Current & Past Dogs

Current Generation Males

Northwoods Bird Dogs is now producing the eighth generation of English setters and sixth generation of pointers. Detailed here are current-generation males that are vital contributors to the breeding program.

RU-CH Northwoods Atlas  Setter, whelped May 1, 2017,  White, Black, Tan & Ticked
Northwoods Grits x Northwoods Nickel    Pedigree

RU-CH Northwoods Atlas (Northwoods Grits x Northwoods Nickel, 2017) is an evenly masked, tricolor male with a white body. At 49 lbs., Atlas (call name Jet) has gorgeous conformation, both running and pointing. His long smooth stride easily carries him to birdy objectives. He’ll make 400-yard casts in open country yet choke down to handle in the grouse woods. Jet naturally backs and shows a strong tendency to retrieve as well. Jet has been competed in cover dog trials, handled with much success by owner Greg Johnson. His ability to consistently find grouse and woodcock earned him several placements including Runner-Up Champion in the 2022 Wisconsin Cover Dog Championship. Jet qualified for and competed in the prestigious Grand National Grouse and Woodcock Invitational Championship held in 2023.

When not training, field trialing or hunting, Jet is in the house with Greg and Michelle Johnson, sleeping on various dog beds and couches. He has an incredible off-switch.

CH Northwoods Sir Gordon  Setter, whelped November 26, 2016,  White, Black & Ticked
RU-CH Erin’s Prometheus x Northwoods Carly Simon    Pedigree

CH Northwoods Sir Gordon (RU-CH Erin’s Prometheus x Northwoods Carly Simon, 2016) is white with black ticks and a blocky, evenly masked black head. He is leggy and ruggedly built, weighing 54 lbs. in hunting condition. He is a powerful dog with a reaching gait and lofty carriage. Sir Gordon’s (call name Gordie) posture on point is majestic.
Gordie was extremely precocious as a puppy—not only finding, pointing and standing to flush many birds but he was steady to wing and shot on wild birds at 18 months of age. He won a 32-dog stake in 2019 and was trained and campaigned as part of a horseback shooting dog string. Handled by owner Ben McKean, Gordie was named champion in the Region 19 Amateur Walking Shooting Dog Championship in April 2023.

Besides competing in field trials, Gordie is hunted by his owner on grouse and woodcock in the woods of the Lake States. Gordie spends his off season in the house with three other dogs and Ben and Maureen McKean.

Northwoods Grits (Northwoods Blue Ox x Northwoods Chablis, 2011).