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? |
Example how pups can change as they grow This is why we send an outline diagram of each pup available showing their expected ticking as an adult. That way, our customer's will know about how much ticking a pup will have as an adult. Just because they are born all white, does not mean they won't have a lot of ticking as an adult. All pups are born without any ticking.
(Pup Not For Sale)
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Tri-Belton pup at 3 wks
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Same pup at 6 wks old
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Same pup at 3 months old
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Same pup at 12 months old
(is fully ticked)
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Same pup with his best hunting buddy Nik
and Nik's first Pheasant in MA!
Don't forget to take a kid hunting!
His Dad is one happy customer :)
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(All these Puppies were SOLD and are not available) 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. |
SOLD L-R #1 & #3 are Chestnut Beltons and the rest are White, Chestnut, & Tkd. Starting to show ticking. |
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White, Black, & Ticked pup at 9 weeks owned by Andre Lewis, Minnesota SOLD |
Blue Belton (White with Black Ticks) Nose will be all black Too young to show ticking. SOLD |
Blue Belton (White with Black Ticks) Starting to show ticking. SOLD |
White, Chestnut, & Ticked Eye patch Starting to show ticking. SOLD |
Chestnut Belton nose will be all brown Starting to show ticking. SOLD |
White, Black, & Ticked Full Mask nose will be all black very little ticking, but starting to show ticking. SOLD |
White, Black, & Ticked Half mask, heavy amount of large ticking Older pup showing more ticking SOLD |
Blue Belton (White with Black Ticking) Nose will be all black Too young to show ticking. SOLD |
Tri-Chestnut Half Mask (White, Chestnut, Tan, & Ticked) nose will be all brown Too young to show ticking. SOLD |
Tri-color Full mask (White, Black, Tan, & Ticked) Too young to show ticking. SOLD |
Tri-Chestnut Half Mask (White, Chestnut, Tan, & Ticked) Nose will be all brown Too young to show ticking. SOLD |
Blue Belton (White with Black Ticking) Older pup shows ticking. SOLD |
White, Black, & Ticked Half mask Starting to show ticking. SOLD |
White, Black, & Ticked Nose will be all black SOLD |
White, Orange, & Ticked Nose will be all black (Not a Belton because of Orange markings) Too young to show ticking. SOLD |
White, Black, & Ticked (Not a Belton because of black patch on ear) Older pup showing more ticking. SOLD |
A nice fat 5 week old pup White, Black, & Ticked (Half mask) Just starting to show ticking. SOLD |
Life-Time Satisfaction Guarantee!
(GDC Dashing Bondhu Ringo x GDC Dashing Bondhu Rosie) 100% Humphrey
Dam:
GDC Dashing Bondhu Silk
We are very excited about having another 100% Humphrey litter. Of course they are Gun Dog Certified and proven reproducing parents. We are expected amazing results from this litter, as they should please the very hard to please. There should have Tri color, Chestnut, and/or Tri-Chestnut pups. Evaluation will start at 5 weeks around June 1st. These will have to go through our waiting list, but manyof those waiting are waiting for a certain color, marking, or time frame and have passed on several litters before..
(Dashing CountOtho Bondhu x Dashing Rosie Bondhu) 100% Humphrey
Dam:
GDC Dashing Bondhu Cora We are very excited about having another 100% Humphrey litter. Of course they are Gun Dog Certified parents. We are expected amazing results from this litter, as they should be awesome. They may have Tri color, or White, Black, & Ticked pups and Beltons possible. Evaluation with start at 5 weeks around June 4th. These will have to go through our waiting list, but manyof those waiting are waiting for a certain color, marking, or time frame and have passed on several litters before..
