or any other genre of Setter,English or Gordon Setter?
so not a dog for a bachlor to leave at home while you go to work.

A: You can have a job and still have a Setter. I have an English Setter (13 months old). While Setters are VERY running dogs outdoors, they tend to be couch potatoes inside. My dog will run all day outside, play and roughhouse with the other dogs, and amble us until we can't walk anymore, but as soon as we come in the house, he's up on the couch and right to forty winks. They don't need constant activity, just make sure they get the physical and mental toil that they need...

a tow yard forthcoming my house uses one as a guard dog. when i look at him, i'm not scared at all personally.

A: I've known many Irish Setters in my day. They were very stylish back in the 70's. I don't find them threatening at all but that's just my experience.

Are they disappearing or is it only just in my area?
Why did yahoo suggest that this question go in LBGT?
I'm in the midwest too and yes there are plenty of working dogs and retrievers.

A: My kindred loves Irish Setters! Our last dog, an Irish Setter my mom found 15 years ago at the local humane society when she stopped by on a whim. She was such a fragrant dog too, very coppery orangish colored. She passed on last year, after living a nice long life of 16 years.

Last to that, my parents had another Irish Setter that they loved too, he was a darker red, almost brown. I don't remember as much about him because I was much younger when we had him.

Which do you think has more impact on the environment: a Toyota Land Cruiser or an Irish setter? According to a new book, it’s pretty much neck and neck (although you don’t have to stop every 10 yards to pick up the waste products from a Toyota Land Cruiser). The book, Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living, claims we should get rid of our dogs and keep goldfish if we’re serious about saving the planet (although, to reassure pet lovers, the authors have provided no actual recipes for dog).

Dogs are certainly irresponsible energy users. You can tell a staffordshire bull terrier time and again to ensure the television is properly switched off and he will still leave it on stand-by. But to eat dogs seems particularly short-sighted. Rottweilers might be trained to patrol car parks, barking at the owners of excessively large cars. Then there is the old english sheepdog, perhaps the most environmentally friendly breed of all. If you can get hold of half a dozen or so and train them to lie down for long periods, they make very effective loft insulation.