Gordon Setters are most well-known for their extreme loyalty to their families; all they want to do is please! For this reason, they are fairly easy to train as well as teach new tricks and skills. However, they can also be willful and stubborn if they aren't put in their place, if they do something bad, it's more likely they are sorry they caught than anything else! These dog's temperaments can potentially be affected by a number of things, including traits in their parents as well as how well they are trained and socialized. Puppies with the best temperaments will be lively and inquisitive as opposed to those with bad temperaments who may do a host of things including hiding in the corner or bullying their siblings. You should additionally always make sure you try to meet their parents as well to check out that there are no issues there. However, for families that have the time and commitment for Gordon Setters they will make wonderful pets.

These dogs were first discovered around 1620 but they didn't gain much popularity until nearly 200 years later where the fourth Duke of Gordon kept them as hunting dogs. It was recorded that they although they weren't the fastest dogs, they had huge amounts of stamina and could continue on all day at the same speed, as well as having excellent noses. The Duke had a preference to the Setter's that were black and tan colored and when he died, the Duke of Richmond, his heir, continued on breeding them. It's thought that between 1859 and 1874, 126 setters were registered by the American Kennel Club and the breed have continued to increase in popularity over the years. They now sit at a comfortable 115th amongst 193 breeds!