(Dashing CountOtho Bondhu x Dashing Rosie Bondhu) 100% Humphrey
Dam:
GDC Dashing Bondhu Odette
We were very excited about having another litter out of Odette, but she only has one living pup. Of course they are Gun Dog Certified parents and are expected amazing results from this litter, as it should be an awesome pup. Evaluation will start at 5 week of age around June 10th. These will have to go through our waiting list, but manyof those waiting are waiting for a certain color, marking, or time frame and have passed on several litters before.. |
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Planned/Made
Breedings!
Litters Planned/Due! GUN DOG CERTIFIED PARENTS!
We have several other females in with our studs, that are not listed above that could also be bred, but were not seen breeding or are showing yet. We also have some new young studs and females that have not been posted on our Dams or Studs web pages that may be bred. They will be posted as soon as their "Gun Dog Certification" has been finished and pictures taken. Most pictures and pedigrees of
our Studs and Dams may be seen on their web pages, please follow links
provided below.
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The Dashing Bondhu bloodline have been line-bred for over 140 years and reproduce like clones, except for color and markings. They were bred for Ol' English Gentlemen for FOOT HUNTING and NATURALLY hunt VERY close when needed in thick heavy cover, the thicker the cover the closer they will hunt in front of you. Over 85% have been sold to Ruffed Grouse hunting homes and have made excellent woods Grouse and Woodcock gun dogs, Guaranteed. They will also adjust to open ground and can be easily taught to reach out making them an excellent choice for foot hunting quail, chukar, pheasant, and/or prairie grouse dogs, Guaranteed. |
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Prices listed are subject to change. 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 expense 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.
The starting price is for all pups that are White, Black, & Ticked. This is the original and most common Llewellin Setter color. Tri-Color is White, Black, Tan, & Ticked. Please add $50. extra for 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. This is extremely rare and difficult to spot in pups, so most won't be realized until adulthood. If we do note a Quad-color pup, please add another $50. Example #1: a Blue Belton, please add $50. for being a Belton. Example #2: a Chestnut Belton, add $50. for being a Chestnut and $50. for being a Belton = $100. should be added to starting price. Example #3: 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.
Attention Gun Owner's 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. Wanted on
Trade?
Deposits,
Reservations, &
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 place in sequential order starting at 5 week birth date. It is impossible in most cases for someone to come and pick out a pup within 48 hours of the day they are emailed info, because of the unknown timing of the picking order, so if they are unable to come in person within 48 hours of the 1st notice sent, they MUST make their selection from the photos, diagram, and description emailed them within that time. All additional questions will be answered, but if management believes the person is attempting to delay the selection process for any reason, Mountain View Kennel reserves the right to offer the available pups to the next person in line. Mountain View Kennel always reserves the right to refuse the sale of their pups at anytime. Available pups info will be emailed or sent to the first person at the top of our waiting list on or within a few days of their 5 week birth date. All selections MUST be made in a TIMELY manner (within 48 hours) of when email/s with info are sent. It is the sole responsibility of the buyer to check their email/s often and to keep management notified of any address changes. Any delays will forfeit your selection order regardless of when your deposit was received and pups will be offered to the next person waiting, or posted to the public on a first come first serve bases. 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 NEVER accept "REFUNDABLE" deposits. If a 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, reserved 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 under special circumstances. Mountain View Kennel does not offer any TRAINING or KENNELING services and will NOT raise pups for you! 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. Please make out deposit checks to Marie and send to: Marie Bloodgood
Shipping Puppies! (Prices subject to change) 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: Marie Bloodgood
Please note: 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.
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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.
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Please Note: Statements of percentages of bloodlines in our dogs and pups are calculated approximations made to the best of our knowledge and abilities from the pedigree information we have at the time.
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NOTICE!
All our Llewellin Setters are permanently identified with registered AVID® microchips,
Tattooed, photographed and are DNA swabbed for personal genetic identification.
All documents, photographs and graphics are Copyright © 1996-2013 Mountain View Kennel. Background "painting" of GDC Dashing Blaze Bondhu, pure Dashing Bondhu Llewellin Setter, dedicated in her loving memory.