Llewellin Setter 
Puppies Available!
The Purest Llewellin's Dashing Bondhu Bloodlines Available in the World!

 Please note, because our Dashing Bondhu bloodline's are extremely intelligent, many of our pups will not point a bird wing. This is because they instinctually know that the wing is dead and many will only try and catch a wing to retrieve it to you and will not point one regardless how much you try. Fear not, this has NO indication on their ability to POINT steady on LIVE bird scent and your pup well  point on live birds where it really matters. In fact, I believe they are the smarter pups with the strongest instincts and because of this trait, our dogs are much less likely to false point, relocate points, or flash point wasting a hunter's time and will have the live bird/s body scent when they point. This is just one of the many amazing instincts these Setters have.

Also, a very high percentage of our Llewellin Setter pups and adults will point with confidence naturally holding their heads and tails high similar or a little lower then the dog pictured in the background. If you want a dog that points old world style, insecure, holding it's tail low, head down, they may be force trained to do so, even though low carriage is not a natural trait for a confident bird dog with exceptional scenting ability and is not preferred by American hunter's. We do not recommend you purchase one of our pups if you prefer a low style bird dog or you don't want a highly intelligent and natural dog. They are not for people who like to force train, they are natural at pointing, retrieving, and backing and do not respond well to harsh training methods.

Though they can be easily trained to flush birds on command, we personally don't use our Llewellin Setters to flush birds. We feel that this contradicts their naturally bred and programed instinct to hold their points solid until the hunter or handler flushes the bird/s and they hold until a bird is shot down.

It's our opinion that the only times a dog should break point is when birds are moving on the run, like Pheasants, Chukar, Sharp tails, and some quail species are very apt to do. All our dogs will instinctively back off a point when this happens and circle around the birds cutting them off and re-pointing them to pin them down between you and them leaving no where for the birds to go. This will cut down on the time from when your dog smells the birds and you get to shoot them. Other breeds usually break point and keep moving up on the birds and repoint over and over again, until the birds reach thick cover and stay in place or get away. 

Also, when they make a long point off the bird/s and they are instructed with a light tap on one ear to move up and re-point closer to the bird/s. Or when they rarely point out of sight of the hunter in thick cover and have not been located by their master for a while, most will naturally back off their point to locate their master and will lead them back to the birds and re-point them. These were highly favored traits by Mr. Llewellin, Mr. Humphrey's, and Fr. Brannon's personal dogs and are all still very strong instincts we favor in all our Setter's today.

Dashing Bondhu dogs Past and Present

A perfect example how genetically similar the Dashing Bondhu's are today from the originals, with the original Fd.Ch.Ch. Armstrong's Dash II pictured on the left and  134 years later Hank's Ringo Bondhu pictured on the right. Can there be any doubt that they are the same pure Dashing Bondhu bloodlines?

BTW, Hank's Ringo Bondhu, is out of OLN's "Hank" and Dashing Chess Bondhu (our Blaze's littermate) and is the sire of our Hank, DB Chess, Missy, Odette and the grand sire of our Princess, Freckles, and Babe and is half brother to Irish Chess Bondhu, and is related to all the rest of our dogs. So you can see he is in our dogs a lot of times. Of course Dash II was the sire of Fd.Ch.Ch. Dashing Bondhu, the foundation of the Dashing Bondhu bloodline and is in all our dogs many, many times, waaaaaaaaaaay back.

Attention All Customer's
Subject Microchips

     All microchips that we provide are or have been registered to the International Progressive Dog Breeders' Alliance, 'IPDBA' dog registry. In the past, this has allowed us to rely on IPDBA to contact you if your pup/dog was lost and then found by animal shelters and vet clinics. It has now come to our attention that some shelters are not willing to contact the original registered owner or kennel of the microchip if the chip has not been registered to an individual dog and owner with a national online microchip registry. IPDBA will continue to contact dog owner's if they are contacted, but to make sure all shelters will contact you, we recommend that you also register your pups/dogs microchip for life for a one time low fee with the Microchip Registration Center at www.MicrochipRegistrationCenter.com  or call (800) 434-2843. Please add our Customer Provider Code # C14240 , so we can keep track of our pups registered within their system.

