> </a><span style="color:#330000;">can be found at the bottom of the current index.</span> </div><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span><br /><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top"><span style="color:#003333;">To Top of Page</span></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-5752233472180858018?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-55094923651821241152010-04-08T14:19:00.006-04:002010-04-09T10:27:03.287-04:00<div align="right"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/S74lKyc3ceI/AAAAAAAABB4/a4r5pZxCZtI/s1600/RymansBirdyAnn01_FettersSetters.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457840665691386338" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 174px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/S74lKyc3ceI/AAAAAAAABB4/a4r5pZxCZtI/s200/RymansBirdyAnn01_FettersSetters.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;color:#003300;"><em>George H. Ryman</em></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#003300;"><em>shooting over</em></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#003300;"><em>Ryman's </em></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#003300;"><em>Birdy Anne,<br />a 47-pound </em></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#003300;"><em>short-coupled </em></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#003300;"><em>Setter</em></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff99;">..</span></div><div align="right"><span style="color:#ffff99;">....</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;">Despite many breeders' current claims to be breeding "Ryman Type." "Ryman Style, "Ryman Line," etc. English Setters ~ and even one stupendous claim from a breeder who claims George H. Ryman did not possess the talent to personally pen the "Ryman Standard" ~ George H. Ryman did indeed have his standards and ideals for his shooting dogs which relied on the dogs more than the "paper" in the pedigrees which so many breeders utilize today.<br /><br />Through the years, we have been made aware of increasing genetic problems as a result of inexperienced and unknowing breeders ~ issues with conformation, pigmentation and unfortunate physical/medical problems as well. And every one of these breeders marketing their dogs and puppies with the "Ryman" label in one incarnation or another.<br /><br />John discusses some of these issues and more in his latest piece, "Breeding the Lines, a Successful Long-term Strategy ~ Part Two," on the "Fetters Setters ~ History amd Heritage" page, </span><a href="http://fetters-setters-heritage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">easily accessed by clicking here.</a></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">....</span></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;">It is heart-breaking to hear such stories from people who truly love their dogs, and who perhaps must even deal with their dog's suffering because a breeder was only interested in the bottom line ~ no matter what type of marketing nonsense the breeder fed the prospective buyer in person, on their web page or by other means. We have always felt, whether in breeding or purchasing, that prevention is the best medicine.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.....</span></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;">So additionally, in order to offer an in-depth look at what is happening in todays world of setter breeding, we will be posting well-documented letters we have recieved over the past five to ten years from people who have purchased setters from individuals who claim to know what good quality breeding is all about. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.....</span></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#003300;">Then you can be the ultimate judge in such matters.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">....</span></div><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top"><span style="color:#003333;">To Top of Page</span></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-5509492365182124115?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-8861108487174175642010-03-17T18:30:00.006-04:002010-03-17T19:04:00.703-04:00<span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449734183217070770" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/S6FYXZ71ArI/AAAAAAAABBI/e9DckD4Pguk/s320/PaulLongTruckCrop_FettersSetters.JPG" border="0" />Photo at left,</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"><em>Paul Long with</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#333300;">training </span><span style="color:#333300;">pigeons</span></span></em><br /><span style="color:#333300;"></span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333300;">Professional Dog Trainer, author and all-around character, Paul Long over-came physical handicaps in his life to go on and become one of the most distinguished men in his field.<br /><br />Indeed, it is nothing short of a moral scandal that he has never yet been inducted into the Field Trial Hall of Fame. His 1974 book, "Training Pointing Dogs ~ All the Answers to All Your Questions" is still in print today and considered in many circles as The Bible of dog training.<br /><br />A great friend to John's grandfather and great-grandfather, he became one of John's greatest friends and a mentor to John as well. Along with his book, he was a prolific correspondent and letters from him reveal a crafty old-timer with a singular sense of humor.<br /><br />John has written a tribute to him, recently published on the "Fetters Setters ~ Tributes and Memories" page,</span> <a href="http://fetters-setters-memories-tributes.blogspot.com/" target="blank">easily accessed by cicking here.</a> </div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">...</span></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#333300;">We have also included several photos of Paul, along with his wife Virginia, taken at his home in Lincolnton, North Carolina in 1990. It is a small but worthwhile glimpse of this legend of a man, indeed who had the luxury of becoming a legend on the Field Trial circuit and dog training world in his own time.</span><br /><br /><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top"><span style="color:#003333;">To Top of Page</span></a></center></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-886110848717417564?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-26704721121184957402010-03-16T02:47:00.008-04:002010-03-17T19:21:39.350-04:00<div align="right"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/S58p7G1hujI/AAAAAAAABAY/sjATYOUC9k0/s1600-h/GeorgeRymanAfield02_FettersSetters08A.JPG"><span style="color:#663300;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449120169565731378" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 118px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/S58p7G1hujI/AAAAAAAABAY/sjATYOUC9k0/s320/GeorgeRymanAfield02_FettersSetters08A.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;color:#663300;"><em>Pictured at right,</em></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#663300;"><em>The Legend</em></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#663300;"><em>Afield, with an</em></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#663300;"><em>Authentic</em></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#663300;"><em>Ryman Setter</em></span></div><span style="color:#ffffcc;">....</span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#663300;">Along with our latest co-authored piece on the "Fetters Setters ~ The Ryman English Setters Story" page, "G. H. Ryman, Proprietor ... and Poet par Excellence," John has just authored another interesting piece entitled</span> <a href="http://fetters-setters-ryman-english-setters.blogspot.com/#fallacy" target="_blank">"The Ryman Fallacy," easily accessed by clicking here.</a> </div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#663300;">Now, a glimpse into previously little-known (but well-documented) facts are brought to light, not only concerning the Ryman Setter (and Calkins Setter) breeding programs, but insights into the self-proclaimed "Ryman experts" of today who use the Ryman name in a shameless manner to market their dogs ~ and never-before revealed facts concerning the Calkins and George H. Ryman's only son, Maurice H. Ryman.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">......</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#663300;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#663300;">Gleaned from the Fetters Family English Setter Histories along with correspondence from Maurice H. Ryman to John, along with personal letters from two renowned trainers who personally oversaw the training of some of George H. Ryman's young dogs, it is sure to be another interesting read for those who are weary of all the hype and misleading information out there today about George H. Ryman and the famed Ryman Setters ~ and who are ready for another dose of the hard truth of the matter rather than more smoke and mirrors marketing gibberish.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.....</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#663300;">Including the fact that George H. Ryman found cause to personally run Carl Calkins off of the Ryman property on at least one occasion ...</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">....</span></div><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top"><span style="color:#003333;">To Top of Page</span></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-2670472112118495740?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-10538651833263012362010-03-14T16:57:00.004-04:002010-03-14T17:05:15.851-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/S51N-bfH_FI/AAAAAAAABAA/1YSo8w1n-TE/s1600-h/RymanFilm.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448596859113700434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 149px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/S51N-bfH_FI/AAAAAAAABAA/1YSo8w1n-TE/s200/RymanFilm.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#003300;">We are currently entertaining offers on this particular Ryman film footage.</span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">400-feet.</span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">16mm.</span><br /><p><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.....</span></p><p><span style="color:#003300;">More information can be found on the "Fetters Setters ~ Antiques and Collectibles Shop," <a href="http://fetters-setters-antique-shoppe.blogspot.com/" target="'_blank">easily accessed by clicking here.