Natural History

Posted in golden retriever | Tagged golden retriever, golden retriever with white markings, Irish setter | 8 Comments

8 Responses

1. on January 10, 2010 at 2:39 am Christopher@BorderWars

   I’m a sucker for white markings, and I think Goldens look adorable with them. P.S. You wrote about this exactly one year ago too!

   
   
   • on January 10, 2010 at 2:52 am retrieverman

     Wow.

     That’s amazing. I really am starting to repeat myself.

     But I only wrote about them because I received a comment with the post about this dog.

     
     
     • on January 10, 2010 at 3:12 am Christopher@BorderWars

       Yeah, I remember the white markings and googled it and it gave me your blog again, with Jan 9th, so I figured you published a few in a row. But, none of the links on the comments were working, so I wondered who broke the internet until I saw that it said Jan 2009. This IS that time of year when everyone forgets that the date has advanced, I’ve successfully cashed a year old check in January before, no questions asked.

       
       
2. on January 10, 2010 at 3:18 am Jess

   I like white markings, too. I’m hoping to get Irish marking and parti-color into my crosses, eventually, just because I think it’s pretty.

   I’d love to see the parents of this dog, to see if they’ve got white, too.

   
   
3. on January 13, 2010 at 12:04 pm Bridget

   That split nose is cute too. I think it may descend from Cody’s ancestors tho many of the earliest setters had that kind of nose, which they may have inherited from their ancestors, pointers. This can be seen in some of the old paintings.

   
   
4. on January 13, 2010 at 8:46 pm Bridget

   White on Irish Setters, according to a painter John Emms, 1876:
   http://store.encore-editions.com/artists/09sport01z634.html

   
   
   • on January 13, 2010 at 9:25 pm retrieverman

     That middle one does look like her, doesn’t it?

     
     
5. on January 13, 2010 at 10:41 pm Bridget

   Yeah.
   I must admit to me the beutiful Cody looks quite houndish.

   
   

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