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Do you breed Irish Red & White Setters? List your kennel on caninebreeder.co.uk so buyers looking for Irish Red & White Setter puppies for sale, and owners seeking an Irish Red & White Setter stud dog, can find you. In a vulnerable native breed, well-planned litters matter. A free basic profile shows your kennel name, location, website, social media, breeds and licence details, with your litters and stud dogs in their own sections; Premium adds your phone number and email, a photo gallery and your CLAD, eye and hip certificates. Add your listing or see pricing.

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In England you need a dog breeding licence from your council if you breed three or more litters in 12 months or breed and sell dogs as a business, and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own schemes. Licensed breeders show their licence number and issuing council on every advert. Puppies must be at least eight weeks old before they go to new homes.

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About the Irish Red & White Setter

The Irish Red & White Setter is an Irish gundog in The Royal Kennel Club's Gundog group, and the RKC describes it as the original Irish Setter. Like other setters, it was used to find game, freezing into a "set" when it caught the scent. Falconers used it, and before firearms, hunters threw nets over the birds the dog had found. Its red and white colouring made it easier to spot at a distance, but the later fashion for the solid red Irish Setter left numbers very low in the early 20th century. Interest has since revived, yet it remains a vulnerable native breed: the RKC uses that label for native breeds with fewer than 300 registrations a year, and its figures show this one below 100 in every year from 2016 to 2025. See our vulnerable native breeds page, the English Setter and Gordon Setter, or all gundog breeders.

Size and build. The RKC classes the breed as large. The breed standard asks for a strong, powerful, athletic dog without heaviness, with a head that is broad for its size and hazel to dark brown eyes. It gives no height or weight figures.

Coat and grooming. The coat is finely textured with good feathering; a slight wave is allowed but never curls. The dog must be clearly particoloured, with a pearl-white base and solid red patches, and some flecking is permitted on the face and feet and up the legs to the elbow and hock. The RKC suggests grooming more than once a week, and the breed club advises regular brushing, with attention to the feathering and ears, to prevent mats.

Exercise. The RKC recommends more than two hours a day, a large house and a large garden, in town or country. The club notes the breed was bred for stamina and suits active owners who like walking or running, or want to try gundog work, agility and similar sports; see field trial pointers and setters and gundog working tests.

Temperament and suitability. The standard describes a happy, good-natured, affectionate, biddable and highly intelligent working dog. The club adds that the breed is people-orientated and sociable with other dogs, but can be stubborn without good training as a youngster, and its puppy page notes that it can be boisterous around young children. The RKC gives a lifespan of over 10 years.

Irish Red & White Setter health tests

The RKC Irish Red & White Setter page sets out the breed's health advice. As good practice, breeders should prioritise genetic diversity, which matters in a vulnerable breed. Best practice adds a DNA test for canine leucocyte adhesion deficiency (CLAD), eye testing under the BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme and hip scoring under the BVA/KC Hip Dysplasia Scheme. The RKC offers a breed DNA testing package covering CLAD. The breed is in Breed Watch Category 1.

CLAD is an autosomal recessive condition in which white blood cells cannot fight infection properly, and affected puppies usually die young. The RKC says imported dogs must be tested to stop it being reintroduced to the UK population. From 6 January 2025, imported dogs, and litters by overseas sires, can only be RKC registered if the dog or sire is DNA tested clear or carrier, or is hereditary clear; carriers may only be mated to a clear or hereditary clear partner. The RKC publishes a list of CLAD-tested dogs.

The breed club's health page gives a breed average hip score of 10 (scores run from 0 to 106, lower is better). It treats posterior polar cataract as a minor condition that need not stop a dog being bred, but says breeding dogs should be eye tested so two affected dogs are not mated.

Health tests and schemes for the Irish Red & White Setter (RKC):

Prioritising genetic diversity (RKC good practice)
DNA test: canine leucocyte adhesion deficiency, CLAD (RKC best practice; required for imports and overseas sires)
BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme (RKC best practice)
BVA/KC Hip Dysplasia Scheme (RKC best practice)
Breed Watch: Category 1
RKC vulnerable native breed

Choosing an Irish Red & White Setter breeder

A good Irish Red & White Setter breeder should show you both parents' CLAD status, current eye certificates and hip scores, and explain how the mating keeps the coefficient of inbreeding down in such a small breed. At least one parent should be DNA-tested clear or hereditary clear of CLAD, as RKC rules only allow a carrier to be mated to such a partner. The breed club's puppy page says its members eye test and hip score their breeding dogs, follow the club's code of ethics and offer lifelong advice and support, and its Puppy Register co-ordinator can point you towards litters. Under the club's code of ethics, bitches should not whelp under two years old or after their eighth birthday, more than once in 12 months, or more than three times in total. Meet the mother with her litter, check results on the RKC Health Test Results Finder, and remember that a council licence is needed in England to breed three or more litters in 12 months and sell any of the puppies. Our buyer safety guide explains how to avoid scams.

Questions to ask an Irish Red & White Setter breeder:

What are the parents' CLAD results, and is either one a carrier?
Can I see eye certificates and hip scores for both parents?
What is the coefficient of inbreeding for this litter?
Do the parents come from working, show or companion lines, and can I meet the mother?
Do you follow the breed club's code of ethics, and will you help if the dog ever needs a new home?

Irish Red & White Setter questions

Is the Irish Red & White Setter the same breed as the Irish Setter?

No. They are separate breeds with separate breed standards. The RKC describes the red and white dog as the original Irish Setter; the solid red Irish Setter later became more popular. The Irish Red & White Setter must be clearly particoloured, with a pearl-white base and solid red patches.

Why is the Irish Red & White Setter a vulnerable native breed?

The Royal Kennel Club classes native breeds with fewer than 300 registrations a year as vulnerable. Irish Red & White Setter registrations were below 100 in every year from 2016 to 2025, according to the RKC's published figures.

What health tests should Irish Red & White Setter parents have?

The RKC asks breeders to prioritise genetic diversity and, as best practice, to DNA test for CLAD, eye test under the BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme and hip score under the BVA/KC Hip Dysplasia Scheme. The breed club says its members eye test and hip score all their breeding dogs.

How much exercise does an Irish Red & White Setter need?

The RKC recommends more than two hours a day and suggests a large house with a large garden. The breed club describes a dog bred for stamina that needs plenty of activity, such as long walks, running, gundog work or a dog sport.

Irish Red & White Setter breeders

Advertise your Irish Red & White Setter puppies, litters and stud dogs

About the Irish Red & White Setter

Irish Red & White Setter health tests

Choosing an Irish Red & White Setter breeder

Irish Red & White Setter questions

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