This will assure you that your dog is registered for life in your name and personal contact info, in all three online national lists and will allow you to make your contact changes online without any additional charges for life. 

Please note: We do not receive any discounts or proceeds for recommending the "Microchip Registration Center". We do so because we have been pleased with their excellent service and want our customer's to receive the same.

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100% Free with every puppy purchase

• Consultation before sale (best by email).
• Help in selecting the right pup.
• Pro-ID Microchip inserted (Internationally recognized).
• Tattoo ID (last three digits of microchip in ear), in case chip stops working.
• All Vaccines and wormings (to date for age).
• Expert training advice (after sale).
• 100% Life-Time Satisfaction Guarantee!

We post these pictures because most pups are reserved in advanced and are never posted for public viewing. These are the kind of pups we constantly offer our customers.

More often than not, pups are not chosen in order of the waiting list. Example: We had 14 people waiting for female pups and the one nice female pup was note what 1st - 14th persons wanted and is posted on our website. So sending your deposit in now, will not automatically mean that you will have to wait until all those ahead of you will have selected a pup. Many are waiting for a certain color, pattern, breeding, or time of year. It is very possible the next pup will be available to you.

For some odd reason, we do get almost twice the males pups as we do female pups born, so it often appears females are in more demand, but the truth is, we sell almost twice as many males as we do females each year. 

See below how many deposits we currently have.

If you would like to be added to our waiting list for a pup, please send a $100.00 Deposit check to:

Marie Bloodgood
11290 N. Dixie Hwy.
Bonnieville, KY 42713

Deposits are subtracted from the final price of the pup, but are non-refundable. There is more detailed info on deposits, pricing, payment, and how the selection process is done further down this webpage! 

 

Nursery News!

100% Pure Dashing Bondhu Puppies
Don't settle for less.

Litters are listed until every pup in that litter has been reserved (chosen). Once all the pups in a litter have been reserved, we will remove that litter from the website. Pups pictures will only be posted if they were not chosen by those on our waiting list first. Pictures have never done our pups justice, they are much prettier in person.

 

All our pups have a
Life-Time Satisfaction Guarantee!

GUN DOG CERTIFIED PARENTS!

Litter B-12
Born March 26, 2012
Has 3 Males and 2 Females
91.25% Humphrey & 8.75% Fr. Brannon

GUN DOG CERTIFIED PARENTS!

This should be an awesome litter of pups. Both parents are outstanding NATURAL bird dogs and proven reproducers. Henry Princeof Pause (OLN's Hank) is on the top of the pups pedigree twice and on the bottom once. Chestnut, Tri-Chestnuts and Tri-Color pups with medium-heavy ticking expected. These pup will be small about 45-50 pounds for males and 40 pounds for females.

The selection process is done on this litter. The males have all been reserved, but believe it or not, we have a real nice female available out of this litter on a first come first serve bases. If interested, please email us ASAP.

Available!
B12 #4 Female
White, Black, & Ticked

B12 #4 Female $900.00
Available!

Life-Time Satisfaction Guarantee!

Litter C-12
Born April 16, 2012
Has 2 Males and 1 Female
93.75% Humphrey & 6.25% Fr. Brannon

GUN DOG CERTIFIED PARENTS!

 
We expect awesome Natural pups from this breeding with very little ticking. Expecting Blue or Chestnut Belton and some White, Black & Ticked and White, Chestnut, & Ticked pups. Those on our waiting list will have first chance at these pups. Selection process will start on 5/21/12.

A very rare litter of 100% Humphrey bred Llewellin Setters. They are Mr. Llewellin's personal Setters inherited by William Humphrey and kept 100% pure for over 140 years. They are the most natural bird dogs ever devloped and there are no better bred Llewellin Setters found in the world. Males and females for the first time will be offered to those on our waiting list, but we may have a male available. Please remember to add $200.00 to our starting price for 100% pure Humphrey bred pups.

Selection process will start on 5/22/12.

We expect awesome Natural pups from this breeding with very little ticking. Expecting Chestnut Belton and some White,  Chestnut, & Ticked pups. Those on our waiting list will have first chance at these pups.

Selection process will start on 5/26/12.