</a></span></p><p><span style="color:#003300;"></span></p><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top"><span style="color:#003333;">To Top of Page</span></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-1053865183326301236?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-55713817310438640322010-03-14T15:59:00.007-04:002010-03-14T17:10:58.615-04:00<div align="justify"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/S51Ar68djfI/AAAAAAAAA_s/rP98hE_pvE4/s1600-h/RymanSalesBrochure1948_FettersSetters.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448582247489572338" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/S51Ar68djfI/AAAAAAAAA_s/rP98hE_pvE4/s320/RymanSalesBrochure1948_FettersSetters.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="color:#663300;">With the frequency and consistency with which it has occurred, the denigration of George Ryman for any number of reasons, i.e., that he killed many of his dogs because he didn't like them, because they had "body patches," etc. ~ never ceases to amaze.<br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">... </span><br />Still, it was a little surprising and disturbing that someone would take a cheap shot at Ryman for his literary skills, or lack thereof, as they would have you believe.<br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.... </span><br />Basing this publicized opinion on some pedigrees and sales brochures they claim to have had the opportunity to "study" or give a "perfunctory look" (whatever the case may be) ~ and while using the Ryman name to shamelessly market the dogs from their kennels, October Setters published the following on their web site:<br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.... </span><br />"It is obvious with a perfunctory comparison to anything Ryman wrote that he was not capable of writing something as eloquent or grammatically correct as the "Standard" ..." </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">...</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#663300;">A real shame, because a "perfunctory look" at their own writing makes immediately evident a lack of style, eloquence, grammatically-correct sentences and even basic truth.<br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">... </span><br />While we had planned a piece of this nature at a later time, we felt we could not let this gross misconception stand alone. The 1948 Ryman sales brochure draft we feature as a part of this piece is only one among many documents about and by George H. Ryman contained in the Fetters Family English Setter Histories ~ which also includes many, many letters personally written in George Ryman's own hand as well as personally typed by him. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffff99;">....</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#663300;">And none of them showing any "literary lack" of eleoquence, grammar, etc., as October Setters would have their readers believe. Of course, October Setters is only one in a growing number of self-proclaimed "Ryman experts" and this fact in itself is never surprising.<br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.... </span><br />George Ryman had many talents which extended beyond the breeding, raising and training of his famed shooting dogs. And you can get a glimpse into this particular side of this multi-faceted individual by reading our latest piece on the "Fetters Setters ~ The Ryman English Setters Story", </span><a href="http://fetters-setters-ryman-english-setters.blogspot.com/#poet" target="'_blank"><span style="color:#003300;">"G.H. Ryman, Proprietor ... and Poet par Excellence," easily accessed by clicking here.</span></a><span style="color:#663300;"> </span></div><span style="color:#663300;"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">......</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color:#663300;"></span><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top"><span style="color:#003333;">To Top of Page</span></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-5571381731043864032?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-2455147349588016422010-03-13T15:03:00.008-05:002010-03-13T15:23:07.234-05:00<div align="justify"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/S5vybcLd6sI/AAAAAAAAA8E/LZNB8d-KPwc/s1600-h/RussianBoar_FettersSetters.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448214727469427394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 223px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 210px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/S5vybcLd6sI/AAAAAAAAA8E/LZNB8d-KPwc/s400/RussianBoar_FettersSetters.JPG" border="0" /></a>New to the "Fetters Setters ~ Testimonials" page is "The Fetters Challenge," <a href="http://fetters-setters-testimonials.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">easily accessed by clicking here.</a><br /><br /><span style="color:#333300;">The Fetters Challenge is a serious offer to anyone out there who claims to own ~ or especially anyone who is claiming to breed ~ "Ryman Type" or "Ryman Style" setter shooting dogs.</span><br /><span style="color:#333300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#333300;">Point for point, wild bird for wild bird, retrieve to hand ...</span> <span style="color:#333300;">All comers are more than welcome.</span></div><br /><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top"><span style="color:#003333;">To Top of Page</span></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-245514734958801642?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-77662123991422639972010-03-13T02:53:00.008-05:002010-03-13T15:41:25.660-05:00<div align="justify"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/S5tFNECKVoI/AAAAAAAAA7U/x4jNcZjci28/s1600-h/BryanRennellEmail01_FettersSetters.JPG" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448024264958170754" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 175px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/S5tFNECKVoI/AAAAAAAAA7U/x4jNcZjci28/s200/BryanRennellEmail01_FettersSetters.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="color:#663333;">More testimonials received by John over the years have been published on our <a href="http://fetters-setters-testimonials.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">"Fetters Setters ~ Testimonials" page, easily accessed by clicking here.</a></span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.... </span><br /><span style="color:#663333;">Along with the newly published testimonials is an actual accounting of one particular breeder, Jan Turner of Setter Hills in Willmar, Minnesota, who was helping to spread the rumor (along with other breeders) that John had died!</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.... </span><br /><span style="color:#663333;">As we recounted sometime ago on our <a href="http://fetters-setters-heritage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">"Fetters Setters ~ History and Heritage" page (accessed by clicking here)</a></span> <span style="color:#663333;">in John's piece entitled "Breeding the Lines, a Successful Long-Term Strategy," a number of breeders ~ including Jan Turner of Setter Hills in Willmar, Minnesota ~ had attempted to purchase English Setters from John to introduce the Fetters English Setter bloodlines into their own breeding programs ~ and all whom John repeatedly refused to sell to ~ as he did not care (and does not care) for the directions their breeding programs have taken.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">....</span><br /><span style="color:#663333;">We also recounted earlier here on our home page in the piece entitled <a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/2009/07/reports-of-my-death-are-greatly.html" target="_blank">"The Rumors of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated ..." (accessed by clicking here)</a> that a number of breeders who knew better had been spreading the "John is dead" rumor as well. They know who they are ~ and we know who they are, too (grin). </span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">....</span><br /><span style="color:#663333;">Once more, in case it has not sunk in yet: </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">....</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#663333;">John is VERY ALIVE and VERY WELL!!!</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">....</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#663333;">And we are currently VERY BUSY with two new litters of Fetters Setters ~ all of which are spoken for.</span></div><br /><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top"><span style="color:#003333;">To Top of Page</span></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-7766212399142263997?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-89893887502590668702010-02-25T14:47:00.008-05:002010-02-27T00:18:46.668-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/S4bUfyh-IvI/AAAAAAAAAwk/wbfYKAxk5h8/s1600-h/FreemanLloydPhoto44.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442270842329113330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 147px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 203px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/S4bUfyh-IvI/AAAAAAAAAwk/wbfYKAxk5h8/s320/FreemanLloydPhoto44.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#003300;">Freeman Lloyd was a prolific writer in his day on all matters "canine." He also became a close friend of George H. Ryman and visited Ryman's "splendid sporting estate" frequently.</span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">In the most recent piece just-published on the "Fetters Setters ~ The Ryman English Setter Story," <a href="http://fetters-setters-ryman-english-setters.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">easily accessed by clicking here,</a> "A Visit to Shohola" ~ link added to "The Ryman English Setter Story ~ Index" at the top of the page ~ colorfully recounts one of Lloyd's visits to George Ryman's Shohola Falls, Pennsylvania, home.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#003333;">Of certain interest to George Ryman enthusiasts in this particular piece is a thoroughly descriptive narrative about the "great hall" in Ryman's home. While it has been described elsewhere by other writers, Lloyd's inclusive description leaves other narratives sadly wanting.