Development and History of the Irish Red Setter

With his good coat, keen nose, bravery, and endurance, he was well fitted to perform any of the ordinary tasks required of a dog; from work in the prairies, the tangled coverts of undomesticated growth, upland cover, the cold plunge in icy waters after ducks, or the wearing plodding in the slashes, he performed under all conditions well, and willingly.