Meet Bizzie.

Boerne, TX · 9 years · English Setter

Listed since Nov 26, 2025. Listing dates do not establish shelter intake or continuous availability.

First seen by Goodmorph Oct 30, 2026.

Rescue last updated: Mar 22, 2026

In the shelter’s words

Hi, I’m Bizzie, and I love the name SWESR gave me because I’m a very busy girl and when I’m outside, I am all business! I spent the first 8 years of my life at a hunting ranch where I made lots of babies for them and occasionally got to hunt. The hunting ranch guy told these rescue people that I wasn’t interested in hunting anymore and that’s why they could have me. Boy did I fool everyone! I just wanted out of that outside kennel where I spent all my time. Now that I’m “rescued” I can work this very large, interesting fenced yard in my Texas Hill Country foster home for hours at a time. My foster Mom says I will need a home with either a large and interesting fenced yard or a medium sized interesting fenced yard and a very active person that can keep up with me and take me out in the field regularly. She told me about places called deserts that would not be interesting and would be very hot and that doesn’t sound like my type of place. And there are places where you can get snowed in for weeks and that doesn’t sound great either because during an ice storm last month, I was still wanting to be out working this yard and keeping those squirrels and birds under control. Rain and mud doesn’t bother me at all, bring it on! I can be a a bossy girl but my foster Mom explained to me how important it is to respect the 14 year old Setter girl who is the princess of the place. And there’s this bossy 18 year old cat that explained to me on day 1 that she is the queen of the place and I said “yes ma’am” and I steer clear of her! I’m fine to leave the royalty to them, while I am the one that does the real work around here taking care of everything outside. There’s a socially awkward ES boy about my age that tries to keep up with me (impossible) and appreciates my leadership. When the sun goes down, I’ve learned to appreciate the comfort of couch lounging and resting up for the next day’s activity. I’m not really interested in kids, there were some small ones here recently and they were loud and unpredictable so I avoided them. I get super excited when my foster Mom gets affectionate with me, it’s such a new and unexpected thing and I like it! I sleep in a crate at night and the occasional times my foster Mom is gone during the day, she says that is the only reliable “off switch” she’s found when I’m inside. She praises me for not having any “accidents” in weeks, but I know that’s because she’s finally been trained to watch for my cues that I want to go outside. All in all, life is really great and I’m loving this thing called rescue. From Bizzie’s foster Mom: I have had field ES many decades, and I have been rescuing and fostering for about 20 years. Many amazing ES have passed through my doors. At my senior age, my specialty and preference is senior fosters. I “thought” I was bringing home a retired hunting ranch dog that was ready to kick back and chill. Boy was I mistaken! That first week with Bizzie was like getting hit in the face with a fire hose. She didn’t stop except when I made her, she was able to get her front legs through the 4” gaps in my wrought iron fencing several times. She’s definitely a girl after the heart of true ES enthusiasts with intense hunting instincts and drive. She wore an inflatable donut around her neck for the first month to keep her from trying to wiggle through or under the fence (she never tried to go over thankfully). She’s quite spectacular but you have to really be on your game to appreciate and keep up with her. I believe she would run herself to heat exhaustion. Even in 60 degree weather after running, she lays in the water bucket to drink and cool off at the same time. I keep hoping she’ll realize this is her new life and she doesn’t have to go so long and so hard, so I’ve held off posting her to see. Maybe she’s settled down a bit because now she will willingly take a mid-day rest for maybe an hour. But she’s showing no signs of wanting to really slow down. Bizzie wasn’t fast to accept our routine, but now that she has, she could run the place without me, she’s that smart. She came to us with a badly damaged tail from chronic happy tail and our DVM said we had to amputate it for her own wellbeing. She’s muscled up so much with all the exercise, that trying to squeeze through my wrought iron fencing is no longer a possibility. With her tail stub that wags 100 miles an hour, her well-toned body and running style she reminds me more of a GSP in action. If you are experienced and ready for this level of dog, Bizzie will not disappoint. I believe she’s a once in a lifetime adventure partner for the right person. She’ll need very secure fencing, doors and gates always securely closed (so no kids coming and going) and a person that is around a lot to meet her high energy/prey drive daily needs. She co-exists with other dogs but doesn’t need them. I think she would be too much activity level for small dogs. She’s quite respectful of inside cats, I think outside cats would trigger her high prey drive and may not be safe. She’s confident, attentive and gives great eye contact. She has a whoa like I’ve never seen and she’s coming when I call her. The question is, are you ready for and worthy of a dog like Bizzie?

RescueGroups record ID: 22084158

What this home needs

• Children

  Mentioned by the shelter

  “She’ll need very secure fencing, doors and gates always securely closed (so no kids coming and going) and a person that is around a lot to meet her high energy/prey drive daily needs.”

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• Still to ask the shelter

  other dogs · cats · housing and stairs · medical and care. These details are not documented here; unknown does not mean no.

Roster last seen: Nov 2, 2026, 6:06 AM UTC
Goodmorph last synced: Nov 2, 2026, 6:06 AM UTC
Availability confirmed by a person: Not confirmed

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