<br /><br />In our seemingly never-ending venture of sorting through, organizing and filing the massive amount of documents, photos and other materials from the previous four generations of Fetters Family English Setter histories, we recently came across this special piece and wanted to share it with our readers here. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did when we re-discovered it ...<br />.<br /></span><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top"><span style="color:#003333;">To Top of Page</span></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-8989388750259066870?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-85958694857428033112010-02-23T03:03:00.013-05:002010-02-24T02:03:33.085-05:00<div align="right"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441346871047829906" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 216px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 288px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/S4OMJlR9OZI/AAAAAAAAAvs/dfXCXWVtT6I/s320/26JAN2010_AllghenySnow6mo6b.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#663300;"><em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ryman's</span> Allegheny </em></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#663300;"><em>Snow at a tender</em></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#663300;"><em>six-months of age</em></span></div><span style="color:#663300;"></span><p><br /><span style="color:#663300;">Watching the progress of younger dogs in the field should be an enjoyable and memorable endeavor and as stress-free (for both the owner/trainer and the young dog) as possible.<br /><br />Frustrations on the part of the inexperienced owner/trainer may begin to surface when one feels a younger dog is not progressing as fast as they have been told, according to something they read somewhere, etc. Circumstances such as this will not only diminish the enjoyment of the owner/trainer, but can serve to confuse and confound the younger dog as well.</span></p><p><span style="color:#663300;"><br />When our children were still infants, my pediatrician gave me some invaluable advice on potty-training that could also be applied in a sense to younger dogs ~ that every child progresses at their own rate, and will potty-train when they are ready ~ and that when they are sixteen and eighteen years old it will not matter if they potty-trained at 10-months, 12-months, 18-months of age or even 24-months of age, whatever the case may be.<br /><br />No one would think of demanding a baby of two-to-three months old become proficiently potty-trained, yet there are some who expect the world of a younger dog in the field when all the pup may be interested in at that particular point of their life is play. In addition, dogs have their own unique "ways of thinking about things" that may differ greatly from a human's points of view at critical times.<br /><br />With the invaluable knowledge of four devoted generations of English Setter Gun Dog breeding and training behind him, John has written a wonderful piece in this regard,</span> <a href="http://fetters-setters-training-tips.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003300;">"Time, Patience and Understanding Equals Early Perfection" on the "Fetters Setters ~ Training Tips" page, easily accessed by clicking here.</span></a><span style="color:#003300;"><br /></p></span><span style="color:#663300;"></span><p><span style="color:#663300;">And the common sense approach he offers is sure to bring the pleasure and enjoyment back into any young dog training experience in the field ~ not only for the owner/trainer, but for the very impressionable young dog as well.</span> </p><div align="center"><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top"><span style="color:#003300;">To Top of Page</span></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-8595869485742803311?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-31159582910289259312009-11-17T19:17:00.015-05:002010-02-23T04:11:52.248-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/S4OaoamcnFI/AAAAAAAAAwU/cDQbEGdU2o8/s1600-h/ShootTheComputer02.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441362793919716434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/S4OaoamcnFI/AAAAAAAAAwU/cDQbEGdU2o8/s200/ShootTheComputer02.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#003300;">And they tell us "modern technology" makes life easier ...</span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">As some of our readers may have noticed, some of our photos (and most of our backgrounds) have "vanished" from the Fetters Setters site recently. </span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">This is due to an unreliable provider where we had a number of our images loaded for display. </span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">The provider undertook a major upgrade without any prior notification and in the process, these images were lost and instead began displaying the provider's logo rather than the images we originally stored there. </span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">We have been traveling, training and hunting and will deal with this unfortunate <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">dilemma</span> in due time ~ and transfer the "lost" images to a more reliable service provider.</span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">We do have all the "missing" images in a safe place, so if there are any you want or need before we get them back on-line again just let us know and we will do what we can to accommodate you. In the meantime, we apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.</span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">And sincerely hope you are finding the upland game as plentiful as we are this season ...</span><br /><br /><div><div align="center"><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top"><span style="color:#003300;">To Top of Page</span></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-3115958291028925931?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-69269905581603193572009-07-29T21:35:00.022-04:002010-02-23T04:18:28.246-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SnD5NP0ukPI/AAAAAAAAAvc/27rP_XDtjX0/s1600-h/Mort2a_NJES.JPG"><span style="color:#003300;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364061162179563762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SnD5NP0ukPI/AAAAAAAAAvc/27rP_XDtjX0/s400/Mort2a_NJES.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#003300;"> </span><span style="color:#333300;"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Count Mortimer,</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">SPCA Raid Rescue,</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">July 1989 ~ still</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">alive and well and</span></em></span><br /><span style="color:#333300;"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">as bossy as ever</span></em><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;"><em>.</em> </span><br /></span><br /><span style="color:#333300;">Through the years, John and I have always had other types of dogs as well as our English Setters and Springer Spaniels<em><span style="font-size:85%;">.</span></em><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">. . </span><br />More often than not, these have been rescues of one type or another, directly from shelters and other places, strays and even one or two which were dropped off along the road near our home.<br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">. </span><br />On our newest page, </span><a href="http://fetters-setters-not-just-setters.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#663300;">"Fetters Setters ~ Not Just English Setters" (easily accessed by clicking here),</span></a><span style="color:#333300;"> we will be featuring a number of our other pups, both past and present. Another future addition we also are planning ~ either on that same page or on a separate page ~ is a series of stories about English Setters who have been rescued by knowing and caring individuals, some of these setters which have gone on to win important championships ~ which perhaps helps to prove the theory that there are no "bad" dogs, just incompetent owners.<br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">. </span><br />We feel it is important to call attention to the plight of abandoned, lost and homeless dogs everywhere, no matter what their breed ~ as well as to the many fine animal welfare organizations out there who do what they can to rescue and help these poor animals in the interim ~ and do so while always being strapped for funds and supplies themselves.<br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">. </span><br />The first piece there, written by John, is the story of Count Mortimer (pictured above) who was brought home 20 years ago this month after being recovered in an SPCA raid at the tender age of four-weeks-old. Presently weighing just seven pounds, he has developed a stylish Osthaus-style point ~ and although he is not much of a bird dog, he<em> is deadly</em> on bugs.<br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.</span><br />"Mort" is still alive and well and is one of the great joys of our life ~ as well as a great joy and nearly constant source of amusement (and even awe at times) to all of our English Setters and other dogs as well.<br /></span><span style="color:#ffffcc;">. </span><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-6926990558160319357?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-22416328867378971922009-07-26T16:20:00.017-04:002010-03-15T20:40:08.438-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/Smy6vUBKHJI/AAAAAAAAAvA/-zEjl2CVUQo/s1600-h/RymanCompAA_FettersSetters_22JUL2009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362866578281602194" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 201px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/Smy6vUBKHJI/AAAAAAAAAvA/-zEjl2CVUQo/s400/RymanCompAA_FettersSetters_22JUL2009.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#663300;">Since the mid-1990s, John and I have been <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">highly</span> amused by the resultant "rumor mill" ~ such "stories" in circulation (for whatever reason and with most originating with those who certainly knew differently!) that John was "bought out," "no longer breeding," ad <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">infinitum</span>, ad <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">nauseum</span>.