Q 01/05

Alongside the English and two Irish setters, which black-and-tan breed completes the setter group?

A) The Welsh

B) The Gordon

C) The Llewellin

D) The Highland

Answer · why

B) The Gordon

The Gordon Setter is named after the fourth Duke of Gordon, who kept a celebrated kennel of setters at his castle in Scotland.

Q 02/05

The flecks of colour on an English Setter's mainly white coat are known as what?

A) Ticking

B) Dappling

C) Brindling

D) Pencilling

Answer · why

A) Ticking

Ticking is the name for small flecks of colour on a white coat; both British and American standards prefer it spread all over the body rather than gat...

Q 03/05

In which American Kennel Club group does the English Setter compete?

A) Sporting

B) Hound

C) Working

D) Herding

Answer · why

A) Sporting

Sporting is the group for dogs bred to find game birds for the gun, and the AKC counts the English Setter among its nine charter breeds, first registe...

Q 04/05

A white English Setter with black flecks is called what?

A) Grey belton

B) Blue belton

C) Liver belton

D) Lemon belton

Answer · why

B) Blue belton

A white coat flecked with black is called blue belton, the grey-blue effect coming from black hairs mixed through the white; orange and liver beltons ...

Q 05/05

In the English Setter breed standard, which feature is judged 'the darker the better'?

A) The eyes

B) The nose

C) The coat flecks

D) The paw pads

Answer · why

A) The eyes

The eyes should be dark brown, 'the darker the better', in both the British and American standards, which want a bright, mild expression; the nose onl...