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Llewellin Setter

The Llewellin Setter

The Llewellin Setter's history began in the last quarter of the 19th Century. An English gentleman by the name of Purcell Llewellin produced his own strain of English Setters and kept the lines free from any outcrosses. In 1875 he crossed his line-bred dogs to the Lavarack Setter, owned by Edward Lavarack. This unique cross produced the Llewellin Setter, and all canines claiming that name must be traced back to that original cross.

Although some do breed English to Llewellin, the litter must be registered as English Setter in the Field Dog Stud Book of The American Field Publishing Company, where only pure Llewellin Setters are registered. The AKC does not recognize the Llewellin Setter as a distinctive breed but as an English Setter, from whence it originated.

Most who have ever hunted both English and Llewelin Setters, can easily recognize the distinctiveness of each breed line. These dog come in all coats and colors -- tri-colors (black, white, and tan), chestnut, brown, blue, lemon, liver, orange, and tan beltons (white and one other color). God chose to uniquely color each. Although considered long-haired dogs, the length varies with the breeding.

Males top out in weight from between 45 and 60 lbs. Females, 35 to 50 lbs. Of course, there are exceptions, but this is a good standard of rule.

Houdini Llewellins Setters, LLC breeds pure Llewellin Setters. As a small breeder we produce only a few superior litters of puppies each year. We are dedicated to SELECTIVE BREEDING to produce the BEST of the breed, while preserving the innate instinct of the close-working, foot-hunting meat dogs!

Wind'em is directly linked to "Count Noble," which is the closest blood line back to the original cross of Purcell Llewellin's Setters, and Edward Laverack's dogs in 1875, which produced the Llewellin Setter as we know it today. Windem, is producing beautifully marked, highly intelligent, natural bird wise puppies.

He is out of two recent imports; one from William Humphrey's dogs in Belgium, and "Advie High Beam," which is from Derry Argue's kennel in Scotland. William Humphrey received the dogs of Purcell Llewellin at his death and the strains remained pure.

Faults ** Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be exact proportion to its degree.

Note ** Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully into the scrotum.