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< 16ga. General Discussion ~ Anyone hunt over an Irish Setter? |
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Posted:
Sun Jan 06, 2019 4:54 pm
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Joined: 17 Mar 2017
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Location: Endless Mountains of Pa
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ROMAC,
The picture of the Irish Setter in the snow covered field retrieving the Pheasant, that belongs to your friend, is just fantastic. Is your friend raising Irish Setter? Now that dog I would like to have a pup from.
Pine Creek/Dave
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Posted:
Sun Jan 06, 2019 6:51 pm
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Joined: 01 Dec 2018
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Im fine with the risk, but I appreciate the heads up!!
Dave in Maine wrote: |
I don't want to throw cold water on anyone's plans or ideas about importing dogs from Ireland (in particular) or Europe (generally). But, a few years ago a friend had a very nice Wheaton Terrier pup sent in from Ireland. All well and good, but the dog had a bad case of brucellosis (undisclosed, of course) and came close to having to be destroyed. As it was, he lost his equipment over it.
Needless to say, there was no rebate on the purchase price.
As diseases go that's a particularly nasty one because you can catch it from the dog.
Not to mention cattle - the Department of Agriculture people would surely come down hard on that. It's wickedly contagious and some states might require a vet to report it to the government, like a venereal disease case in people.
I think if one is going to import a dog, it's probably wise to have a trusted intermediary on the Euro side of the deal - not the seller/breeder - working on the buyer's side, who has his own vet over there to make sure the dog is healthy and worth the trouble of importing. Before it gets to the airport and before the funds pass to the seller. Nothing negative about anyone here, but it seems almost like buying a used car long distance.
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