English Setter Puppies For Sale

Are you having trouble finding top English Setter puppies for sale from the best breeders in the US? Setters Unlimited was established to help Setter enthusiasts find all types of English Setter puppies for sale on a single website devoted strictly to English Setters. Setters Unlimited has puppies, started dogs, and Stud Dogs in a format that makes it easy to research your next dog. There is also a breeder listing with a brief introduction to each breeder, their location and an overview of their experience, breeding practices, and goals. Just click on the link to go directly to their website. Many of the participating breeders have experience shipping English Setter puppies all across the country. Therefore, you need not limit your search to a specific geography.

English Setter Litters

You will find English Setter puppies for sale as well as planned litters on the litter page. We ask for an expected whelp date so the due date is provided for most litters. Please note, the individual breeders listed on the breeder page may or may not elect to list their litters on the dedicated litter page. Therefore, you will find additional English Setter puppies for sale on individual websites linked on the breeder page.

Started English Setters

The definition of started varies substantially and age does not necessarily indicate the relative level of training and/or experience on birds. Before making arrangements to see a started English Setter for sale, make sure to ask specific questions about the amount of bird exposure a pup has had and if they have been acclimated to gun fire. In other words, be prepared with specific open-ended questions.

English Setter Studs

One of the primary reasons for creating this site was to help breeders identify great stud dogs. Identifying potential stud dogs takes some effort regardless of if you are an occasional breeder or someone with decades of experience. Our hope is that having a source such as this site to help identify great individual dogs will facilitate better options and help maintain the breed.

English Setter Breeders

Setters Unlimited offers breeders the opportunity to link their websites. The goal being to make it easier for prospective buyers to locate and research English Setter Breeders, English Setter puppies for sale, Started English Setters, and stud dogs all across the US and Canada on a single website exclusively focused on English Setters. A brief introduction to each breeder is provided including their location.

Information Center

The information center has links to articles, podcasts, and other sites that provide to help train, hunt and care for your English Setter puppy. There are also helpful tips to assist in your search for an English Setter.

English Setter puppies for sale from top breeders

Evaluating English Setter Breeders

Breeder Criteria

When looking for English Setter puppies for sale, we suggest you attempt to identify the dedicated breeders that immerse themselves in many aspects of hunting dogs. They associate with many trialers, hunters, and other breeders. This experience and these relationships prove an education into breeding hunting dogs. It’s also hard to demonstrate a consistent ability to produce great hunting dogs in a few years. There are many ways by which to demonstrate results. Some are more formal and we looked for breeders with a track record of success in recognized formats. For example UKC / FDSB or AKC trials, NSTRA and NAVDA. However, this was not a hard requirement, there are many ways to derive knowledge and develop great breeding practices.

It’s best to consider English Setter breeders with exceptional breeding practices as opposed to breeders who have a specific line or type of dog. The goal is to find discriminating breeders. You will find different types of dogs among the English Setter breeders participating on S/U. Here is what we suggest you look for in an English Setter breeder.

Business Practices

While breeding acumen and practices are essential to producing elite hunting dogs, it’s also important to find the right fit. By this I mean a dog with the ideal attributes for the type of hunting you do. Of course, your new hunting buddy is also going to be a family companion 365 days/year. This is a decision you literally live with for over a decade. Buyer and breeder alike should keep in mind this is a decision you live with for a very long time. Look for breeders who make a significant effort to determine if a specific litter is a great fit. We can’t control how any members conduct business but we have limited our invitations to breeders with a reputation for honesty and integrity.

Keep in mind while members may collaborate, they are all individual entities. Setters Unlimited does not dictate pricing, payment or any other terms that members must follow. In other words, each breeder has specific pricing for pups and requirements for deposits. Health guarantees and other general terms also vary between participating breeders.

Our group has a fantastic track record. Please feel free to email us with any issues.

Good English Setter breeders will …

Ask you several questions about your preference, lifestyle, family situation, and specifics about how and where you hunt. Good English Setter breeders want to make sure there is a good fit. Different types of hunting demand slightly different attributes in a pointing dog. For example, grouse dogs must be exceptional at handling game. Grouse dogs also need to be extremely agile to get through the woods efficiently and without being injured. Of course, they should also make sure their dogs are a good fit for your family situation.

Be happy to provide references. The best English Setter breeders are happy to provide references. They know their clients are extremely happy. Perhaps the best measure of a breeding program is to get references on culls. In other words, get references from the people who bought started dogs. If those owners provide a very positive or better yet great reports it would be a good indication of the breeding stock being retained is exceptional. Ask for a list of people that have bought started dogs in the past 10 years. The breeder should not offer contact information for every one of them. Just ask them to provide names. Then, pick 3-4 random names and call those people. This avoids the breeder picking a couple names they know are the most satisfied. This is also a good way to verify the relative degree of selectivity discussed in the previous section.

Provide help and guidance with hunting development. A little guidance from the breeder can be very helpful if you have not developed numerous English Setters. Even if you have, the breeder should have insight that will help you to get the most out of your new English Setter puppy. Ask the breeder how they feel about you calling for advice. Their response should be they want to take that call because they want the best result for you and the dog. The best English Setter breeders know the ancestry of their dogs. Understand the specific traits and tendencies in the ancestry is generally valuable. That knowledge helps to understand what to loo for and how to handle various aspects of the development / training process.

English Setter breeders have …

Extensive knowledge of the breed. Producing exceptional dogs requires considerable knowledge of their ancestry. Each line has different strengths and weaknesses. Two nationally known studs might produce considerably different traits. Quite often, great individuals don’t produce as well as other great individuals. Acquiring this knowledge requires an enormous amount of exposure to other dogs.

Generally speaking, breeders that compete or have competed have more exposure than most. Competition also forces a more unbiased evaluation of our dogs. Another common trait among the best breeders is that they communicate and even collaborate with other English Setter breeders. Ask breeders about their practices where these things are concerned.

Many Years of Experience. The type of knowledge described above is cumulative. Therefore, experience is a good indicator when searching for an English Setter breeder. Anyone can put two dogs together and presume to get great results. Understanding pointing dog performance is something that evolves over time and exposure to great dogs. Of course, learning how to retain or improve innate ability is even more difficult. Ask questions that provide a general sense of the breeder’s knowledge and experience.

Replacement /return policies. Some states have Pet Lemon Laws. The breeder should be willing to replace your English Setter puppy has a serious genetic flaw. In addition, if you are not able to keep your pet, a good English Setter breeder will gladly take the pet back or help you find a new owner.

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