We know it's hard to believe, but we have not been able to distquesh any reproducing qualities between any of these amazing Setters. All studs and dams have been 100% NATURAL and "Gun Dog Certified" and personally hand selected by Mike and ALL have produced equally well, so to be fair to all our studs and to have breedable pairs of pups available, we will make changes on the planned studs if two or more females are in heat at the same time, so once in a while we will change the sire's planned in our "Planned/Made Breedings" listing so we don't have too many pups out of the same stud. 

We list them in the estimated order of due in heat, but the good Lord may have other plans. As soon as they begin to show, we will post approximate due date. Unfortunately, we have been fooled in the past with a false pregnancy once in a while, nothing in nature is for certain, but we are usually right on.

Pictures and pedigrees of our Studs and Dams may be seen on their webpages, please follow links provided below. 

     Our pups are bred to hunt VERY close when needed in thick heavy cover, the thicker the cover the closer they will hunt with you. Over 90% are sold to Ruffed Grouse hunting homes and have made excellent woods Grouse and Woodcock dogs, Guaranteed. They also adjust to open ground and can be taught to reach out making them excellent for foot hunting quail, chukar, pheasant, and prairie grouse dogs, Guaranteed. 
    They have a strong willingness to please, making them easy to train and adjust to the cover staying in eye sight and make wonderful loving and loyal family pets, Guaranteed. 
    Our Dashing Bondhu breeding program has been a wonderful success and we would like to praise God for it ALL as he is the creator of ALL life and would especially like to thank him for sending us wonderful customers from around the world. Mike and Marie want to thank all those who purchased pups from them in the past and they wish everyone a very happy, blessed, healthy 2012. 
     Once again, we have received OUTSTANDING reports on 2011 pups with only one pup needing to be replaced. We are maintaining better than a 98% satisfaction record since we have been breeding these Setters since 1996 and have been told by geneticists that it is impossible to improve on that percentage since we must allow as much as 5% for natural birth defects. But, we do are very best to eliminate any problems and are doing everything possible to produce the very best pups possible.
     When selecting your puppy, please realize that our Dashing Bondhu's have been line bred for 140 plus years and are virtually like clones, so when it comes to good health, loving temperament, high intelligence, natural ability, and willingness to please they are all very much a like. If on the small chance a pup is different, we will specify it. 
     Basically, the only differences are in their color and markings. So you can be confident in choosing the pup you want from their color, markings, and from the pictures sent to you or that are posted. Unless noted, the rest is automatically the same litter after litter regardless who the parents are. This is why we are able to provide a Life-Time Satisfaction Guarantee on every pup we offer. In fact, once we have carefully selected, trained, Gun Dog Certified, and added one to our breeding program, we have never needed to remove one for produce inferior pups. 
      On the very small chance any pup would show shyness or not be of the same high standards expected, we will always note it in their email or posting. We do our best to spot any little thing out of place and will inform you before your purchase and we guarantee your total satisfaction for LIFE after the sale. NO gimmicks, NO games, EVERY PUP has a LIFE-TIME SATISFACTION GUARANTEE.
     For some reason, we end up with more deposits for females than for males. We understand that males in most breeds and even most lines are usually stubborn and harder to train, both in the field and home, but BOTH males and females of these wonderful Setters have a strong willingness to please their owner's and are what some call born broke. They are ALL usually the easiest breed to house train and natural bird dogs, with super sweet personalities. 

We are accepting $100.00 deposits now...

for future litters. The sooner we receive your deposit the more choices you will have. Of course we realize it's hard to plan to purchase a pup before you see them, so please understand, you have the right to wait until a pup to your satisfaction is available and we also guarantee your satisfaction 100% after the sale.

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We have tried to keep our prices low even with all the many increases in the cost to raise them and the huge demand for them. Dog food has almost doubled since 1995 as well as vaccines and fencing, etc.. Even so, we still have our Dashing Bondhu pups priced far below what they originally cost us when we purchased them. 

Also, please keep in mind that our Setters are "Gun Dog Certified", we have the added expence of training each and every pup/dog we add to our breeding program, assuring our pups are out of PROVEN parents, Natural, and are "genetically sound", which could save you hundreds of dollars in professional training, veterinarian expenses, and they come with a 100% Life-Time Satisfaction Guarantee! Mountain View Kennel is the first and only kennel to offer such a full guarantee and is setting the standard for the rest to follow if they can. If you can possibly find a better Guarantee on any bird dog, we will match it 100%.

