The Modern Irish Setter Handbook

Behaviour, training and everyday life, from choosing a puppy to the senior years

Most breed books tell you an Irish Setter is a beautiful but scatty dog. Then you bring one home and meet the real thing.

I've been training dogs for over 30 years, and I wrote this the way I'd talk to you if we were stood in a field together.

What's inside

• Where the Irish Setter came from, Ireland's own red dog

• Is a Setter right for you? Space, exercise, grooming and a long puppyhood

• Bloat, epilepsy, CLAD, PRA and what the research says

• Exercise, home life and your puppy's first week

• Socialisation, adolescence and training foundations

• Recall, pulling and the off switch: Setter training challenges

• Fast, friendly and full of nose, enrichment, family life and other animals

• Common behaviour problems, and how to stop small ones growing

• Irish Setter myths, and living well with your dog into the senior years

There's an Irish Setter checklist at the back to keep coming back to.

Who it's for

Anyone thinking about an Irish Setter, bringing a puppy home, living with a teenager who's forgotten their own name, or sharing life with an older dog.

What you get

A PDF and an EPUB in one ZIP file, emailed to you straight after checkout. Read it on your phone, tablet, e-reader or computer.