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About the Gordon Setter

Origin: Great Britain
Typical life span
12-13 years
Size
Large — from its typical weight
Weight
Male
25-36 kg
Female
20-32 kg
Height
Male
61-69 cm
Female
58-66 cm
FCI status
Reconocida por la FCI
FCI group
Pointing Dogs
Origin
Great Britain
Known hereditary risks
Not researched yet

About

What is a Gordon Setter?

Large, athletic bird dog with distinctive glistening black-and-tan coat. Built sturdily for work in rugged terrain, it is the heaviest and most substantial of the setter breeds, known for endurance and loyalty with an alert expression.

Gordon Setter history and origins

Developed in Scotland by Alexander the fourth Duke of Gordon in the late 18th and early 19th centuries from black and tan setters. Established as a durable one-man bird dog capable of working long days in rugged Scottish Highland terrain.

Gordon Setter appearance and size

Males typically weigh 25-36 kg and stand 61-69 cm at the shoulder; females 20-32 kg and 58-66 cm.

Lo que dice el estándar de la raza

Criado para
Pointing dog
Comportamiento y temperamento
Intelligent, able and dignified. Bold, outgoing, of a kindly even disposition

Quoted from FCI standard n°6. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Referencia de la raza de The Dog API.

Características

Tamaño
Large
Necesidad de ejercicio
4 of 5
Facilidad de adiestramiento
Caída de pelo
Cuidados del pelo
4 of 5
Convivencia con niños
Coste de mantenimiento
Tolera quedarse solo
Inteligencia
Salud de la raza
Not researched yet

Pros & cons

Pros y contras de la raza Gordon Setter

Lo que obtienes con la raza Gordon Setter

  • Función declarada en el estándar: «Pointing dog»
  • El estándar describe la raza así: «Intelligent, able and dignified. Bold, outgoing, of a kindly even disposition»

Lo que asumes

  • Exige muchos cuidados del pelo — la descripción del propio estándar es «on backs of legs long, fine, flat and straight, fringes on belly may extend to chest and…»

Extraído de fuentes y no escrito como opinión — investigación de salud citada, el estándar del propio registro, y estudios de longevidad revisados por pares. Estándar de la raza, FCI. Los animales de un criador pueden diferir de todo esto, y una columna vacía significa que no tenemos nada de ese lado, no que no haya nada que decir.

Characteristics

Estándar de la FCI · Gordon Setter

Pelo y color

Tal como lo establece el estándar de la FCI. Cada línea de abajo está en las palabras del propio estándar, etiquetada con permissible.

Coat

On head, front of legs, tips of ears short and fine

moderate length, flat and free from curl or wave on all other parts of body.

Feather on upper portion of ears long and silky

on backs of legs long, fine, flat and straight, fringes on belly may extend to chest and throat.

As free as possible from curl or wave

Color

  • Preferred
  • Permissible
  • Undesirable
  • Disqualifying

«Preferred», «permissible», «undesirable» y «disqualifying» — preferido, admisible, indeseable y descalificante — son las palabras de la propia FCI sobre la raza, y quedan en inglés porque así constan en el estándar. Describen lo que el estándar pide — no son una valoración de ningún perro concreto, ni nuestra.

  • Deep, shining coal black, without rustiness, with markings of chestnut red, i.e. lustrous tan.
  • Permissible: Black pencilling on toes and black streak under jaw
  • Tan markings: Two clear spots over eyes not over 2 cm (3/4 ins.) in diameter.
  • On sides of muzzle, tan not reaching above base of nose, resembling a stripe around clearly defined end of muzzle from one side to other.
  • On throat, two large, clear spots on chest
  • On inside hindlegs and inside thighs, showing down front of stifle and broadening out to outside of hindlegs from hock to toes.
  • On forelegs, up to elbows behind, and to pastern joints or little above, in front.
  • Around vent.
  • Permissible: Very small white spot on chest
  • Permissible: No other colour

Resumido de FCI standard n°6 — cada etiqueta está en las palabras del propio estándar, con el veredicto pasado a la etiqueta de al lado. Lee la cláusula completa en la fuente.

Información a nivel de raza, de The Dog API. Describe la raza Gordon Setter en general; cualquier animal concreto puede ser distinto.

Health guide

What to ask for in a Gordon Setter

No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Gordon Setter on this platform yet. That is a gap in our records, not a clean bill of health — ask the breeder which hereditary conditions their lines are tested for, and ask to see the results for both parents, dated and from a named laboratory.

Puppies

No puppies listed right now

No Gordon Setter breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.

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