Llewellins love to please their master in the field.

Coloration on puppies:

Pups that are born all white will eventually develop small black, orange, or chestnut spots (or ticking) all over their bodies. As they grow, these pups will end up with a lot of ticking and are called "Belton’s" (blue belton, orange belton, or chestnut belton). Blue refers to black hair that mingles with the white surrounding hair to form bluish-gray coloring. Ticking will not be completed until a pup is about 9 months old. All large spots will show up on a pup at the time of birth and pups with large spots on the body, and/or partially or solid heads are not referred to as Belton’s.

Before your pup leaves Houdini Kennels it will receive:

Socialization	Cover Introduction
Intro to Water/Swim Lessons	Bird Introduction

Click here to download a short video of the puppies (2.8MB)

"In the event a licensed Veterinarian confirms that the dog/puppy is unsound due to hereditary disease, it will be replaced, free of charge, (provided the pup is returned to us) with another dog/puppy acceptable to the buyer. If you choose to keep the pup then it must be spayed/neutered and proof of such provided, we will then provide another pup at half of current puppy price. (excluding transportation costs) for a period of two (2) years.
This is the sole guarantee of sale.

"Count Noble"

On display at the Bird Dog Hall of Fame in Grand Junction, TN.
 

("Houdini's D' Hurlain Pre" is a direct descendent of this dog)

The Llewellin Setter's history began in the last quarter of the 19th Century. An English gentleman by the name of Purcell Llewellin produced his own strain of English Setters and kept the lines free from any outcrosses. In 1875 he crossed his line-bred dogs to the Lavarack Setter, owned by Edward Lavarack. This unique cross produced the Llewellin Setter, and all canines claiming that name must be traced back to that original cross. 

Although some do breed English to Llewellin, the litter must be registered as English Setter in the Field Dog Stud Book of The American Field Publishing Company, where only pure Llewellin Setters are registered. The AKC does not recognize the Llewellin Setter as a distinctive breed but as an English Setter, from whence it originated.

Most who have ever hunted both English and Llewellin Setters, can easily recognize the distinctiveness of each breed line. These dog come in all coats and colors -- tri-colors (black, white, and tan), chestnut, brown, blue, lemon, liver, orange, and tan beltons (white and one other color). God chose to uniquely color each. Although considered long-haired dogs, the length varies with the breeding.

Males top out in weight from between 45 and 60 lbs. Females, 35 to 50 lbs. Of course, there are exceptions, but this is a good standard of rule.

Houdini Llewellins Setters, LLC breeds pure Llewellin Setters. As a small breeder we produce only a few superior litters of puppies each year. We are dedicated to SELECTIVE BREEDING to produce the BEST of the breed, while preserving the innate instinct of the close-working, foot-hunting meat dogs!

Wind'em is directly linked to "Count Noble," which is the closest blood line back to the original cross of Purcell Llewellin's Setters, and Edward Laverack's dogs in 1875, which produced the Llewellin Setter as we know it today. Windem, is producing beautifully marked, highly intelligent, natural bird wise puppies.

He is out of two recent imports; one from William Humphrey's dogs in Belgium, and "Advie High Beam," which is from Derry Argue's kennel in Scotland. William Humphrey received the dogs of Purcell Llewellin at his death and the strains remained pure.

Watch our web site for puppies sired by him. For more information, check out the Studs & Dams page.

For more detailed historical information see What is a Llewellin Setter at llewellin.com.

Llewellins at a National Llewellin Gun Dog Club Trial in Minnesota
National Llewellin Gun Dog Club