Sir Richard Llewellin's personal Dashing Bondhu bloodline has been line-bred for over 150 years and basically reproduce like clones over 99% of the time in wonderful temperaments, natural instincts, outstanding abilities, and having a strong willingness to please; they are like clones, except for their color, markings, and their amount of ticking. They were originally bred by noblemen, kings and queens, and later bred for the English and Welsh gentlemen like Sir Edward Laverack, Sir Richard Llewellin, and Sir William Humphrey; in Ireland by Fr. James Brannon; in Belgium by Marie Therese a Goes; and in America by wealthy professional men and Alfred O. King for their personal pleasure foot hunting, naturally hunting very close when needed, and with exceptional natural instincts and scenting abilities. The thicker the cover, the closer they will hunt. They are the definition of a "biddable dog" and "Man's Best Friend," and they hunt for you, not for themselves.

About 80% have been placed in serious ruffed grouse (King of the Game Birds) hunting homes and have made some of the best grouse and woodcock gun dogs anyone has ever owned with over 99% of owners being extremely satisfied with them and over 80% reporting "their best grouse dogs they have ever seen or owned." Please see our Testimonial webpage. 

They will also adjust to open ground and can be easily taught to reach out, making them an excellent choice for foot hunting quail, partridge, pheasant, prairie chicken, prairie grouse, chukar, and Hungarian partridge. They have had the same 99% satisfaction and about 80% now being "the best in their lives." 

Dashing Bondhus build a strong bond with their master/s and have a strong willingness to please their owner/s, making them easy to house train and train to hunt just the way you want them to hunt.  They adjust to the cover staying in eyesight and make wonderful loving and loyal family companion pets that have had the same 99% satisfaction. It's the less than 1% that for some reason are not satisfactory is why we have our Lifetime Satisfaction Guarantee. With the exception of one pup, all pups returned have been easily trained using our simple training method and resold as well started bird dogs during the next season. It seems that one in one hundred just do not connect well with their first owner, but they will do just fine with their second owner. This means that only about one in five hundred pups do not turn out to make a bird dog, and even that one who was not introduced to a gun properly made a great pet for someone and pointed birds and retrieved sticks/toys near our home. I truly believe if she was introduced to a gun correctly she would have made an outstanding bird dog, just like her litter-mates.

Our Dashing Bondhu breeding program has been a wonderful success over many years, and we would like to praise God for it ALL as he is the creator of ALL life. The Holy Spirit led us, with Al and Drenda King's help, to save the pure Humphrey bloodlines from extinction, and in the process we also preserved all the remaining trusted Dashing Bondhu bloodlines in our program. All our dogs are trained and proven in the field/woods and Gun Dog Certified before being selected for breeding. Only the most natural of those with outstanding sensible, sweet personalities, and amazing abilities are selected for our breeding program. They must all have a strong willingness to please!

We would especially like to praise God for sending us wonderful customers from around the world, helping us to maintain our program. Of course, if any person deserves credit for the most natural bird dogs and amazing family companions ever developed, it is Sir Richard Purcell Llewellin, Esq.

We want to personally thank all those who purchased pups and supported our program over the past 28 years. Without our customers we could have never started our program, never mind continue to raise them annually all these many years, and we wish everyone a very happy, blessed, and healthy year and hunting season. 

Though we do not run a shooting preserve, our customers have become hunting guides for many preserves using our Setters, and we have sold many to top shooting preserves and grouse hunting lodges who use them because of their outstanding abilities, unsurpassed, beautiful hunting style, and consistency day in and day out. Regardless of the type of upland birds, hunting terrain, weather, or scenting conditions, they always excel and are even being used for retrieving waterfowl and dove--though we do not recommend doing that until after being trained to point first.


We have always strongly believed in personally hunting all of our Setters, to not only prove they are 100% natural pointers, retrievers, and backers before being selected for breeding. We also strongly believe that hunted gun dogs reproduce better than non-hunted gun dogs. It has been scientifically proven that hunting (exercising in off-season) dams daily up to two weeks before birthing increases the abilities and ease of training their pups.

