My name is Michael Barry . In the 40's my dad had a Gordon
that was black and white and it was a great dog. I am retiring
as a professor and am looking for such a dog. I know the dogs
from breeders are all black and tan but I believe this
has not been always the case. At any rate as a retiring professor
I am both an original and an aberation so should anyone know where
I can find such a dog please contact me. I am interested in hunting
grouse and woodcock only . I will be able to come to the UK since
I have a place in Ireland. I live in Florida but hunt in upstate NY.

Thanks and all the best
Michael Barry

Hi,
Just a thought, but perhaps your memory is of a black and white setter, but it would have been an English setter not a gordon setter, which have always been black and tan. I'd suggest you visit some setter breeders before getting a shooting dog, as not all dogs are bred for working these days. Some of the older type english setters can be big dogs.
Polly
& the Foxpath Flatcoated Retrievers

Or a Munsterlander?

The standard colour for Gordons is of course black & tan but other colours have cropped up in the past including all red, liver and tan and black white and tan. I seem to remember some controversy in the breed notes in the dog press not long ago about liver & tan Gordons being registered so genes for other colours do still exist in the breed.