TRIPLE
CREEK
ENGLISH SETTERS
ABOUT US - George and Rosemary Wheatley
We purchased our first English Setter in 1987. Rosemary wanted a show dog and had looked at
several breeds, and George wanted a hunting dog. George was given an English Setter back in the 1960's, when game birds were abundant and
hunting was popular in
After visiting several English Setter breeders and researching the breed, Rosemary agreed
it was the breed for us.
Over the years, we continued to show and
purchase our English Setters from breeders who were consistently producing
champions. Now, we are showing, breeding, and producing champions ourselves.
On a more personal level, we both spent most
of our working careers in data processing management. George left the industry
after thirty years in order to start a new endeavor--farming! We both worked
for a bank before that, and banks were being purchased and merged like crazy.
Data processing jobs were the first to be cut, so we knew our turn was just
down the road. Knowing what the future held, Rosemary suggested farming
(George's dream job since he was 10 years old). Well, George fought the idea
"tooth and nail" and with pure "Star Trek Spock" logic for
exactly 1.5 minutes, and then he said, "Let's do it!" Well, after
several years and much research, we bought the farm, literally, in
The farm has paid for itself, but not for the
lifestyle we'd like to sustain, so we needed to continue to have outside
income. Rosemary maintained her data processing career so that we could have
the lifestyle we wanted.
The past five years for us -- like for many
folks -- have been more than interesting. George had hoped he would spend all
his days on the farm and Rosemary would retire to help out, but she has been
downsized (as we expected) six times (not expected!) in the past ten years.
Downsize number three gave us a small home in
Downsize number six put us in
If we have learned anything over the past
five years, it's that things change. If you stay flexible and you are willing
to bend when that wind blows, things work out OK!
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