Their 1st Hunt!t
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Their first days hunted on LIVE
BIRDS! Total birds taken: 20 quail, 9 partridge and 6 Cock Pheasants.
Welcome
to Mountain View Kennel
We
specialize in hunting and raising the most natural foot hunting pleasure
hunting Setters found in the world and are the only kennel solely dedicated
in raising and preserving the purest "Dashing Bondhu" Llewellin Setter
bloodlines remaining in the world!
As
you can see from the photo above, they are born natural bird dogs. These
young dogs at only 14-15 months of age had no help from other dogs and
no training. Pictured are the results after their first time being exposed
to live birds in the wild. All dogs naturally Pointed solid , Retrieved
to hand, and even Honored (backed) each other faithfully. They were worked
and shot over a lone and then together and did an amazing job for any dog,
never mind for one's on their first hunt. Absolutely, NO force training
or electric training collars were ever used in their training or in any
of our dogs training here at Mountain View Kennel.
They
continue season after season to amaze us and everyone who has hunted with
them. Please see our many hunting photos linked below.
A
brief history of the Dashing Bondhu bloodlines are as follows: The Dashing
Bondhu bloodlines were personally developed by Mr. Richard Purcell Llewellin,
Esq. (1840-1925) who spent over
50 years in their personal development and perfection of his own unique
personal strain he personally named "Dashing Bondhu". All of the other
Llewellin Setter strains were not developed by Mr. Llewellin himself.
The main difference from the
Dashing Bondhu line from the many American lines, is that the American
lines came from Llewellin's first early attempts at breeding, that were
sent to America prior to 1900's and then developed by American breeders
and Field trailer's. Selection was very different even among American breeders
and soon many different recognized bloodlines were developed here in North
America. Each kennel bred for different standards and traits such as size,
color, markings, temperament, ability, health, hunting range, etc. resulting
in each line becoming very different from one another. Even dogs originating
from the same strain would be slightly different from one kennel to another.
The Dashing Bondhu line was Llewellin's
personal bloodline that he personally developed and perfected in England
for over 50 years. On Mr. Llewellin's passing in 1925, he left his respected
friend William Humphrey also in England all of his personal Dashing Bondhu
dogs to continue their breeding to Mr. Llewellin's high standards. Which
Mr. Humphrey did for another 38 years, producing 41 foot hunting Field
Champions in the process. Mr. Humphrey also worked closely with Father
Brannon (Irish Priest) who owned Scinn Amach Kennel in Ireland, who also
bred them in Ireland for 30 plus years. Many feel that Humphrey and Brannon
even refined or prefected the Dashing Bondhu's even further. They selected
only the most "natural born bird dogs" without the use of electronic collars,
plented birds, or any force training generation after generation.
Our Dashing Bondhu Llewellin
Setters today are direct decedents of 1960's direct imports from Humphrey's
kennel and 1988 direct imports from Fr. Brannon's kennel, two
outstanding gentlemen that Mr. Llewellin entrusted his personal bloodlines
to and because of breeding the generations 8-10 years apart, many of our
Llewellin Setter's we own today are still only 3- 5 generations from the
original English and Irish imports from these great gentlemen, without
any other strains being added what so ever.
For
a complete history of the Dashing Bondhu bloodlines, please go to our Dashing
Bondhu History webpage.
These
are also the same pure Dashing Bondhu bloodlines that produced famous "Hank"
aka Henry Princeof Pause, from Outdoor Life
Network's Number "1" Sporting show for a number of years, OLN's TV series,
"Hunting
with Hank",
"Hank"
aka Henry Princeof Pause was also entered
in the Bird Dog Foundation's Hall of Fame. These two great dogs are not
only all out of the SAME 100% exact combination of pure Dashing Bondhu
bloodlines that we own and specialize in, but "Hank"
aka Henry Princeof Pause can even be found
as the grand sire and great grand sire in most of our dog's pedigrees and
in pups we offer and "Dash" aka Hank's Dashing
Bondhu, is the sire of our stud "Hank's
Champ Bondhu". In fact, Mountain View Kennel
is home to more "Certified Gun Dogs" of OLN's Hank's and OLN's Dash's bloodlines
found anywhere else in the world.
Also,
congratulations to Henry Princeof Pause aka "Hank" and Hank's Dashing Bondhu
aka "Dash" for receiving their IPDBA Gun Dog Certifications!
Look for this symbol!
Please
be aware that there are several different recognized bloodlines of Llewellin
Setter's being bred and advertised today as Llewellin Setters. Because
they are so different, these bloodlines are known by many different
names like Blizzard, Roycelle, Gladstone, Bomber, Tony'O, Advie, are just
some examples of Llewellin Setter lines that are not found at all in our
pure Dashing Bondhu Llewellin Setter pedigrees. If any of these names
are found in a pedigree, you will know they were not Llewellin's personal
strain of "Dashing Bondhu" bloodlines that we specialize in at Mountain
View Kennel.
It
is not our intention to knock other strains or breeder's of other Llewellin
Setters. We just feel that not all Llewellin Setter's were developed by
Mr. Llewellin himself for over 50 years and are not the same and it has
been our first hand experience that each strain can be very different from
one another. Also, that crossing of those strains can have very mixed results,
especially in future generations. The point is, if you want to own dogs
that are as much like a certain strain that produced genetically sound,
foot hunting dogs like OLN's Hank and Dash for example, or that were bred
personally by Mr. Llewellin's high ideals, then it is best to stick with
the same pure strain that produced them.
By
the way, if in your search, you can find any Llewellin Setter's here or
abroad, other than ours or our good friend Al King's as pure Dashing Bondhu
as ours, please let us know. We are always in search for other pure Dashing
Bondhu Llewellin Setters from around the world.
We
feel they are the best pleasure hunting BIRD DOGS ever developed
in the world and because of our strict selection, our dogs are producing
the BEST pups available in the world and is why we provide a 100%
Satisfaction Guarantee on ever single pup
we offer!
We
hope you enjoy our extensive website, it has taken years of research to
produce. Please follow the links provided below.