ALL pups are sold with FULL breeding rights, unless noted for "Non-breeding home only". We feel it is important to have whole dogs with breeding rights available in case they are ever needed to help save the pure Dashing Bondhu bloodline again, but if you prefer to spay or neuter yours, it is fine with us. There are no better or genetically sound (clean) strain of dogs available in the world.

For some odd reason, we do get almost twice the males pups as we do female pups born, so it often appears females are in more demand, but we sell almost twice as many males as we do females each year. 

Prices listed are for 6-9 week old pups, if you purchased a pup and will be unable to pick it up or receive it by it's 10 week birth date, please add $50 per week boarding fee after 9 weeks unless our fault. We allow some 6 week old pups to be personally picked up for early bonding and can ship starting at 8 weeks of age in most cases. Shipping prices increase with pups after 9 weeks old, because of their increased size.
 
 

This price is for all pups that are the common White, Black, & Ticked or White, Black, Tan, & Ticked aka Tri-Color.

True Beltons, are born completely White without any markings. They then begin to get ticking a few weeks later similar to one or both of the parents. Please add $50 extra for a Belton pup.

It has taken many years of selective breeding to produce the beautiful White & Chestnuts (Liver) or White & Orange in this strain, especially the Tri-Chestnut (White, Chestnut, Tan, & Ticked) so please add $50 extra if pup is a Chestnut or Orange in color and another $50 if a Tri-Chestnut.

Quad and Quad-Belton: Quad means four colors. They can be White, Black, Orange, Tan & Ticked or they can be White, Chestnut, Orange, Tan & Ticked. Not yet available to the public!

Example #1: a Chestnut Belton, add $50 for being a Chestnut and $50 for being a Belton = $100 should be added to starting price.

Example #2: a Tri-Chestnut Belton, add $100 for being a Tri-Chestnut and $50 for being a Belton = $150. should be added to starting price.

Many pups are born with pink or spotted noses, but 99% will become solid in color when mature. Tri-color, White & Black and most White & Orange pups will have solid Black noses when mature and Tri-Chestnuts, White & Chestnuts, and a few White & Orange pups will have solid brown noses when mature.

Please note: All Dashing Bondhu bloodlines go back to Mr. Llewellin's personal Setters that he himself bred for over 50 years and Mr. Humphrey and Fr. Brannon were very close friends and frequently bred, trained, and traded their pure Dashing Bondhu's until 1963 when Mr. Humphrey passed away. Fr. Brannon continued his strict breeding program of his Bondhu's until his passing and the great Ambassador was imported in 1988 and was bred to a pure Humphrey female that produced H/F IrishKing Bondhu Ashly. We have found no difference in their natural hunting abilities or genetic soundness in Fr. Brannon's Setters, both are identical. The only Belgium bloodline carried in some of our Setters are pure Humphrey Dashing Bondhu breeding without any Wind'Em, they are the same quality bloodlines imported to the USA in the 1960's by Dr. Stephenson. It was kept pure in Belgium after Mr. Humphrey's passing in 1963 and then imported to the USA in the early 1990's. 

For those interested, because of their rareness of the pure Humphrey blood, we have been working to increase the amount of Humphrey blood in some of our Setters. Please add $100 for 99.00%-99.99% Humphrey Bred Dashing Bondhu pups (Should be available starting in 2011) and $200.00 to 100% Humphrey Bred Dashing Bondhu male pups should be available in 2011 and females in 2012. 

All pups are microchiped, tattooed usually with the last three digits of microchip number, photos are taken for permanent identification, and all our pups are IPDBA (International Progressive Dog Breeders' Alliance) Litter Registered, at no extra charge. 

We are not gun dealer's, but will consider shotguns, rifles , hand guns, in very good or better condition toward the price of a pup. Please send clear photo's, complete description, and the amount you would like to get to our email address below. We are not gun dealer's, only looking for certain makes, model, gauges and caliber's for our personal use.

We have family members very interested in, but may not be limited too, the following in very good to excellent condition.
 

We require $100 NON-REFUNDABLE deposit to reserve a pup or to be placed on our waiting list for future pups, which will be applied to the purchase price of your new pup.