All the best shooting preserves, hunting lodges, and grouse camp owners have told us our Setters are simply the BEST dogs they have, especially in getting their customers to come back again and again. Their outstanding natural abilities and  affectionate, loving temperament build bonds with their clients, not only to enjoy them in the field or woods but also at the lodge or cabin before and after the hunts, making best friends with everyone they meet. If you have a preserve, hunting lodge, grouse camp, etc. and want return customers, you need a couple of pure Dashing Bondhu Llewellin Setters; your customers will be asking for them by name, season after season. We also guarantee your complete satisfaction.

Several of our customers now also enjoy getting paid to guide for local shooting preserves, hunting lodges, and/or grouse camps. Imagine getting PAID to hunt your Setters on birds on a regular basis, plus many are also allowed to hunt those lands for free when not guiding.

Once again, we have not only received outstanding reports on our previous year's pups, but the quality of our pups continues to improve with only one or two pups needing to be replaced from years past. We are maintaining better than a 99% satisfaction record since we began breeding these wonderful Setters in 1996  and have been told by geneticists that it is impossible to improve on that percentage considering we must allow as much as 5% for natural birth defects that includes low hunting interest. So not only are they proven to be genetically sound but are amazingly 5 times below the rate of natural birth defects, like over- or under-bites which continue to decline and have never produced a single life-threatening defect. 

Please keep in mind that nothing is 100% in nature and that anything that can be produced genetically can also be produced as an non-inherited, random birth defect, but we do our very best to eliminate any problems and are doing everything possible to produce the very best quality, most natural, genetically sound, healthiest gun dog and family companions possible.


When selecting your puppy, please rest assured that our Dashing Bondhu's have been line-bred for 150 plus years by the world's best Setter breeders in history and are virtually like clones over 99% of the time; so when it comes to good health, loving temperament, high intelligence, 100% natural ability, and strong willingness to please, they are all very much alike. If, by the small chance a pup is acting different, we will specify it in our info on every pup we offer for sale. 

Basically, the only differences are in their coloring and markings. So you can be confident in choosing a pup that you want from their color, markings, and from the pictures sent to you or those posted. Unless noted, the rest are automatically the same, litter after litter, regardless of who the parents are. This is why we are able to provide a Lifetime Satisfaction Guarantee on every pup we offer. In fact, once we have carefully selected, trained, Gun Dog Certified, and added one to our breeding program, we have never needed to cull/remove a single pup that we raised for producing inferior pups. Simply put, "Like bred to like, produces like" and, in their case, "Natural Certified Gun Dogs bred to Natural Certified Gun Dogs, produce Natural Certified Gun Dogs."

On the very small chance any pup would show shyness or not be of the same high standards as expected, we will always note it in their email or posting and make them available without breeding rights for a lower price. We do our very best to catch or spot any little thing out of place and will inform you before your purchase, and we guarantee your total satisfaction for life, even after the sale. NO gimmicks, NO games, EVERY PUP has a Lifetime Satisfaction Guarantee.

For some reason, we always end up with more males than females, and it might appear we get more deposits for females, but the truth is we actually sell twice as many males than we do females each year we have been breeding them. 

We understand that males in most breeds and even most lines are usually stubborn and harder to train, both in the field and sometimes in the home, but both males and the females from these wonderful, pure Dashing Bondhu Llewellin Setters have a strong willingness to please their owners and are what some call "born broke." Both males and females are usually very easy to house train and make the most natural bird dogs with supersweet personalities of any breed.

Please note, because our Dashing Bondhu bloodlines are extremely intelligent, many of our pups will not point a bird wing. This is because they instinctively know that the wing is dead and many will only try to catch a wing to retrieve it to you but will not point one regardless how much you try. Fear not, this is NO indication of their ability to point steady on live bird scent, and your pup will point on live birds when it really matters. (Most pro trainers no longer use wings in training as it teaches pups to look for the birds instead of relying only on their scenting ability. Many pups trained with wings will want to see the bird before pointing them and will bump flush birds. We have never seen our Setters, which have only been trained on live birds, bump flush a bird.)