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#663300;">Yes, some even going so far as to suggest that John was dead! (Don't worry though, we know who you are ~ and have received even more reports of these rumors as recently as last week!</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#663300;">As Mark Twain once famously remarked, "The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated."</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#663300;">With a family heritage of five generations of breeding exceptional English Setter gundogs to maintain ~ and even though such matters as family affairs and other <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">business</span> interests frequently intruded ~ John still worked <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">diligently</span> in protecting, perfecting and improving upon the George <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Ryman</span>-based lines the Fetters Family had become known for.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#663300;">As John has stated before on our pages here, there are no "short cuts" to breeding quality shooting dogs in a consistent manner ~ and once achieved, the lines must be protected and improved upon with the introduction of the occasional "right type" of blood.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#663300;">One of the results of John's endeavors are shown in the photo above in the bottom photo, Fetters-bred "Grouse Greta," at 16-months old in 2009 ~ along with a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">comparison</span> photo of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Ryman's</span> Racket Boy, a setter bred by George H. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Ryman</span> himself.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#663300;"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Though</span> female and male, they are near mirror images in conformation ~ and the other standards George H. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Ryman</span> set and which the Fetters Family has maintained ~ are present as well. </span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#663300;">To learn more, see John's most recent piece, <a href="http://fetters-setters-heritage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003300;">"Breeding the Lines, a Successful Long-term Strategy" on our "Fetters Setters ~ History and Heritage" page, easily accessed by clicking here.</span></a></span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.</span><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.</span> <span style="color:#ffffcc;">.</span><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-2241632886737897192?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-24009068804018365412009-07-22T18:48:00.010-04:002009-07-22T20:01:40.682-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SmeXswdXfbI/AAAAAAAAAuA/6TirB3ftwPQ/s1600-h/FettersSetters01_Photos+(21)CC.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361420676585979314" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SmeXswdXfbI/AAAAAAAAAuA/6TirB3ftwPQ/s320/FettersSetters01_Photos+(21)CC.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="color:#333300;">Over the years, John has received hundreds of letters from all over the world ~ testimonials to not only his exceptional skills in breeding exceptional English Setters, but also to his hunting and guide skills as well.</span> <span style="color:#333300;">The first letter we've selected to publish and share from this vast series of tributes to John and the Fetters Family English Setters opens by talking about actually "living the upland shooting life" ~ as has been practiced by John for decades ~ and the Fetters Family for generations before him.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#333300;">It is the very first publication on our</span> <a href="http://fetters-setters-testimonials.blogspot.com/" target="'_blank">"Fetters Setters ~ Testimonials" page, which can easily be accessed by clicking here.</a><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.</span><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-2400906880401836541?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-65614389986824106992009-07-19T16:14:00.010-04:002009-07-19T17:47:28.584-04:00<div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SmODjdJzQUI/AAAAAAAAAts/AYEyXpP-J2c/s1600-h/FettersSetters_Ryman_14JUL2009+(9).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360272626645418306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SmODjdJzQUI/AAAAAAAAAts/AYEyXpP-J2c/s400/FettersSetters_Ryman_14JUL2009+(9).JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;color:#663300;"><em>George H. </em></span><span style="font-size:85%;color:#663300;"><em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ryman</span> </em></span><span style="font-size:85%;color:#663300;"><em>during a </em></span><span style="font-size:85%;color:#663300;"><em>moose hunt </em></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#663300;"><em>in </em></span><span style="color:#663300;"><em>Canada with his famed guide,</em></span></span></div><div align="center"><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#663300;"><em>Chief </em></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em><span style="color:#663300;">Big </span></em></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em><span style="color:#663300;">Game </span></em></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em><span style="color:#663300;">Guide </span></em></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#663300;"><em>Par </em></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#663300;"><em>Excellence </em></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#663300;"><em>Willie </em></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#663300;"><em>Commando, </em></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#663300;"><em>in </em></span><em><span style="color:#663300;">background</span></em> </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.</span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#663300;">While George H. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Ryman</span> was certainly known far and wide for his famous <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Ryman</span> Setters, he was a multi-faceted individual with many other interests and past-times.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#663300;">One keen interest and past-time of his which many may not be aware of was his penchant for Big Game Hunting at his Canadian camp.</span><br /><span style="color:#663300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#663300;">John has written an introductory piece to this side of George H. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Ryman</span>: "An Introduction to George H. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Ryman</span> as 'Big Game Hunter'" which we have just published on the <a href="http://fetters-setters-ryman-english-setters.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#333300;">"Fetters Setters ~ The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Ryman</span> English Setters Story" page, which can be easily accessed by clicking here.</span></a> </span><br /><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#663300;">Other stories about George H. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Ryman</span> are in the works including not only about the subject of his famed setters, but also about other aspects of his intriguing life, including more about his Canadian camp, big game hunting and last but not least, his famed guide, Chief Big Game Guide Par Excellence Willie Commando, shown in the photo with George <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Ryman</span> above.</span> </div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.</span><br /></div></div><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-6561438998682410699?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-81149806043034252282009-07-18T15:18:00.012-04:002009-07-18T15:47:54.448-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SmIkHEIZ0II/AAAAAAAAAtE/uNcjjp84aP4/s1600-h/biscuits02_16JUL2009+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359886210310983810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SmIkHEIZ0II/AAAAAAAAAtE/uNcjjp84aP4/s200/biscuits02_16JUL2009+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;color:#003300;"><em>Rainy Day</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#003300;">Dog Treats,</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#003300;">the "hardest"</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#003300;">part is the</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#003300;">baking ...</span></em><br /><br /><span style="color:#003300;">Rainy Day Homemade Dog Treats, one of the easiest and most versatile recipes out there ~ developed in our own kitchen by The Lady of the House and the best part is, the "hardest" part is the baking.</span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">Not only are they easy, but the recipe can be adapted in any number of ways to accommodate your pup's favorite flavors and foods ~ and also to accommodate whatever you happen to have on hand.</span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">The main ingredients ~ besides the "flavorings" ~ are flour and rice, the latter ingredient being an especially healthful and nutritious canine treat.</span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">See this highly adaptable and easy-to-make recipe on the</span> <a href="http://fetters-setters-for-the-ladies.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">"Fetters Setters ~ Home, Hearth, Hunting, Family, Fashion and Fun" page, easily accessible by clicking here.</a> <span style="color:#003300;">Happy canine dining!</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.</span><br /><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-8114980604303425228?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-8567304282978906862009-07-17T00:12:00.006-04:002009-07-17T01:16:14.516-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/Sl_6bRTSa3I/AAAAAAAAAsU/y27GyN4QZA8/s1600-h/GrouseHunterandDogs.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359277428001893234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 164px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/Sl_6bRTSa3I/AAAAAAAAAsU/y27GyN4QZA8/s200/GrouseHunterandDogs.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#003300;">The "Classic" English Setter ~ a term used far and wide ~ as an accurate description or not?