Quote Originally Posted by Glacier
GSPs are extremely popular with mushers, because of their endurance, energy and trainability. Most distance racing teams and a whole lot of sprint racing teams have either purebred pointers or high percentage mixes. I had a 3/4 GSP-1/4 husky puppy show up at my place a couple years ago. I don't do puppies as a rule, but I would have kept him. His musher reclaimed him, but I have dibs on him if he ever gets rehomed.

I grew up with an Irish Setter. She was my best friend for 14 years. Sweet, gentle, loving..a wonderful dog, but seriously, so stupid it was a miracle she remembered to breath on her own!
They do love to pull! These three GSP's pictured while skiijoring are part of a team in Washington.
(They're not my dogs--I live in the desert )



Yep for the most part the brains have been bred out of the Irish setters! We very seldom saw one out in the field.