John Hutcheson of Ottawa, Ontario, sent me this photo of his golden Irish family. He raised four litters out of his Irish setter, featured on the right, and the golden retriever on the left. Golden was from UK lines. In the middle is a golden Irish, which shows stronger Irish setter features than those of the golden retriever.
The golden retriever has light colored eyes, which isn’t that uncommon. She reminds me of these dogs from an unknown painting:
Beautiful dogs. I am such a fan of the red coat of the Irish Setter.
I recieved a Golden Irish for Christmas this year (Jessie) and I believe he is going to look just like the one in this picture. He is 5 months old now and I think he is beautiful. He is the same color red as this Golden Irish.