</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">The Fetters Family also used the term "classic" when describing setters, however the attributes they were referring to ~ particularly when it came to John's Great-Grandfather ~ may surprise some and be a breath of fresh air for others.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">John has just completed the first piece for our <a href="http://fetters-setters-english-setters.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">"Fetters Setters ~ The Classic English Setter" page, easily accessed by clicking here.</a> In this first piece ~ entitled: "The 'Classic' English Setter ~ What Does That Term Mean?" ~ he shares just a few of the intriguing words of wisdom passed onto him by his Great-Grandfather when it came to setters (or "Shooting Dogs," which was his Great-Grandfather's favorite tried and true term for them ~ and a term widely in use by most hunters of that particular period in time).</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">It is a piece any lover of English Setters ~ particularly those who love to hunt over them ~ should be sure not to miss.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.</span><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-856730428297890686?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-52821898856744559272009-07-16T18:50:00.006-04:002009-07-16T19:10:51.354-04:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/Sl-yBe3gdHI/AAAAAAAAAsE/E0gUy45Ey_o/s1600-h/FettersSetters_StuWardEmbed_14JUL2009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359197820129670258" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 106px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/Sl-yBe3gdHI/AAAAAAAAAsE/E0gUy45Ey_o/s320/FettersSetters_StuWardEmbed_14JUL2009.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#663300;">It is never easy to weather the loss of a great friend and shooting companion, especially when that person has become a father figure to one in later years.</span><br /><span style="color:#663300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#663300;">It also can be just as difficult to place some of those memories on paper in tribute to such a person ~ and such a person indeed was Mr. Stu Ward to John over many memorable years.</span><br /><span style="color:#663300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#663300;">We have just published a tribute to Mr. Stu Ward on the <a href="http://fetters-setters-memories-tributes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">"Fetters Setters ~ Tributes and Memories" page (easily accessed by clicking here),</a> and it should be said that it is only the beginning of a number of pieces we will be sharing about Mr. Stu Ward over time.</span><br /><span style="color:#663300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#663300;">As anyone familar with the "Fetters Setters ~ Tributes and Memories" page knows, the pieces there are just as much devoted to those still with us ~ as well as to those who have passed on ~ and we deeply regret the passing of Mr. Stu Ward on a daily basis here.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">. </span><br /><p><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-5282189885674455927?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-54526259432332950392009-07-15T15:53:00.008-04:002009-07-22T20:43:58.942-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/Sl41cfOixmI/AAAAAAAAAns/DrZmh38jZ7s/s1600-h/FettersSetters_EnglishSettersHeritage_14JUL2009+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358779370152576610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 149px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/Sl41cfOixmI/AAAAAAAAAns/DrZmh38jZ7s/s200/FettersSetters_EnglishSettersHeritage_14JUL2009+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#003300;">We have finally been able to make available here a small portion of the Fetters English Setters History and Heritage, <a href="http://fetters-setters-heritage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">which can easily be accessed by clicking here. </a></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">In the on-going unpacking, sorting and re-organizing of the massive Fetters Family English Setters histories mentioned here earlier, we found several photos of early English Setters bred and owned by the Fetters Family which we are sharing with you now.</span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">Included in this initial collection is a photo of John's Great-Grandmother, Mary B. Fetters, posing with a female Orange Belton.</span> <span style="color:#003300;">We will be sharing more of the Fetters Family English Setter histories with you on the Fetters Setters ~ History and Heritage page in the near future.</span><br /><p><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-5452625943233295039?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-21361364586682714812009-07-10T02:10:00.016-04:002009-07-22T20:42:50.339-04:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SlbfYLpSouI/AAAAAAAAAh8/rdS-meQC5MY/s1600-h/HomePageBlog01.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356714413339615970" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 295px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SlbfYLpSouI/AAAAAAAAAh8/rdS-meQC5MY/s320/HomePageBlog01.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#663300;">Long overdue, however better late than never, is the addition of the newest Fetters Setters page,</span><span style="color:#333300;"> </span><a href="http://hunting-scenes-other-photos.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#333300;">Fetters Setters ~ Our Dogs ~ Hunting Scenes and Other Photos, which can be found by clicking here.</span></a><span style="color:#333300;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color:#663300;">As stated elsewhere on our pages here in the past, many of our records and other items were placed in storage sometime ago due to extensive travels necessitated by both business and family affairs.</span> <span style="color:#663300;">One of the wonderful aspects of having a number of these items under-foot again is that it has been almost like re-connecting with family and old friends in a sense.<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#663300;">We have been in the process of retrieving these treasures and unpacking, re-sorting and re-organizing them for sometime. The initial photos on our newest page are only the beginning of a vast amount of material which we plan to share here.</span><br /><span style="color:#663300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#663300;">We have foregone any captions on the initial batch of these as most are relatively self-explanatory. We may or may not add written information in short doses at some point in the future, depending on when we feel the need and as time allows. </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#663300;">While styles and fashions come in and go out with time, the beauty of a well-conformed English Setter in the field and at home near the hearth are indeed timeless. </span><br /><span style="color:#ffffcc;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#663300;">Beauty as well as stunning ability are attributes the Fetters Family English Setters have been known for through five generations: a setter must possess brain and stamina to hunt everyday under adverse weather conditions and in any type of cover encountered. These outstanding qualities are continued in the bloodlines we breed and maintain to this day.</span><br /><span style="color:#663300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#663300;">We hope you enjoy these photos as much as we have enjoyed going through them and sharing them with you here.</span><br /><br /><br /><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-2136136458668271481?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-32847634014224004212009-07-09T02:55:00.015-04:002009-07-18T07:14:09.863-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SlWUnj7HKgI/AAAAAAAAAdY/C5Yey3P-DG8/s1600-h/SW04_1600x1200_FDSB_NutmegSprint.jpg"><span style="color:#003300;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356350739206056450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SlWUnj7HKgI/AAAAAAAAAdY/C5Yey3P-DG8/s200/SW04_1600x1200_FDSB_NutmegSprint.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#003300;">In the mid-1990s, Rick and Chris Taylor of Setters West wrote at least two separate letters to John in which they demanded a refund from John for a dog.</span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">For a dog John was NOT the breeder of and in fact, for a dog John NEVER EVEN OWNED! But which Rick and Chris Taylor of Setters West kept insisting they were going to return to him despite these more than obvious facts of the matter!<br /><br />Just when you thought you had heard it all ... </span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">The strange and sad tale of Ryman's Nutmeg Sprint ("Meg") ~ an English Setter whose name relatively recently came back onto the scene when Rick and Chris Taylor of Setters West managed to dream up and publish even more false and inconsistent stories (along with a number of their now-notorious forged and fraudulent documents as "proof" of their over-the-top accusations).<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">After recently having an opportunity to review a number of Fetters Setters archived documents, we felt it was time to set the record straight regarding this poor dog whom Rick and Chris Taylor of Setters West first attempted to make into a center of controversy (and the apparent subject of an attempted scam) as early as the mid-1990s.<br /><br />Truth can indeed be stranger than fiction ~ </span><a href="http://fetters-setters-false-pedigree.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">and the full sad, sad story surrounding Ryman's Nutmeg Sprint ("Meg") can be found by clicking here.</a><br /><br /><span style="color:#003300;">Unfortunately, this is not the only English Setter which Rick and Chris Taylor of Setters West have endeavored to manufacture numerous falsehoods about.</span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">Although we feel the falsehoods surrounding this particular dog are without a doubt one of the strangest tall tales Rick and Chris Taylor of Setters West have managed to manufacture to-date ~ we feel this story also provides an arguably disturbing insight into the true character and on-going patterns of malicious and fraudulent behavior of Rick and Chris Taylor of Setters West.