Photos (click to enlarge)
For additional pictures of HOPE, please check her out as "Dixie" on our Litter D page!
What's in a name?
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"Hope" - to cherish a desire with anticipation and expectation of fulfillment or success.
Full of hidden meaning, there is also much legacy in her name. HOPE was named after her grandfather's TV show "Hunting With Hank", but the "Hunting with HOPE" part of her name has even more meaning in itself... When we are hunting, we hunt with hope for a successful day, but we are also hunting with a dog named HOPE, so we are really "Hunting with HOPE" in two respects. HOPE is also an acronym for Hank's Offspring Produces Excellence.
Just for fun...
As a Noun
For the hopefulness for a tri-chestnut female while anticipating Litter D.
For the hope that our pheasant hunting trips will be successful.
As an acronym
In honor of Hope's famous Grandsire:
Honoring Of P.O.P.'s Excellence (POP = Prince of Pause)
Honorary Ode to Pause Everlasting
Highlights Of a Pause Experience
Just for being a Gun Dog:
Honoring On Point Everytime
Holding Of Partridge Endlessly
Homing On Pheasants Everywhere
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Certifications
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Parentage - DNA
HOPE has been DNA tested to prove parentage. Her certification displays the Blue and Gold seal signifying "VIP" (Verifiable Identified Parentage) confirming both the sire and dam of the dog to be as stated in the pedigree and that she is 100% Llewellin Setter.
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Hips - OFA
Rating = GOOD
OFA #: ES-8162G26F-VPI
HOPE has been certified free of canine hip dysplasia (CHD). Based upon the radiograph submitted to the OFA, the consensus was that no evidence of hip dysplasia was recognized. Only dogs that are certified free of hip dysplasia are given an OFA number.
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Eyes - CERF
Result = E1 (Breeder Option)
(*punctate posterior sutures, significance unknown, Punctates
(marked as a breeder option) are not genetic, don't progress
and don't affect vision.)
CERF #: LS-381388
HOPE passed her eye exam where she was evaluated by a certified member of the American College of Veterinary Opthamologists (ACVO).
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Hunting Style
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As expected within the Llewellin Setter breed, HOPE has an outstanding nose and can easily home in on birds hunkered down in the field. She quarters well, has lots of bounding energy, and is a natural at honoring another dog's point. For a young dog, she has a good amount of stamina and has not had problems hunting for long periods of time.
Style on Point: On a casual point, HOPE will hold her tail at around 9:00 and sometimes lower in the same manner of the Setters of olden days. But if she is on an intense, rock solid point, she will hold her tail much higher, like around 10:00.
Range: Close to mid-range
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Temperament and Character
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HOPE is a lot like her mother Duchess and takes on many of her endearing qualities. She is a relatively quiet and gentle dog, loves attention and will lay her head on your lap to be petted. She has a happy spirit, greets you with enthusiasm and walks with a prance in her step. Unlike her mother, she is not a licker, her momma will lick you like you are sugar coated. Another welcome difference is that she is not a barker like her mother. She will bark out in the
yard at deer, but she is not an obsessive barker at every little noise she hears. HOPE was a chewer as a puppy, we have shoes, remote controls and holey towels to prove it, but as she has matured, she has become much more trustworthy.
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HOPE loves to go for car rides and is very well behaved in our vehicle. She is quiet, but alert and loves to look out the window at all the scenery on our journeys. She is well behaved, even when visiting the vet and does not seem to display any nervousness in those types of situations.
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Conformation
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HOPE is truly a beautiful Llewellin, displaying all the desirable conformation characteristics of her heritage within the "Hank" bloodlines.
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(reserved for photos)
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Size: Average sized for a female at 50 pounds.
Color: Tri-Chestnut, predominantly white and moderately but evenly ticked in chestnut with orange points. Orange points are present as dots above the eyes, on cheeks and ticking on muzzle and legs. Ticking on lower legs is a mixture of chestnut and orange. Chestnut coloring is also sometimes called "Liver" in this breed and can be described as chocolate in color.
Head: Very typical of "Hank" lines, beautifully proportioned and streamlined with parallel lines (top of head, top of muzzle, and
bottom of lower jaw), and with a slightly longer muzzle.
Eyes: Golden
Ears: Set back on the head and at the level of the eye.
Tail: Also very typical of the "Hank" lines being slightly longer than other bloodlines with extremely thick hair and long feathering. Tail is held at about a 10:00 position when on solid point with the feathering waving in the wind like a flag.
Coat: Soft and silky, but thick and wavy with long feathering on ears, chest, legs and especially the tail.
