Hooray for Olivia and Ashie!!!

Last Friday we attended the Great Lakes Gordon Setter Club Specialty show in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. Our daughter Olivia was entered in Junior Showmanship with her "new" dog Aisling (Ch. Moonsetter Balwyn SureShot). To her extreme joy and our pride, Livi went BEST JUNIOR HANDLER !! They were a fabulous team, and Olivia spent a lot of time Friday morning getting her dog groomed and ready (following every Junior rule in the book, she grooms her own dog and Mom isn't allowed to touch a hair on her head!) Olivia is now eligible to compete in the "Open" level of competition, so has decided to try her skills in the Breed ring with Aisling as a Special too. Way to go girls... we are so proud of you both!!! (We hope to have a photo of her win in a couple days).

Nice weekend for Mairead... Fantastic weekend for Olivia!

This past weekend we attended the Duluth Kennel Club dog shows. Our girl Mairead (Moonsetter Certifiably SureShot) won a very nice Bred-By Class three of the four days, going Reserve Winners Bitch on Thursday and Saturday, and taking Winners Bitch/Best Bred-By Exhibitor on Friday, earning two more points towards her championship. Yay Mairead!

To make the weekend even more worthwhile, our daughter Olivia competed in Junior Showmanship all four days with her girl Aisling (Ch. Moonsetter Balwyn SureShot). This was Olivia's very first all-breed shows, and she and Ashie made quite a formidable team! She came away with two second place ribbons and two first place class wins to her credit!! Competition was tough, and we were so proud of Olivia and Aisling... who both looked like they'd been showing together for years.

Moonsetter Website is Back Up and Running!

Sorry for the inconvenience... we were away at a dog show and couldn't be home to get things back up and running with our domain registrar until this morning! It's all good now ! :)

And Now... Caden!

Dad getting the business from Caden!
Yeah, I'm cute.

Looks like this was the week to hear from the Moonsetter I-Litter kids, and today we got these pictures of Caden (who lives with the litter's sire Rake). It appears he keeps papa busy... when he's not looking quite adorable!

Would a Gordon with any other name be as handsome?

This is the lovely pick boy from the Moonsetter I-Litter, "Braun" (Moonsetter In the Field). Keith takes a bit of ribbing from us about the name he chose for his buddy, but we have to admit, it fits him pretty well. These pictures, taken over the 4th show a really beautiful young boy, who bears a striking resemblance to his grandpa Will here at Moonsetter.

Annie's got the gun...But Rori has the nose!

Various ages of Rori learning to work stylishly on birds were on the CD too. Mama Regan and papa Rake are both very proud of her!!

Annie and "The Roar"

A surprise CD arrived in today's mail with lots of great pictures of Rori in Michigan (one of our recent I-Litter puppies, aka Moonsetter Isn't She Royal). Rori makes her home with another Moonsetter girl named "Annie" (aka Moonsetter Annie Get Your Gun). While Rori has grown a bit since this was taken, we thought they looked adorable together :-)

In a "Field of Her Own'"

Regan was having fun over the Holiday weekend getting to work some birds in the field. She's a very serious girl on birds, and is always a pleasure to work with. Unfortunately, our photographic prowess isn't quite as polished as her natural ability, but hey, we tried!! Regan is also known as Moonsetter Field Of Her Own (DC/AFC Carolina's All Hat, No Cattle MH x Ch. Timberlane Going in Style JH, our Belle).

Greetings from Kierra

Looking so much like her mama !

I-Litter girl "Kierra" (aka Moonsetter Irresistible Jump on the New Year) now hails from New York State with her family the DiMicelli's. We received a few cute pictures from them, and wanted to share our favorite.