In fact, we believe they are the smarter pups with the strongest instincts and, because of this trait, our dogs are much less likely to false point, relocate points, or flash point, wasting a hunter's time and when they do point, they will have the live bird's body scent when they point even many yards away. This is just one of the many amazing instincts these Setters have. Also, a very high percentage of our Llewellin Setter pups and adults will point with confidence, naturally holding their heads and tails high (10-12 O'clock). If you want a dog that points old-world style, insecure, holding its tail low (8-9 O'clock), head down, they may be force trained to do so, even though low carriage is not a natural trait for a confident bird dog with exceptional scenting ability and is not preferred by North American hunters.

We do not recommend you purchase one of our pups if you prefer a low-style bird dog or you don't want a highly intelligent and natural dog. They are not for people who like force training; they are natural at pointing, retrieving, and backing and do not respond well to harsh training methods. If you want a hardheaded gun dog, please look somewhere else for one. We do not breed our Setters for independence, field trials, or dog shows. If having the best foot hunting,  natural pleasure hunting gun dog and wonderful family companion is not good enough for you, please purchase elsewhere.

Though they can be easily trained to flush birds on command, we personally don't use our Llewellin Setters to flush birds. We feel that this contradicts their naturally bred and programmed instinct to hold their points solid until the hunter or handler flushes the bird/s, and they hold until a bird is shot down and never chase missed birds.

It's our opinion that one of the only times a dog should break point is when birds are moving on the run, like pheasants, chukar, sharp tails, and some western quail species are very apt to do. All our dogs will instinctively back off a point when this happens and circle around the birds. cutting them off and re-pointing them to pin them down between you and them. leaving nowhere for the birds to go. This will cut down on the time from when your dog smells the birds and you get to shoot them. Other breeds usually break point and keep moving up on the birds to re-point over and over again, until the birds reach thick cover and stay in place or get away in thick cover or hole. 

The second example of allowing a dog to break point is when they make a long point off the bird/s, and they are instructed with a light tap on one ear to move up and re-point closer to the bird/s. Another example is the rare occasion when they point out of sight of the hunter in thick cover and have not been located by their master for a while. Most will naturally back off their point to locate their master and will lead them back to the birds and then re-point them. These were highly favored traits by Sir Llewellin's, Sir Humphrey's, and Fr. Brannon's personal dogs and are all still very strong instincts we see and favor in all our Setters today.
 

 How to Train your Dashing Bondhu Setter 

Dashing Bondhu Dogs, Past and Present

Fd.Ch.Ch. Dash II (Armstrong's/Llewellin's)   1874 Etching The foundation dog of the Dashing Bondhus!

Hall of Fame GDC Hank's Ringo Bondhu 2008 Photo © King Llewellin Kennel   Pure Dashing Bondhu bred! (Sire and grandsire of many of our Setters)

A perfect example of how genetically similar the Dashing Bondhus are today from the originals, with the original Fd.Ch.Ch. Armstrong's Dash II pictured on the left and 134 years later Hank's Ringo Bondhu pictured on the right. Can there be any doubt that they are the same pure Dashing Bondhu bloodline?
By the way, Hank's Ringo Bondhu is out of OLN's "Hank" and Dashing Chess Bondhu (our Blaze's littermate) and is the sire of our DB Hank, DB Chess, Missy, DB Odette, and the grandsire of our Princess, Freckles, and Babe. He is half brother to Irish Chess Bondhu, OLN's Dash, and is related to all the rest of our dogs. So you can see he is in our dogs many times. Of course, Armstrong's Dash II was the sire of Fd.Ch.Ch. Dashing Bondhu, the foundation of the Dashing Bondhu bloodline and is in all our dogs many, many times, waaaaaaaaaaay back.m06

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• Consultation before sale (best by email ). Help in selecting the right pup for you, but please understand our Setters have been linebred for over 150 years and reproduce like clones over 99% of the time. All dogs are 100% natural bird dogs and have been Gun Dog Certified before being selected for breeding.

• Mini Pro-ID Microchip (smallest, safest, most reliable chip available and internationally recognized and required by IPDBA Registry) inserted under skin between shoulder blades for FREE!

• Tattoo ID (usually the last three digits of microchip, usually in left ear unless under right ear is lighter color), required by IPDBA Registry and also in case chip stops working and for quick ID.

