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Our collection of English Setter images features many champions and best of breed. Whether you are a specialist looking for stock images of breed examples, a designer looking for a striking picture, or you're simply an English Setter fan, we're confident we'll have the image you're looking for.
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English Setter overview
This classic English gundog breed dates back to the 1800s.
The Englisg Setter is a quiet, gentle breed, that is easily trained and good with families. They need a lot of exercise.
Other known names for English Setter
Lawerack, Laverack, Llewellin, Llewellyn, Setter
English Setter foreign names
Engelse Setter (Dutch), Setter Anglais (French), Englische Setter (German), Setter Inglés (Spanish)
Origin
United Kingdom
Breed Group
Biological data
Weight
Male: 55-80 lbs
25-36 kg
Female: 40-70 lbs
20-32 kg
Height
Male: 65-68 cm.
25 inches.
Female: 61-65 cm.
24 inches.
Colours, markings and patterns
Black and white (blue belton)
Orange and white (orange belton)
Lemon and white (lemon belton)
Liver and white (liver belton)
Or tricolour, ie blue belton and tan or liver belton and tan.
Those without heavy patches on body but flecked (belton) all over are preferred.
English Setter links we are happy to endorse
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English Setter – Breed standard
The below links are external
AKC, FCI, CKC
English Setter references and further reading
USA
ESAA
UK
The English Setter Association
The English Setter Rescue Association
Please get in touch
If you are an animal photographer, an expert on English Setter dogs or a breeder, we would love to hear from you. We strive to have all the latest, most helpful and accurate information on our website, but nobody is perfect, so we do ask for your feedback if we can improve our website.
Please get in touch
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Breeders – We work with many great dog photographers such as Sally Anne Thompson, Robin Burkett and Paul Walker and we'd love to build our contact list of leading breeders. Who knows when you might get a call. Please email us your details.
English Setter colours
Below are some examples of the various colours of English Setters, colour names sometimes differ from country to country,
Colours can vary according to lighting, whether it was taken indoors or outdoors and even the quality of the dog.
So sadly not an exact science.
Blue Belton
AP-PFIBW7 - English Setter (Blue Belton colour)
Photo © Animal Photography, Tetsu Yamazaki
Orange Belton
AP-Y43JBI - Orange Belton coloured Champion English Setter
Photo © Animal Photography, Tetsu Yamazaki
Tri colour
AP-OHIYXV - English Setter portrait
Photo © Animal Photography, Alice van Kempen
English Setter picture ideas
Featured image
AP-DJSVLZ - English Setter with puppy
© Animal Photography, Alice van Kempen
English Setters outdoors
AP-1ME8X9 - English Setter in woods
© Animal Photography, Sally Anne Thompson