</span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">We would also like to take this opportunity to express our genuine appreciation for the many letters and expressions of support and encouragement. Once again, this "saga" is far from over and a final and official resolution to these matters grows closer with each passing day.</span><br /><br /><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-3284763401422400421?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-64303354848320709562009-03-25T00:16:00.018-04:002009-04-02T23:11:33.987-04:00<div align="right"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/ScmwXbN4JPI/AAAAAAAAAdA/4K4132EyoZM/s1600-h/skank_sage_TN_22MAR2009_02.JPG"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316974751577023730" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 158px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/ScmwXbN4JPI/AAAAAAAAAdA/4K4132EyoZM/s200/skank_sage_TN_22MAR2009_02.JPG" border="0" /></em></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"><em> Photo of Timbers <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Sagaceous</span> Blue from</em></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"><em>Setters West old web page</em></span></div><div align="right"><a href="http://www.tein.net/sw/females.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"><em>accessed by clicking here and still</em></span></a></div><div align="right"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;"><em>present on the web as of March 24<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span>, 2009<br /></em></span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#333300;">For those of you who have accessed our </span><a href="http://fetters-setters-false-pedigree.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#333300;"><span style="color:#663300;">"Fetters Setters ~ The Falsification of Fetters English Setters F.D.S.B. Registrations and Pedigrees" (accessed by clicking here)</span>,</span></a><span style="color:#333300;"> you are already aware that we have been addressing some very serious issues regarding F.D.S.B. (Field Dog Stud Book) records which have been falsified with fraudulent bloodlines.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#333300;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#333300;">As stated previously on that page, most breeders are honest, hard-working people who are as meticulous in their record-keeping as they are in caring for the dogs they love ~ and breed and raise their dogs more for the enjoyment and love of the breed than for "monetary gain."</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#333300;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#333300;">Unfortunately, it takes only an occasional unethical breeder who decides to place his or her entire kennel operation on the line with the quick and easy "fix" of a falsified F.D.S.B. registration ~ and thus end up not only placing their kennel operation on the line but victimizing every other owner and/or breeder they have dealt with ~ directly or indirectly ~ who suddenly one day finds their F.D.S.B. registrations suspended ~ not to mention that they have also upset the genetic balance of countless breeding programs</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#333300;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#333300;">Such is the case of Rick and Chris Taylor of Setters West, 1511 Timberline Road, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Lewistown</span>, MT 59457, with their falsified breeding records for Timbers <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Sagaceous</span> Blue ~ whom they claim was born in Montana at Setters West (and whom was actually whelped at my kennel) and whom they claim has an <em>out-crossed bloodline</em> rather than the <em>line breeding</em> she actually possesses ~ which genetic testing has proven and with both the out-crossed bloodlines and line-bred bloodlines still being bred and maintained by me.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#333300;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#333300;">Rather than address their customers' very serious concerns however, Rick and Chris Taylor have chosen instead to manufacture further falsehoods regarding me (including an "alleged" court case against me which never took place, among other outrageous claims and bizarre accusations) on the Setters West web page ~ where I was directed earlier today ~ Tuesday, March 24<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">th</span>, 2009 ~ by concerned people with whom I have done repeat business (and who know I do not make such claims lightly without having the hard facts to back them up).</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#333300;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#333300;">Strangely enough, Rick and Chris Taylor of Setters West have chosen to completely ignore the ISSUE which is CONCLUSIVE GENETIC TESTING ~ and for which they (and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">unfortunately</span> also a number of their innocent and trusting customers) will soon suffer very serious consequences.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#333300;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#333300;">If you have had no past dealings with the Rick and Chris <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Taylor</span> and Setters West ~ or have none of the fraudulent bloodlines in your dog's pedigree ~ you may still want to look over the page and the information provided there as the lessons to be learned there could save you (and your dog) any future heartache.</span></div><br /><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-6430335484832070956?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-83705172811749575992009-03-23T18:26:00.009-04:002009-04-03T22:17:20.680-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/ScgM2kObEMI/AAAAAAAAAaU/Xge-Imm2TQ4/s1600-h/19MAR2009_FettersSetters_Antiques+(1).JPG"><span style="color:#663300;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316513491687510210" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/ScgM2kObEMI/AAAAAAAAAaU/Xge-Imm2TQ4/s200/19MAR2009_FettersSetters_Antiques+(1).JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#663300;"> <span style="color:#333300;">Safely packed away and stored for sometime due to our extensive travels, many of the pieces in our personal collection of English Setter and Gun Dog pieces require the same time and care in the unpacking as they required when initially packed.<br /><br />We recently had an opportunity to unpack even more of these pieces ~ again with a number of them being Fetters Family heirlooms, handed down to John by his father, grandfather and great-grandfather.<br /><br />We have shared more of these pieces with our interested readers on the</span> </span><a href="http://fetters-setters-antiques-collectibles.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#663300;">Fetters Setters ~ Antiques and Collectibles page, which can be easily accessed by clicking here.</span></a><span style="color:#663300;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color:#663333;"><span style="color:#333300;">Recent pieces which were just posted there today span a time period from the Early 1900s to the 1950s and include relatively rare pieces which were lovingly cared for and preserved by John's family. We hope you enjoy the latest additions.</span> </span><br /><br /><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-8370517281174957599?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-61196289775518520792009-03-12T01:04:00.018-04:002009-03-15T18:11:48.134-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SbicvXi5VeI/AAAAAAAAAWw/faeoY-aslW0/s1600-h/EnglishSetterZip.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312168098071664098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 202px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 318px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SbicvXi5VeI/AAAAAAAAAWw/faeoY-aslW0/s320/EnglishSetterZip.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#663300;">The latest fascinating addition to "Fetters Setters ~ The Ryman English Setter Story" is entitled: </span><a href="http://fetters-setters-ryman-english-setters.blogspot.com/#creativebreeding" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003300;">"George Ryman's Little Known Behind-the-Scenes 'Creative" Breeding Program" (found by clicking here)</span></a><span style="color:#663300;"> and serves to divulge even more generally unknown facts about this remarkable man and the "creative process" he employed in his gun dog breeding program. </span><br /><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#663300;">This is the fifth chapter we have so far published in this compelling story. The other four chapters ~ referred to in the posting immediately below this one ~ can also be found on the "Fetters Setters ~ The Ryman English Setter Story" page. And many more chapters ~ all personally written by John ~ will certainly follow, as time and our busy schedules allow.<br /></span><span style="color:#663300;"></span><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SbiYK5fr9SI/AAAAAAAAAWg/SNT1GkVaGlw/s1600-h/EnglishSetterZip.JPG"></a><span style="color:#663300;">When recalling all the widely "known" stories about George H. Ryman and his Ryman Setters, most people think only of English Setters ~ and do not think of Gordon Setters or Irish Setters (or even Pointers) ~ which in fact George H. Ryman also owned and greatly appreciated.<br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#663300;">Ryman in fact won many blue ribbons in the Novice Category on the bench with at least two of his own personal Gordon Setters, Yesdihc Challenge's Boy and Jack Mac Nab ~ amongst many other laurels which will be written about further in future chapters.</span><br /></div><div><span style="color:#663300;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#663300;">Compiled from the meticulously preserved Fetters Family English Setter History, this latest chapter authored by John is sure to prove intriguing and informative to anyone with even a passing interest in George H. Ryman and and the gun dogs he bred, raised, trained and hunted.</span></div><div><br /></div><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-6119628977551852079?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-62039285545338307362009-03-01T15:02:00.018-05:002009-03-01T22:28:04.806-05:00<div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SW6ePlbjwxI/AAAAAAAAAMs/5tcnwwUEmsM/s400/PostcardES02.