Your Gordon Setter loves to take a long walk every single day and will become a handful if he doesn’t get this vital exercise. A good walk will prevent your Gordon Setter from becoming bored, restless, badly behaved and destructive and they will also make good use of a secure, fenced garden to roam around in. As the Gordon Setter was bred to work closely with its owner it is a devoted, obedient and loving pet who loves human company and has a sweet nature. Your Gordon Setter will get on well with children thanks to a kind and gentle personality. However, while your Gordon Setter will cherish his owners he may be aloof around strangers and won’t readily trust new people. While Gordon Setters tend to be quite relaxed and obedient, if they sense that their owner is timid they will try to boss them around and take charge over them. It is therefore important to have an air of authority around your Gordon Setter so that he knows his place in the family. Gordon Setters tend to get on well with other dogs when they are well socialised, but won’t usually get on with other pets such as cats unless they have been brought up with them.