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This is our girl Shannon, officially known as Marquiser Shannon by Caskeys, born 28. 08.1995. She was born in England, bred by Mrs. Kay Straughair in Camberley, Surrey. Shannon is a daughter of Bob & Christine Heron's Sh. Ch. Caskeys Blarney. She had a bad spell health-wise in summer 2007 when her liver seemed to be failing. To everyone's surprise she recovered and has since been on low dodes of Prednisolone (5mg every 2nd day) which seems to keep her stable.

She still enjoys small walks, outings in the car to the woods and most important loves her food! Shannon was always one for getting her own way and this has not changed with old age;-)) 

We celebrated Shannon's 14th birthday on Augst 28th 2009 and hope she will be with us for a bit longer yet.

Shannon was very successful in the show ring, but above all she loved working as a search and rescue dog where she was qualified for active search of missing people. Shannon was always  very keen and active and even today will join in with the younger dogs for a quick play and is happy to do an easy dummy retrieve.

For more information about her training have a look at the search & rescue section. She also had a litter of 8 puppies on March 26th 2000 to Hey I'm Harvey vh Adelaarsvaren and we kept her daughter Bramble. Sadly two of her sons were affected by epilepsy, so breeding from this line was not continued.

We are very proud that this photo of Shannon was chosen by Hilde Schwoyer for the cover of her book on Irish Setters.

Shannon's results 

Have a look at the photos, showing Shannon enjoying life at home & on holiday in the Black Forest - below as a puppy aged 3 months - as a 1 1/2 year old - in the autumn leaves during a walk - in the swiss mountains with a view over the Aletsch glacier. We have a lovely time discovering beautiful walks in different countries with our dogs.

last update Nov. 09