English Setter Hunting Dogs bred and trained for GROUSE!
Grouse Hunting Dogs – Close Working, Foot Hunting Setters
What to expect from Northwind English Setters & Our Kennel
Our kennel is not like most kennels that turn out 3 to 5 litters a year. We are not about breeding puppies and selling pups. I sell very few pups and when I do they need to go to homes where they will be hunted. My bloodlines are not like the US bloodlines and I train my dogs differently than most trainers. My training is more like the European trainers and I have found this style of training more suitable to the type of bloodlines of setters that I am dealing with.
We are all about training a grouse dog where grouse live. We train for one purpose GROUSE! After having guided for 20 plus years for grouse and being a forester the woods is where I spend most of my time with the setters. Grouse are a challenging bird to hunt because they do not hold still when hunted. Personally, I would rather work a running grouse than deal with birds that sit and hold which only require a dog to hold a point. Grouse require finesse from a hunting dog. If your dog can point and hold on a grouse, it can easily point any other upland bird. So training them on Grouse gets indistinguishable results.
I will only work with few owners a year because many times I am training the pups to go out at 6 -7 months to their new owners. In reality, I like to work with first-time bird dog owners and help them get the most out of their pup and also understand the woods and how to work their young pup. The rest of the dogs I sell are started pups or started dogs or finished dogs. Which typically I hardly ever get to sell a finished dog because I sell out quickly.
We do not do a lot of litters so we focus can on quality. I am very particular to whom I sell my dogs to. Bottom line I am going to put a started pup or started dog in the best home suited for that particular pup or dog not because someone is offering to buy it.
The other aspect of this is matching the right owner for that particular dog. This is important and in the end, makes a difference in the success of the relationship between the owner and the dog and the hunting bond that is formed for out in the woods.
Finally, we look to build long-term relationships with our clients and we are always there to help them. At this point, I have many clients that are on their second dog from us for that we are both thankful and proud of that fact. So in the end if you are interested in a breeder that is committed to their line of setters can offer quality bloodlines from some of the best of Great Britain and Europe, that is what we are all about. We are not about a quick sale and selling a bunch of puppies we are focused on producing great grouse dogs.