Current & Past Dogs

Current Generation Females

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

Northwoods Stardust   Setter   whelped February 7, 2019,   White, Black, Tan & Ticked
RU-CH Erin’s Prometheus x Northwoods Carly Simon    Pedigree

Northwoods Stardust weighs 43 lbs. and has a white body with an evenly masked, tricolor head. She is high-tailed in motion and runs with a smooth, easy gait. She was pointing wilds birds until flush during her first hunting season. Stardust has tremendous loftiness and intensity on point and is a natural backer. She hunts at a medium range. She is sweet-natured and quiet and clean in her kennel. She is a full sister to Northwoods Minerva, out of the third breeding of RU-CH Erin’s Prometheus to Northwoods Carly Simon.

Northwoods Comet   Pointer, whelped December 18, 2018,   White, Liver & Ticked
CH Rock Acre Blackhawk x Northwoods Vixen    Pedigree

Northwoods Comet is a four-year-old, white-and-liver female that weighs 44 lbs. She has an evenly masked head and a white body with a patch on her left side. Comet is strong and stout yet athletic and graceful. She has a friendly, outgoing personality and will sidle up to anyone willing to give her attention. Comet is sharp—her eyes don’t miss anything—but she is also playful and eager to please. She is a strong wild bird finder and equally capable no matter the bird. She has a want-to-please attitude and is a natural, soft-mouthed retriever. Comet is easy to hunt whether in the grouse woods, piney woods or on a Montana prairie; she is a natural at adjusting her range to suit the terrain.

Northwoods Redbreast, Setter, whelped February 13, 2021, White, Black, Tan & Ticked
Northwoods Rolls Royce x Northwoods Minerva   Pedigree

Northwoods Redbreast is an evenly masked, tri-color female that weighs 40 lbs. She is line-bred to one of the best of the Northwoods’ nicks—Blue Shaquille x Houston’s Belle’s Choice. Redbreast (call name Robin) inherited all those fine qualities, including a strong, easy gait, natural staunchness and backing, tremendous bird finding ability and lofty style on point.
Robin was a natural her first hunting season. Hungarian partridge, sharp-tailed grouse, woodcock and ruffed grouse were shot over her staunch points. She is an easy-handling dog and adapts her range to the terrain being hunted. Her smooth gait gives her endurance and heat tolerance. Robin has a want-to-please attitude, a playful disposition and gets along with every dog in the kennel.

Northwoods Valencia   Setter, whelped December 26, 2017,   White, Black, Tan & Ticked
Northwoods Grits x Northwoods Carbon    Pedigree

Northwoods Valencia is a five-year-old daughter out of Northwoods Grits x Northwoods Carbon, a dam that carries some of the well-known Blue Chief traits through her sire Blue Riptide. Valencia has several body spots with a solid tricolor head. She is well conformed and weighs 40 lbs. She is fast and classy in motion with beautiful posture when pointing and backing. Valencia has tremendous natural hunting instincts and learned quickly. She is a natural retriever and a great wild bird finder. Out of Carbon, she inherited warm brown eyes and a wonderful sweetness in personality.

Houston’s Nelly Bly   Setter   whelped February 14, 2018,   White, Black, Tan & Ticked
CH Erin’s Hidden Shamrock x Hawthorn Patty    Pedigree

Houston’s Nelly Bly is a four-year-old, evenly masked, tricolor female with warm, expressive eyes. She is well conformed and weighs 36 lbs. She is happy, sweet natured and well socialized with dogs and people. Nelly is line-bred to CH Ridge Creek Cody and exhibits many of his desirable traits. She is sturdily built with loads of desire to find game. She has a quick, easy gait and is beautiful both in motion and on point. She runs well in warm conditions, too. Nelly is an excellent bird-finder and naturally backs.

 

Northwoods Vixen (CH Westfall's Black Ice x Northwoods Prancer, 2011).