Reservations are taken in the order that deposits are "received" in hand which guarantees your pick in sequential order at  5 week birth date. It is difficult in most cases for someone to come and pick a pup out because of the picking order, so if they are unable to come in person on or before 5 week birth date to make their selection, pictures and description's of available pups will be emailed or sent to them on or around their 5 week birth date. 

All selections must be made in a timely manner any delays may forfeit your selection order and pups will be offered on a first come first serve bases regardless of when deposits were received.

This is done so other customers will be able to make their selections in a timely manner and can start picking up their new pups as young as 6 weeks of age to begin their important bonding process and also so we can offer any non reserved pups on our website as soon as possible. 

Please note: Mountain View Kennel always reserves the option for first choice on all litters for their personal program, but will honor all selections once made. This does NOT mean that a pup will be chosen from each litter. Deposits may not be transferred to another litter once a selection has been made. We do not accept "refundable" deposits at all. If litter is not born, or puppy does not make it, or is not desirable, deposit may be transferred to future litter or on another puppy that is available. If customer decides to purchase else where, deposit will be forfeited and will NOT be REFUNDED.

Generally, puppies are to be picked up at 6-8 weeks of age or shipped at 8-9 weeks of age and no later than 10 weeks unless special arrangements have been made with Mountain View Kennel management. 

Mountain View Kennel is registered business with the State of Kentucky and ALL pups that are picked up, must add 6% Kentucky sales tax of purchase price ($6 per $100) including deposit. Only pups that are shipped do not require sales tax.

We raise each puppy as part of our family so we prefer that our customers pick up their pup in person if possible, so we can meet their new owners in person. Since it is not always feasible for everyone to pick up their pup, we do ship them starting at 8 weeks of age from Louisville International Airport when ever possible. Shipping costs extra: We can ship to any major airport in world that allows airlines that carry animals. We have shipped safely to hundreds of airports around the world, including to every state in the USA, Canada, Brazil, Greece, Switzerland, Germany, Russia, Japan, Norway, Belgium and other countries.

US Shipping and Handling prices includes Vet Health Certificate, Airline approved carrier, transportation to and from our Vet's and to Louisville International Airport, shipping insurance, and the shipping expenses to your airport.

We also make all airline reservations for a date and time that suits both of us. We DO NOT ship on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, or on or around Holidays because of high airline traffic. Pups must be at least 8 weeks old to ship.

If you plan to ship your pup, please send the following amounts with balance payment at least one week before shipping:
 

Prices above, do not include boarding fees mentioned for pups kept over 10 weeks of age. Pups are expected to be picked up or shipped no later than 9 weeks, unless arrangements have been made and approved by Mountain View KennelTM management.

It is now easier in most cases for Canadian purchases to be picked up at closes US airport and hand carried across border. Canada shipments add $100.00 to above S/H prices for special State Health Certificates. 

If we do find a way to ship to Canada, many Canadian shipments will require pups to stay over night in a facility/kennel at last US connection, usually in Minneapolis St. Paul, if they do you will need to pay another $75 for fee. This is because they must spend at least 4 hours at US ports of exit and Canadian inspection offices close at many airports of import at only 4 pm in Canada.

Mountain View KennelTM will try to ship pups in a timely manner, but because shipping is a complicated and time consuming process, they reserve the right to put off shipping dates to make the most out of their very busy schedule and the safety of the pup.

Multiple Purchases: Many times, two pups of similar age can be shipped together for the same price as one or for very little more.
 

Very, very seldom anything ever goes wrong while shipping and we take all precautions for a safe and stress free experience. We insure them for their full value whenever possible, but it is the buyer's full responsibility once the puppy or dog has left our possession with the airlines. Buyer must notify the airline at time of pick up of anything that may have happened during shipping and to file all claims with the airline. Mountain View Kennel will help with the filing, but does not cover any injuries during or after shipping or pickup.

Please keep in mind, that in over 40+ years of shipping pups and dogs around the world, we have only had one problem with shipping a pup. Shipping is VERY safe!

Sorry, NO Credit Card or Pay Pal payments accepted.

