Evolution
This group of dogs combine beauty, brains and bird sense; the early setter breeds are believed to have evolved as far back as the 15th century in the UK. The ancestors of modern setters probably originated in Spain and evolved from spaniels. Later these dogs were exported to France and England where the breeds were developed into today's varieties.
They are fast, stylish game-finding dogs with a unique history and evolution for the single purpose of finding game birds. Writing in 1576 Dr Johannes Caius states "There is also at this date among us a new kind of dogge brought out of Fraunce, and they bee speckled all over with white and black, which mingled colours incline to a marble blewe". Argue speculates this may be a description of the blue belton colour found in English setters.
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