Gordon Setter

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Learn about the temperament and personality of the Gordon Setter. Discover what he's like to live with, his traits and characteristics and how he generally behaves. And look at lots of Gordon Setter photos.

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Gordon Setter Temperament

The Gordon Setter makes a loyal and loving companion who is equally happy as a gundog or an agility competitor. These are confident dogs who are not blindly obedient, but they do well in obedience, rally, tracking, and flyball competitions. They love outdoor activities and will take as much exercise as you can give them. The Gordon Setter is intelligent, interested, capable and curious. They need to have a job, and if they don't, and become bored, they can become destructive. You didn't want that rug, did you? This is a dog who needs to be part of the family and will be exceedingly loyal you. They are naturally protective of their family and home, especially children. This breed is gentle and patient with kids, especially when raised with them. They are alert and make good watchdogs and are naturally reserved with strangers. They are very impressive talkers with quite a vocabulary of sounds they use to boss you around. The Gordon Setter is happy, fearless, devoted, affectionate, bold, and outgoing. And their tails never seem to stop wagging. Just remember that this is a dog who needs to exercise every day, or he won't be a happy dog.

Gordon Setter Training

The Gordon Setter is intelligent and quite easy to train. He learns new commands quickly at an above average rate.

Gordon Setter Shedding

The Gordon Setter sheds a fair amount of hair. You'll find hair stuck to your couch, carpets, clothes and everything else in your home.

Gordon Setter Grooming

The long coat of the Gordon Setter requires brushing a few times a week to keep it tangle-free.

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Rating: Ease of training

Tells you how easy or difficult a breed is to train.

A higher rating means the breed is easier to train, a lower rating means the breed is harder to train.

An easy to train breed require less time and patience to train.

Rating: Intelligence

Tells you how intelligent a breed is in terms of how quickly it can learn commands from humans. A higher rating means the breed will learn your commands faster (and is therefore generally considered to be more intelligent), while a lower rating means the breed will learn your commands more slowly (and is therefore generally considered to be less intelligent).

Keep in mind that this is only one way to measure a dog's intelligence and a low rating might still mean the breed is highly intelligent in other ways.

Rating: Shedding

Tells you how much hair the breed sheds. The higher the rating the more hair the breed sheds.

Rating: Watchdog

Tells you how good the breed is at being a watchdog and raising the alarm when a stranger approaches. A higher rating means the breed will bark vigorously to warn you of a stranger's presence on your property. A low rating means the breed probably won't bark much if a stranger enters your property.

Rating: Guard dog

Tells you how good the breed is at being a guard dog due to the appearance, size, and strength of the breed. A breed with a high guard dog rating will make an intruder think twice before stepping foot on your property.

Rating: Popularity

Tells you how popular the breed is in terms of ownership. A higher rating means that more people own the breed. The more popular a breed is the easier it is to find and purchase one because there are more breeders breeding it.

Rating: Size

Tells you how large or small the breed is. A lower rating means the breed is smaller and a higher rating means the breed is larger. It gives you a quick idea of how physically large or small the breed is compared with all the other breeds.

Rating: Agility

Tells you how agile the breed is. A higher rating means the breed is fast and nimble on its feet while a lower rating means the breed is heavier and slower on its feet.

Rating: Good with kids

Tells you how good the breed is with children. A higher rating means the breed is good with children. Note: all breeds are generally good with kids when they're raised with them.