Irish Red and White Setter

Older than the solid red Irish Setter, the Irish Red and White Setter is an Irish gundog developed to find game birds across fields and rough cover. The coat is a pearly white base with clear red patches, giving hunters a dog that could be seen at distance while quartering and pointing. It is a medium to large setter with a strong frame, moderate feathering, and an open athletic stride. Numbers fell sharply after the rise of the all-red setter, and the modern breed was rebuilt from a small population in Ireland and Britain.

A good life for one includes real running, nose work, field training, or another structured outlet; a bored setter can become noisy and inventive indoors. The coat needs regular brushing, especially behind the ears, under the tail, and where feathering collects burrs. Many are warm family dogs but mature slowly, so patient recall work and polite leash habits matter. Because the gene pool is not large, responsible breeders pay close attention to hip and eye testing and to inherited conditions recorded in Irish setter families.

Colors: Apricot, Bicolor, Black, Black and Tan, Black and White, Black Mask, Blue, Blue and Tan, Blue Merle, Blue Roan, Blue Tick, Brindle, Brown, Brown and Tan, Brown and White, Chocolate, Cream, Dapple, Domino, Fawn, Fawn and White, Gold, Gray, Harlequin, Irish Marked, Liver, Liver Mask, Mantle, Mask, Merle, Mottled, Parti-Color, Piebald, Red, Red and White, Red Merle, Red Roan, Red Tick, Reverse Brindle, Roan, Sable, Saddle, Silver, Speckled, Spotted, Tan, Ticked, Tricolor, Tuxedo, White, White and Red, Yellow