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 245px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SW6ePlbjwxI/AAAAAAAAAMs/5tcnwwUEmsM/s400/PostcardES02.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#333300;"><span style="font-size:85%;">“All good things come to he who waits.” ~~~ Old Proverb</span> </span></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;">Illustration from an early 1900s European postcard print </span></em></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#333300;"><br /></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#333300;">Compiled from memory and records based on actual documentation from the Fetters Family English Setter histories, John has begun his series of articles on the facts and fictions surrounding the renowned breeder, George H. Ryman.<br /><br />This rare and original story of George H. Ryman and the Ryman dogs can be found on the </span><a href="http://fetters-setters-ryman-english-setters.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#663300;">"Fetters Setters ~ The Ryman English Setter Story" page which can be easily accessed by clicking here.</span></a><span style="color:#333300;"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#663300;"> </span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#333300;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#333300;">There are four intial articles or chapters in the George Ryman saga: </span><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#333300;">George H. Ryman: Separating Some of the Facts from the Myths; </span><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#333300;">Add a Dash of "Salemanship"; </span><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#333300;">An Inside Look at the Real Story of Sir Roger DeCoverly; </span><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#333300;">George Ryman's Personal Dogs. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#333300;">Anyone who has read most other existing accounts of George H. Ryman and the Ryman Setters is sure to have at least one or two (if not many) fallacies finally laid to rest. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#333300;">There are many other chapters to be added to this saga which will be appearing here on the Fetters Setters web site in due time. Particularly intriguing are the myths about George Ryman and his setters which have come to be believed as fact over the years. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#333300;">The Fetters Family English Setter histories include both the legacy and personal knowledge of this great man and we hope, through John's accounting, to clear up many of the fictions which continue to surround George Ryman and the Ryman Setters to the present day.</span></div><br /><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-6203928554533830736?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-23620986924573178342009-02-09T04:47:00.014-05:002009-03-12T21:57:19.905-04:00<div align="center"><span style="color:#003300;"></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SY_73YfIetI/AAAAAAAAAVY/gmJQHNUl-RA/s1600-h/08FEB2009_background01_01CRP60.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300732215322770130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 337px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SY_73YfIetI/AAAAAAAAAVY/gmJQHNUl-RA/s400/08FEB2009_background01_01CRP60.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;color:#003300;"><em>Typical eight-month old Female English Setter</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#003300;"><em>by Roscoe Gladstone and Irene Cooper (circa. Early 1900s)</em></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#003300;">One of the newest additions to the Fetters Setters website/blog is a brand new page, <a href="http://fetters-setters-training-tips.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#663333;">"Fetters Setters ~ Training Tips" which can be easily accessed by clicking here.</span></a></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#003300;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#003300;">As some of you are already aware, the Fetters Setters English Setters bloodlines and upland game hunting traditions have been on-going for no less than five generations.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#003300;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#003300;">The first article, personally written by John Fetters as all of them will be, is only the first of many tips and topics which will be appearing there. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#003300;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#003300;">You will have a rare opportunity to share in some of the vast reserve of knowledge and insights John has acquired through the years ~ much of which has been passed down religously through the Fetters Family. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#003300;">If you have any specific topic you would like to see there, just use the <a href="http://fetters-setters-contact-us.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#663333;">"Fetters Setters ~ Contact Us" page, accessed by clicking here</span></a>, and we will see what we can do to accommodate you.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#003300;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#003300;">John has been encouraged for years and years to put some of this vast knowledge ~ much of which has been passed along by his family through four generations of upland game hunters and English Setter owners and breeders ~ down on paper. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#003300;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#003300;">However now, with The Lady of the House (who is writing this particular piece) having a background in professional publishing, he no longer has a reason not to finally do so.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#003300;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#003300;">As with most of our English Setter and Gun Dog related topics, John does the initial writing ~ which is then edited and formatted by The Lady of the House and published here.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#003300;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#003300;">Anyone who knows John personally is already aware that he has the capability of doing at least a dozen things at one time ~ so The Lady of the House will have her work cut out for her as John already has four more different articles in progress, besides seven or eight (or fifteen or sixteen) other projects going on.</span></div><p><br /><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-2362098692457317834?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-75009972037721032192009-01-20T19:38:00.013-05:002009-01-26T16:24:22.294-05:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SXZupkhdjCI/AAAAAAAAASE/47vB4vYpDLs/s1600-h/20JAN2009_SetterLamp_3_CRP.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293540072478313506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 384px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SXZupkhdjCI/AAAAAAAAASE/47vB4vYpDLs/s400/20JAN2009_SetterLamp_3_CRP.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#333300;"> We have received numerous requests concerning the possible sale of a number of Antiques and Collectibles from our Private Collection which we have shared with you ~ and will continue to share with you ~ on the</span> <a href="http://fetters-setters-antiques-collectibles.blogspot.com/" target="'_blank">"Fetters Setters ~ Antiques and Collectibles" page.</a><br /><br /><span style="color:#333300;">The pieces which appear on the "Fetters Setters ~ Antique and Collectibles" page are from our Private Collection ~ many of which are Fetters Family Heirlooms ~ and are not for sale. However due to the number of inquiries we have received, we have made available Antiques and Collectibles for purchase by any of the interested general public on the newest addition to our web site,</span> <a href="http://fetters-setters-antique-shoppe.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">"Fetters Setters ~ Antique and English Setters Collectible Shop" which you can access easily by using this link.</a><br /><div></div><br /><span style="color:#333300;">We will be offering different items there from time to time. Some members of the family and friends have acquired duplicates of pieces and/or do not have the room for a certain piece any longer ~ and occasionally, we have also picked up duplicate pieces on one of our many adventures. If there is something specific you have been searching for, contact us using the</span> <a href="http://fetters-setters-contact-us.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Contact Us by Email page</a> <span style="color:#333300;">and we will see what we can do to assist you in your search.</span> <p><br /><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-7500997203772103219?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-59563487443435025432009-01-17T03:23:00.007-05:002009-01-22T02:49:09.975-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SXGWBKi5BoI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/8GwXe29yYss/s1600-h/05Bookends_14JAN2009_75PCT.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292175983891777154" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SXGWBKi5BoI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/8GwXe29yYss/s200/05Bookends_14JAN2009_75PCT.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="color:#003300;">We've begun to add items of interest to two of our Fetters Setters web pages. While we already had several pieces in the <a href="http://fetters-setters-literature-warehouse.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">"Fetters Setters ~ Literature Warehouse" (which can be found by clicking here, </a>the pieces there had been compiled of the text from Corey Ford's "The Road to Tinkhamtown" from "The Best of Corey Ford" and a dog-and-his-boy story from Louisa May Alcott's classic, "Under the Lilacs."</span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">The "Fetters Setters ~ Literature Warehouse" had been designed primarily to include selected and actual excerpts from some of our favorite books and other readings in our personal library. Earlier, we added the first selection to the </span><a href="http://fetters-setters-books-reading.