• Health/Vaccine/Worming Record provided for free. Wormings start at 3-4 weeks and continue every 2-3 weeks. Five-Way Vaccines including Newest Parvo vaccine that will protect pup from all known strains started at 4-5 weeks and continued every 2-3 weeks.

• All vaccines and wormings are current and up to date for age, usually no need for vaccines or wormings for 2-3 weeks from time of purchase. Even though all our Setters are wormed several times each year, all pups are born with worms, so all pups are treated with Albon/Baycox and/or Nemex/Ivomectin bi-weekly starting at 2-3 weeks to help eliminate all parasites. These are the newest, safest, and best treatments available, but because no treatment is 100% effective especially when kept with littermates, pups will likely require one or two follow-up wormings after purchase. We even continue monthly treatments with Ivomectin (used in Heart Gard to prevent heart worms, as well as most other worms, except for tapeworm) for all our dogs. Tapeworms require fleas to complete their cycle, and we maintain a tick- and flea-free environment.

• Expert training advice (after sale). Please see How to Train your Dashing Bondhu Setter before you attempt to train your pup; this will save you wasted time and can prevent problems. Expert breeding advice (after sale), if needed. We maintain a complete line of all remaining pure Dashing Bondhu Llewellin Setter bloodline not found in any other registries or in most kennels. We also have a list of many customers who purchased our pups all over the world and may be able to locate a stud for your female near you.

Breeding Terminology

The following breeding techniques were commonly done throughout Llewellin Setter history by Edward Laverack, Sir Richard Llewellin, Sir William Humphrey, Fr. James Brannon, Alfred O. King Sr. and continued here at Mountain View Kennel, LLC. The following line-breedings are done to preserve outstanding dog genetics within the pure bloodline, which increases the number of one-in-a-lifetime dogs that reproduce like their sire or dam for generations. These proven breeding techniques not only intensify outstanding genetics in a breeding program and benefits the breed, but also proves a line is genetically clean from inherited defects. These techniques also intensify their reproducing abilities to produce a higher percentage of one-in-a-lifetime natural gun dogs and loving family companions. This is also how wild animals have been reproducing healthy offspring for hundreds of thousands if not millions of years, including wild canines.

Line-breeding: is done to preserve a genetically similar bloodline of animal, like Sir Llewellin's pure Dashing Bondhu bloodline. It not only protects the bloodline from genetic mutations found in other lines, it also makes the bloodline more genetically alike or more clone like, increasing the percentage of customer satisfaction. This is also how wild animals including wild canines reproduce.

Double Bred: has the same outstanding grandparent on both sides and can be an exceptional male or female. This is best done when the two other grandparents are not the same, in other words, a breeding of a half brother and sister with only two outstanding grandparents the same. Example: Our GDC Dashing Bondhu King's both parents are out of GDC Dashing Bondhu Ringo, making him Double GDC Dashing Bondhu Ringo bred. This is also common in wild animals including all wild canines.

3/4 Bred: has the same parent and grandparent and can be an exceptional male or female. This is best done when breeding an outstanding son or daughter back to a common, outstanding sire or dam. Example: Our GDC Dashing Bondhu Hank II has our GDC Dashing Bondhu Hank as his sire and grandsire (on dam's side), making him a 3/4 GDC Dashing Bondhu Hank bred. Also, our GDC Dashing Bondhu CountOrtho II has our great GDC Dashing Bondhu CountOrtho as his sire and grandsire. This is also common in wild animals including all wild canines.

Quadruple Bred: has the same four great-grandparents and can be an exceptional male or female. This is best done breeding two "double bred" dogs of the same outstanding sire or dam, but resulted using other different dogs within the bloodline. Example: Our GDC Dashing Bondhu Ashly is quadruple bred HOF GDC IrishKing Bondhu Ashly (OLN's Hank's sire), having him as his great-grand-sire all 4 times, but having all different  great-grand-dams, keeping him genetically sound but intensifying HOF GDC IrishKing Bondhu Ashly (OLN's Hank's sire) genetics in him and our program, making him highly genetically like him and a highest quality reproducer like his common great-grand-sire. This is also common in wild animals including all wild canines.