Delia – (now Daisy)
Delia is a 1.5 year old youngster that weighs 37 lbs and was rescued by SWESR because she prefers cuddling to hunting. This sweet girl will be heading to her forever home in TX and joining SWESR Chili and Penny.
Luna
Barbara Woof-Woof Interviews SWESR Luna, Field Setter, who is looking for her forever home.
BWW: Luna, thanks for sitting down with us today so your public can get to know you better. You sit so beautifully!
Luna: Thank you, Barbara, yes, I do very well with Sit and Stay commands. I’m also house-trained and am not a picky eater.
BWW: You do look slightly … Rubenesque.
Luna: I am a full-figured, 6-year-old female. I celebrate my curves, but if my veterinarian really thinks I should become more svelte, I’m happy to go on long walks or run around a backyard to get my exercise. I also adore my plush toys, and it’s such fun when I discover one of them has a squeaker!
Bizzie
Bizzie is 8 years young and 42 lbs. She was rescued from a hunting ranch in TX. She didn’t acknowledge her name and she is one of the most active middle-aged ES girls her foster Mom has fostered, thus the name Bizzie. She’s pretty good with other dogs, but on her terms and space. She likes to sniff one cat and gives the other cat that is dominant with dogs the respect she demands. She’s affectionate with people and melts into you for hugs. She’ll need very secure fencing (4 foot probably ok) and a Setter interesting medium or large yard.
Taco Dogler
Taco Dogler is one lucky ES youngster! A Good Sam in Idaho found him with a crushed crate on the roadside. An ES rescuer coordinated him going to a foster home in MT. He is good with people and other dogs.
Tai and Syma
Leo and Betsy have always had dogs. Betsy works in a veterinary hospital in an animal shelter, so it is no surprise that their pack consists entirely of rescued dogs. They have fostered numerous pups, including labradors going through heartworm treatment, as well as American Bulldogs. Their introduction to English Setters came when they agreed to foster a spaniel “just for a week”. The week turned into three years, and that “spaniel” was their first English Setter, a Llewellin named Taliesin (Talley, for short). They fell in love with the breed, and when Talley crossed the Rainbow Bridge Leo and Betsy discovered SWESR when looking for the next member of their family.
Sky
Sky is 5 years young and 48 lbs. She was rescued from a hunting ranch in TX. Sky will be heading to Helena, MT to join her Setter experienced family.
Lucy
Lucy is a 39 lb small in size and large in personality 7 year young girl. She roos for her food and loves snuggling with her foster Mom. This little sweetheart will be heading to her new family in Austin, TX.
Tilly
Southwest English Setter Rescue (SWESR) has always said we are available throughout our dogs’ lifetimes, and today’s Storyteller dog, Tilly, is living proof of that promise. She was found in a Texas shelter in 2011 as a 1-year-old stray, and she was microchipped by the shelter at that time. She was adopted and then found in the exact same shelter three years later as a 4-year-old. The person registered on Tilly’s microchip did not reclaim her. At this point she came into contact with SWESR, who pulled her from the shelter. Tilly did well in her foster home and went to her first SWESR adoptive home in August 2014.
At the time of her adoption none of the adults worked in law enforcement, but her dad did eventually enter this field. As such, there was a police scanner that screeched and squawked at all hours of the day and night. Tilly did not react well to this and developed destructive separation and noise anxiety. The family returned Tilly to SWESR in March 2017, when she was seven.
Missy
Missy is a 6 year young chestnut (tri?) Llewellen who found her way to SWESR when her original owners, who loved her very much, were no longer able to care for her (death and assisted living). She’s good with other dogs and cats and loves people. Missy is being adopted by her foster family in SoCal.
Major
When John was young, he longed to have a dog, as so many boys do. His mother, who was a wonderful woman but who had no understanding of pets, said “No, the dog will just run away.” When John was a grown man, he made up for lost time, and he’s had dogs most of his adult life, primarily English Setters.
Major was found as a stray in 2017. He was discovered cowering next to the dead body of his canine friend on an Oklahoma highway median. Picked up by local services, he was adopted directly from the shelter by a couple who had already adopted a SWESR dog in 2014. Major was young, estimated to be about 2-years-old, and the couple weren’t sure they could handle such a young Setter. Shelter management told this couple if things didn’t work out to return Major to them. His energy was too much for their lifestyle, and Major was returned to the shelter within a month, with the couple having taken him on one long walk during that time and reporting that he was “wild on leash”. Fortunately, an experienced SWESR foster also volunteered at this shelter, and she arranged to for Major to come into SWESR rather than go back to the shelter.