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">"Fetters Setters ~ Our Favorite Books and Other Selected Reading" web page, which can be accessed by clicking here.</a><br /><br /><span style="color:#003300;">Our first selection for this section is a book authored by A. F. Hochwalt, "Bird Dogs ~ Their History and Achievements" published by Sportsman's Digest in 1922. We have given a short description of the book's contents on the "Fetters Setters ~ Our Favorite Books and Other Selected Reading" web page and have direct links to excerpts from two separate chapters of the book, stored in the "Fetters Setters ~ Literature Warehouse."</span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">We plan on including other pieces as time allows, however many of the excerpts have never been published on the Internet before in the depth and accuracy we have tried to attain there and the excerpts must therefore be manually entered (typed in) to the web page content. We hope you enjoy what our beginning efforts have produced and hope you will check back periodically for newer contributions.</span><p><br /><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-5956348744343502543?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-34013100313738815242009-01-15T03:34:00.010-05:002009-01-22T02:48:34.318-05:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SW71V9JILMI/AAAAAAAAANc/lOETBRqWdcc/s1600-h/14JAN2009_postcard05.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291436369745816770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 278px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SW71V9JILMI/AAAAAAAAANc/lOETBRqWdcc/s400/14JAN2009_postcard05.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="color:#003300;">We've found a wonderful Internet program and function we've added to the Fetters Setters site which now will give you the opportunity to send Vintage English Setter Postcards to family and friends. You can access the "Fetters Setters ~ Send Vintage English Setter Postcards to Family Members and Friends" web page from the Fetters Setters Links list included on every Fetters Setters web page ~ or you can access it now by</span> <a href="http://fetters-setters-send-postcard.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">clicking here.</a><br /><br /><span style="color:#003300;">The program is very easy to use and self-explanatory. The selection of Vintage English Setter Postcards there is fairly basic and limited at this time ~ as it is still in the early stages of development ~ and the backgrounds you will find there are fairly basic as well. We hope to add more variety to the site as time allows (more Vintage English Setter Postcards and a wider variety of custom backgrounds), however the important aspect now is that we tested it several times and it does work. Perfectly.<br /><br />We have a collection of Vintage and Antique English Setter Postcards and prints which we will be sharing there ~ and you may occasionally find another breed of dog (particularly other breeds of Gun Dogs) there as well as gamebirds, nature and Upland Game Hunting themes and sometimes just a generic or seasonal antique or vintage theme (such as vintage and antique Valentines).<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">You're invited to stop back and see what we have there periodically as we will add to it and change the offerings there from time to time. We have the basic "bones" of our web site/Blog completed now and ~ as you may have already noticed ~ we are now working on rounding out and filling in the content and themes of each individual page a little at a time. In the meantime, feel free to use the</span> <a href="http://fetters-setters-send-postcard.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Fetters Setters ~ Send Vintage English Setter Postcards to Family Members and Friends</a> <span style="color:#003300;">anytime and as much as you like.</span><p><br /><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-3401310031373881524?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-2221334357313781402009-01-11T17:47:00.019-05:002009-01-22T02:48:01.562-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SWp7nAkpxDI/AAAAAAAAAHg/Ba1nGFF7mPg/s1600-h/TippyTriesToSwimClaraBurd.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290176622398915634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 290px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 380px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SWp7nAkpxDI/AAAAAAAAAHg/Ba1nGFF7mPg/s400/TippyTriesToSwimClaraBurd.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#003300;">For those following the Fetters Setters Blog in its very, very earliest stages of development, you may have noticed by now two of our latest additions: <a href="http://fetters-setters-snails-puppy-tails.blogspot.com/">"Fetters Setters ~ Snips, Snails and Puppy Dog Tails"</a> which focuses on little boys and their best friends in the world, English Setters, and <a href="http://fetters-setters-sugar-spice-nice.blogspot.com/">"Fetters Setters ~ Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice"</a> which focuses on little girls and the English Setters they love. Occasionally another breed of Four-footed Companion may make it in there, however the great majority of content will be English Setter themed. Children and dogs go together like Salt and Pepper, Frogs and Ponds, Bacon and Eggs and ... well, you get the idea. </span><br /><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#003300;">We've always been amused and amazed at the unique and different ways Girls and Boys interact with their Four-footed Companions ~ and the unexpected "situations" which can arise. We have many fond memories of the Four-footed Companions of our Childhood and even more shared memories of those of our own children. We hope the addition of these two pages will bring a smile to your face and evoke some of your own fond childhood memories as well.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffff99;">.</span><br /><p><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;">Illustration by Clara Burd, "Tippy Tries to Swim" from a book published by Saalfield Publishing Company, 1928</span></em></p><p align="center">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#330000;">"The best way to get a puppy is to beg for a baby brother - and they'll settle for a puppy every time." ~~~ Winston Pendelton</span><p><br /><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-222133435731378140?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-91648210567645298312009-01-08T10:10:00.006-05:002009-01-22T02:47:32.221-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SWZt4_UHDRI/AAAAAAAAAB8/oZOh9JjP8H0/s1600-h/rousseau_bird_in_mouth_CROP.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289035638229110034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 178px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QAncAT_K1mU/SWZt4_UHDRI/AAAAAAAAAB8/oZOh9JjP8H0/s200/rousseau_bird_in_mouth_CROP.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="color:#663300;"><span style="font-size:130%;">"If you turn the imagination loose like a hunting dog, it will often return with a bird in its mouth." ~~~ William Maxwell</span></span></div><div><br /> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#663300;">Print: section of "The Retrieve" by Edmund H. Osthaus</span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663300;"></span></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><p><br /><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-9164821056764529831?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-65802404251260945632008-12-14T03:37:00.013-05:002009-01-08T10:33:30.841-05:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#006600;">Santa Claus</span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">North Pole</span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">December 14th, 2008</span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">Dear Richard,</span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">After checking my Naughty or Nice List, I see you have indeed been a good boy for a long time now. And since you've been such a good boy, the elves and I have decided you deserve only the very best. I am not only going to bring you an English Setter puppy, I am going to bring you a Fetters Setter, one of the absolute best blood lines around anywhere. I usually don't announce children's Christmas presents beforehand, but am letting you know so you can lay in the proper supplies. To see what you will need, I want you to contact John Fetters who will never steer you wrong anytime an English Setter is concerned. So don't be too surprised when you wake up Christmas morning with a squiggly, squirmy, fluffy English Setter puppy in your bed!</span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">Merry Christmas!</span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">Santa</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-6580240425126094563?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480318769285936273.post-91584474950079675532008-12-14T03:29:00.008-05:002009-01-22T02:47:03.625-05:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#990000;">December 12th, 2008</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#990000;">Dear Santa,</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#990000;">I only want one thing for Christmas this year: a squiggly squirmy, fluffy English Setter puppy. If you bring me an English Setter puppy, I promise with all my heart to take good care of him (or her) although Mom and Dad may have to help me with the bath part until I get a little bigger!!! If you bring me my English Setter puppy, I promise to be good all next year and the year after that and the year after that and even the year after that, however long it takes!!! If the puppy won't stay under the tree when you bring him (or her) you can just stick them in bed with me, okay? Thanks, Santa!!! I know you'll come through for me!!</span> !<br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#990000;">Wishing and hoping and</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;">Very Truly Yours,</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;">Richard</span></span></div><p><br /><center><a href="http://fetters-setters.blogspot.com/#top">To Top of Page</a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8480318769285936273-9158447495007967553?l=fetters-setters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fetters Setters ~ Classic English Settershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601241324540597911noreply@blogger.com0