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Yesterday we shared the origins and history of the Australian Terrier, and today we're going to talk about the Gordon Setter, who has an IQ ranking 45th.
(Gordon Setter in an outdoor standard standing position)
The ancient pedigree of the Gordon Setter dog dates back to 1620. At the time, the black-clad dark brown Setter appeared in Scotland, but it wasn't until the 18th century that the breed was recognized as the Gordon Castle Setter. Duke Gordon IV (1743-1827) kept many of these dogs in his castle, and although the current Gordon Seth dog was black-brown, at the time many of the dogs in Duke Gordon's large kennel were black-white or black-and-white brown, because these colors were easier to distinguish at work.
(Early Gordon Setter)
About 200 years ago, the Golden Setter first began hunting birds. When they find the bird's location, they lie down quietly, or "set." This method of hunting at the time required hunters to cast nets in the area, sometimes covering dogs, and then driving away and capturing birds there. The 19th-century Seth Spaniel split into 4 different breeds. The English Setter, Gordon Setter, Irish Setter and Irish Red and White Setter are not just representatives of different colors or names in the Title, but are actually four different separate breeds. Evolved according to their geographical location and the terrain in which they hunted. Goldsetter's heavy bones and square frame suggest that it was useful in difficult to walk and rugged Scotland.
(Hunter's good helper: Gordon Setter)
An important figure in the development of this breed was the fourth Duke of Gordon, Alexander Gordon (1743-1827), who was a setter enthusiast who built a kennel consisting of "black and brown hounds" at Gordon Castle. While his early breeds looked more like the English Setter, hybridization with the flat-haired black-brown Shepherd, Bloodhound, Black Indicator Dog, and Black Setter helped shape the Gordon Setter breed to what it is today.
In 1842, the Gordon Seth was introduced for the first time in the United States. George Blunt of New York at the time brought with him a male dog named Rake and a female dog of Rachael.
In 1872, the British Kennel Club KC declared the black-brown Seth as the official breed. The breed was also registered in the United States in 1878 and was recognized by the American Kennel Club AKC in 1884. Eight years later, AKC changed the breed's name from Gordon Castle Setter to Gordon Setter. It wasn't until January 1, 1924, that the British Kennel Club KC accepted Goldsetter's name.
On 28 May 1963, the World Breeding Dog Federation recognized the Gordon Shedda as an independent breed.
(Gordon Setter in display)
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