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Markings
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Hope is a Tri-Chestnut dog (white/chestnut/orange), which is a rare color combination in the Llewellin. Her body is predominantly white, with chestnut patches and body ticking, tan points (cheek and brow coloring) and a combination of chestnut and orange ticking on her legs.
Hope has a perfectly symmetrical full-hood which means her head and ears are mostly chestnut. She has only one body patch on her right rear hind quarters which gives her body more of a belton-type look which is mostly ticking and is not broken up by lots of body patches. Her tail and feathering are white.
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Ancestry / Bloodlines
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Henry PrinceOf Pause (aka Hank) - Owned by Dez Young of Oregon. "Hank" was from the show "Hunting with Hank" which has aired on the Outdoor Life Network. (1994 - 2004)
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Sillman's Hank Boy (aka Hank Jr.) - Owned by Dave Sillman of Big Rapids Michigan. "Hank Jr" is the son of "Hank", the famous TV dog.
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Duchess of Adena - Owned by HHLS. Duchess has produced proven pups with natural retrieving instincts as well as pups suited for work as therapy dogs.
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Dashing Iron Mike - Owned by Straight Creek Kennels in West Liberty, KY. Mike was the winner of the first official Llewellin Setter Field Trials competition held in December 1994.
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Awbonnie's Bull - Sire owned by Eric Jacobs of London, KY. Bull was an outstanding Grouse dog. (05/1988 - 01/2000).
Photo courtesy of Eric Jacobs
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Bull was a great grouse dog of tremendous stamina and will to find birds coupled with a superior nose and intellect. Bull made birds. He became a grouse dog with such desire and drive he was a handful. One thing only on his mind, "Find another grouse!". From his humble beginnings as a dog [hunting] too close, he emerged as a great one few men ever witness. Grouse dogs are at the very top
of the realm of birddog excellence and he was at the top of this loyal order.
-- Quote provided by Eric Jacobs
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Pedigree
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Breeder: Laura Harmon - Hickory Hollow Llewellin Setters
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H.O.P.E.
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Parents
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Grand Parents
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3rd Generation
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4th Generation
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5th Generation
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Hickory's Hunting with HOPE 1601122
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Sillman's Hank Boy 1519425
Photo owned by Dave Sillman
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*** Hank ***
from
"Hunting with Hank"
Henry PrinceOf Pause
1418013
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Irishking Bondhu Ashly
1344011
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Machad Ambassador
1164918
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Cloncurragh Connie 1150982
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Blink Bondhu 1009066
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Bickers Bondhu Ann
1226855
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Dashing Barry Bondhu 1049177
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Bondhu Alder Mist 1076514
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Dashing Janette Bondhu
1252137
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Dashing Ringo Bondhu
1061838
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Dashing Jesshue Bondhu 0846406
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Dashing Swon Bondhu 0800027
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Dashing Setette Bondhu
1137664
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Dashing Count Bondhu 0655217
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Dashing Kay Bondhu 0861663
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Chris Blue Babe
1472747
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King's Bomber III
1364461
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King's Bomber II
1326133
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King's Bomber 1289426
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King's Bomber Penny 1289507
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King's Gladstone Dinky
1324678
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King's Gladstone Tony 1289427
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King's Bomber Blazes 1289506
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King's Gladstone Moll
1400597
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King's Tony O
1289428
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King's Hightone Tony 1265676
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King's Lady Tonyo 1130434
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King's Royal Alicelle
1289511
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King's Royacelle 1129653
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King's Royal Candy 1237298
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Duchess of Adena
1537270
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Eastfork's Count Toby
1519139
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Awbonnie's Bull
1301328
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Assrah Wily
1293321
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Glenowlen Bracken
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Blackthorn
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Bondhu Tiny
1268306
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Dashing O'Neal Bondhu 1226803
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Dashing Dimette Bondhu 1171706
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Chappy's Little Ginger
1467564
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Chappy's Buster Bondhu
1402455
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Highland Bandit Bondhu 1248219
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Chappy's Sugar Babe 1259252
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Chappy's Susie Bondhu
1323599
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Spiers Prince Bondhu 0296348
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Sugar Doll Bondhu 0225679
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Wind'em Grouse Lady
1533282
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Dashing Wind'em Sam
1510633
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Dashing Iron Ike
1456148
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Dashing Iron Mike 1386582
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Lady Amy Bondhu 1423163
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Wind'em Babe
1430809
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Count Toby 1381337
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Straight Creek Babe 1298363
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Chappy's Little Peg
1467565
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Dashing Iron Mike
1386582
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Highland Bandit Bondhu 1248219
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Chappy's Sugar Babe 1259252
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Bob's Dashing Maggie
1363828
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Count John O'Favon 1344347
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Straight Creek Dottie 1298364
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