Editing Gordon Setter (section)

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| name = Gordon Setter
| country = Scotland
| image = Orrvilas enska w800px.jpg
| image_caption = A Gordon Setter
| maleweight = {{convert|55|-|80 |lb|kg|abbr=on}}
| femaleweight = {{convert|45|-|70|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
| height = 
| maleheight = {{convert|24|-|27 |in|cm|abbr=on}}
| femaleheight = {{convert|23|-|26|in|cm|abbr=on}}
| coat = Soft and shining, straight or slightly wave<ref>{{Cite news|title=Coat & Markings|url=http://gordonsetterclubcanada.com/about-gordons/breed-standard-discussions/coat-markings/|publisher=Gordon Setter Club Canada|access-date=6 February 2020}}</ref>
| color = Black, Brown, Fawn
| litter_size = 
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| kc_name        = [[The Kennel Club]]
| kc_std         = https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/breed-standards/gundog/gordon-setter/
| fcistd         = https://www.fci.be/Nomenclature/Standards/006g07-en.pdf
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The '''Gordon Setter''' is a Scottish large [[dog breed|breed]] of [[dog]], a member of the [[setter]] family that also includes both the better-known [[Irish Setter]] and the [[English Setter]]. Setter breeds are classified as members of either the Sporting or Gundog Group depending on the national kennel club or council.  

The original purpose of the breed was to hunt [[gamebird]]s. Their quarry in Scotland, may be [[partridge]] or [[grouse]], [[pheasant]], [[rock ptarmigan|ptarmigan]], [[blackgame]], [[snipe]] or [[woodcock]]: whilst overseas bird dogs are worked on [[quail]], [[willow grouse]], [[sand grouse]], [[guinea fowl]], [[Centrocercus|sagehen]], [[francolin]] and any other bird that will sit to a dog—that is to say, will attempt to avoid a potential predator by concealment rather than by taking to the wing at the first sign of danger.  It is this combination of a bird that will sit fast in front of a dog that will remain on point that makes bird dog work possible.