A Better English Setter Rescue’s goal is to help unwanted, homeless English Setters by providing them a loving foster home. When the dogs are in foster care they will be altered, evaluated, and receive all vetting needed for adoption. Each foster home will evaluate personality, behaviors and activity level. At that time the foster home determines the home situation their foster would be happiest. Each home will be carefully screened to determine whether an English Setter is the correct choice. Home visits will be done as well as veterinary and reference checks. English Setters in A Better English Setter Rescue?s care will never be warehoused. Each dog will live in a home situation (no kennels or living outdoors) as either the only foster dog or one of 2 adult foster dogs, so a true evaluation of each dog can occur before adoption. Typically ABESR dogs have interaction with other dogs and many times children, cats, and even birds! Every dog rescued will remain in our care until the correct match is found. Each and every dog will remain in foster care for a minimum of two (2) weeks for evaluation. ABESR will assist individuals needing to re-home their English Setters by courtesy posting the dogs on our available dog?s page. These dogs are clearly identified as courtesy posted. ABESR will not be able to attest to temperament or provide any evaluation as these dogs are not in our care or program.

Magnolia Setter Rescue, established in 1995, is a network of volunteers who protect and promote the Setter breeds (Irish, Gordon, English, and Irish Red & White), primarily in the Southeast

Dogwood primarily re-homes sporting or gun dogs like Pointer breeds, Vizslas, and Weimaraners. We also rescue “crosses” of these breeds: Dobermans, English Pointers, German Short-haired Pointers, German Wire-haired Pointers, Wirehaired Pointing Griffons, Pudelpointers, Weimaraners, Retrievers, Setters, Vizslas, Spinoni Italianos, Bracco Italianos, Bracque Francais. When we have available resources, we do help with other breeds of dogs.

Friends for Pets Foundation is a volunteer, non-profit charitable organization. We are dedicated to providing veterinary care, comprehensive evaluations and adoptive homes for the sporting breeds of Weimaraners, Golden Retrievers, Dalmatians, Pointers, & Labs who are abandoned, mistreated, neglected, or left in pounds throughout California. Rescue Services are also provided to dogs in acute need of placement due to family circumstances. Since its founding, Friends for Pets Foundation has provided rescue, care and adoption services for more than 3,000 dogs. We average 55 dogs in our kennels.

Spaniel Haven is part of Angels Saving Those In Need 501c3 that focuses on rescue and help of Spaniels anywhere that have run out of options and need help.

Westerm States English Setter Rescue (WSESR) is a small western states-based organization of foster homes dedicated to the rescue and re-homing of English setters (and whatever else shows up on our doorsteps)

Setter Sanctuary is a private, not-for-profit dog rescue run 100% by volunteers specializing in the needs of all setter types — English, Irish, Gordon, Irish Red & White.

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It is our mission to provide a temporary safe haven and rehabilitation for field bred English Pointers and English Setters found homeless in shelters. In an effort to find the dogs homes, we also hope to educate the public on dog health and training. We also work to dispel such myths as “a neutered dog won’t hunt” and “you ruin a hunting dog by letting him live in the house.”

Illinois Birddog Rescue (IBR), is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization and licensed shelter by the Illinois Department of Agriculture. We are dedicated to saving, transporting, vetting, fostering, and adopting homeless American Field bred Pointers and English Setters. Most of the dogs and puppies in our foster care program were strays or owner surrenders pulled from overcrowded shelters and humane societies from all over the United States. Perhaps some weren’t winning enough in Field Trials, maybe some became too old to hunt or to have litters of puppies, but many were gun shy. Due to IBR’s tick borne disease research, we know that many dogs and puppies infected with Lyme disease and co infections can not scent point as these diseases affect their natural hunting instincts. A dog that can not smell a bird and point is often a dog that will wind up in a shelter or worse- shot dead in a field for non performance. Many of these dogs have never had any flea and tick protection and many come in with heartworm disease due to never having any monthly preventative. WE do know that these diseases are also passed from mother to pup so many dogs are disposed of young as rejects through no fault of their own and once treated- gain back their natural hunting drive and scent pointing abilities. Sadly, all were in danger of being euthanized – never reaching their full potential until we pulled them to safety. We also take in Pointers and Setters from families that have been hit hard financially and are struggling due to the economy. These dogs come in from owners who have lost their jobs, some are facing foreclosure, some are going through divorce and sadly in many cases some have to be rehomed due to their owners passing away. On average we bring in 80 to 100 Pointers, Setters and a few mutts in between every year as funds allow and depending on foster care openings. IBR has adopted dogs on both coasts and several states in between besides Canada. Once an adopter is screened and approved and the adoption is finalized, dogs are moved via transport to their new homes via volunteer drivers or recently via Pilots N Paws.