Marie will accept personal checks for deposits ONLY (Must clear before shipping or pickup of pup). Balances MUST be paid by Certified Bank Check, USPS money order/s, Cash, Western Union, or Bank Transfer made out to: "Marie Bloodgood" or "Mountain View Kennel" ONLY. Please send payments to Marie at:

PLEASE EMAIL us instead of calling and we WILL reply ASAP. In most cases we get in very late at night and can email when it's much too late to return calls.

Please no calls or visits on Sunday's or Holiday's, these days are reserved for church and family.

Visitors are welcome by appointment ONLY!

We prefer email, but if you MUST get a hold of us by phone or want to in case you get lost on your way to pick up a pup, our number is (270) 531-7966. Please leave a message and we will do our best to get back with you as soon as we can, but cannot guarantee a return call unless your lost.
 

Many people think that a certain color or pattern is what a Llewellin Setter is suppose to be. Some people think a Blue-Belton, others think an Orange masked and ticking and some others think they must be Chestnut or something else. The truth is NO color or markings define a Llewellin Setter or a Dashing Bondhu from English Setters. Mr. Llewellin and Mr. Humphrey, bred for performance, temperament, and genetic health, nothing else.

 
Mountain View Kennel does not breed or select for color either and while the Dashing Bondhu bloodlines are genetically capable of producing ALL known English Setter colors, the large majority of the Dashing Bondhu pups being produced today are either Tri-Color (White, Black, Tan, & Ticked) or Tri-Belton (White, Black, Tan & Ticked) in color just like their ancestors Mr. Llewellin's own FdCh. Armstrong's Dash II (Dashing) and FdCh. Dashing Bondhu (Bondhu). Followed by many White, Black, & Ticked, Blue Beltons (White with Black ticking) and some White & Chestnut, Chestnut Belton (White with Chestnut ticking), Tri-Chestnut (White, Chestnut & Tan Chestnut) and occasionally some White & Orange and Orange Beltons (White with Orange ticking) may also be produced, usually when a parent is one. We could easily produce more of one color than another by simply selecting more dogs of a certain color, but like those who developed the breed and strain, we are more interested in the quality as natural bird dogs, family companions, and genetic health for generations to come.

The term "Belton" was first used by Mr. Laverack, and was taken from the name of a town near Northumberland, England where many of the Setters there carried this distinctive color scheme." The term "Belton" is used on Setters that are born all white without any markings and will have ticking as they grow. The amount of ticking has nothing to do with weather or not it is a Belton and some are very heavily ticked as adults while others can have hardly any ticking as an adult or may come in any color or combination of colors. The Blue Belton is very striking, especially with heavy amounts of ticking. They are actually just White with Black ticking, but the over-lay of white hairs over their black ticking, makes the ticking appear in color. 

A complete list of possible colors are as follows:

Predominant colors are listed first in order.

The spotting that begins to come out a few weeks after birth is called ticking. Usually a breeder can tell 99% of the amount of ticking they will have as an adult around 5 weeks of age.

All Tri dogs will have some degree of Tan markings on their muzzle and Tan ticking on lower legs and feet. the amount will vary from hardly any to a bunch of tan ticking.

Common Colors:
White, Black & Ticked = W, B & Tkd.
Tri Color: White, Black, Tan & Ticked = W, B, T, & Tkd.

Rare Colors:
White, Orange & Ticked = W, O & Tkd.
White, Chestnut & Ticked = W, C & Tkd.
 

Very Rare Colors:
Tri Chestnut: White, Chestnut, Tan & Ticked = W, C, T, & Tkd.
Quad Color: White, Black, Chestnut, Tan & Ticked = W, B, C, T, & Tkd.
Quad Chestnut: White, Chestnut, Tan, Orange & Ticked = W, C, T, O, & Tkd.

Belton: A True Belton is born solid White with no body markings at all. On Litter Registrations only pups born solid White are to be submitted as a "Belton".

Common Belton Colors:
Blue Belton = White with Black Ticking
Tri-Belton = White with Black & Tan Ticking

Rare Belton Colors:
Orange Belton = White with Orange Ticking
Chestnut Belton = White with Chestnut Ticking
Tri-Chestnut Belton = White with Chestnut & Tan Ticking

Very Rare Belton Colors:
Quad-Belton = White with Black, Chestnut, & Tan, Ticking
Quad Chestnut Belton = White with Chestnut, Tan, & Orange Ticking.