The Brittany

Appearance

Medium sized spaniel type dog with a relatively short body, coat some fringing on the backs of the front and back legs and ears. A strongly built little dog that has a short stocky body and a slight leggy appearance. The Brittany has short broad vine shaped drop ears that are set vey high on the head. Their muzzle is shorter than their skull with a broad wide muzzle and large wide open nostrils for good scenting whilst working. The Brittany's expression is soft and gently never course or mean looking even the adult males have a melting soft eye and facial expressions.
They come in several colours orange and white, liver and white, black and white, black tri colour, liver tri colour and roan in all thse colours.

History

A French breed originating in the French region of Brittany. They are an old breed dating back to the 17th century and possibly earlier than that. The breed was created from the mating of French Spaniel type dogs with English Setters and Pointers.

The Brittany was first imported into Australia in 1974-75 these imports came from France, Netherlands, Hawaii and main land USA.

They were and still are a highly respected and sort after gundog. In Australia the Brittany is classified as a Utility Gundog which means they hunt, point, flush and retrieve their game. Hence the Spaniel was dropped from the breeds name in 1981 as they do not work like a spaniel.

The breed is known in its home country as the Breton our Epagneul Breton. Epagneul does not translate to spaniel. It is a French word that describes a particular way a dog works its game, the Bretton or Brittany points its game it does not just flush it out.

Temperament

The Brittany is a gentle, fun loving, happy go lucky active dog that loves to be included in all the families'actives what ever they might be. They are very intelligent dogs with a will to please and are quick learners. Most Brittany's do not respond well to harsh or hard training, they respond very well to gently positive for training.

The Brittany is usually a very friendly breed they love people of all ages and get along with other breeds of dogs very well. They will also live quite nicely with cats and other furry family members if brought up with them from a young age.

Brittany's love nothing better than a good gallop out in the open, whether it be in a field or along the beach. They are also usually willing and able to join in on a game fetch, jogging or a quiet family wallk in the park with the same dog during the week.

Care / Grooming

The Brittany actually is quite easy to groom and care for they have a wash and wear coat. That only requires a brush once a fortnight and a bath one a month or once fortnight if needed. They are not heavy shedders so you wont't find great clumps of hair all over your carpet. Nails do require trimming once a month but apart from that they are a low maintenance breed.

Health

The Brittany is a relatively healthy breed, but puppy buyers should ask breeders for copies of the parents hip and elbow scores as hip and elbow dysplasia can be a problem in the breed.

Breeders are also having eye exams performed on breeding stock prior to breeding, as cataracts and other eye disorders have been found in the breed in Ausrtalia and over seas. All breeders should provide copies of the parent's current clear eye certificate prior to buying a puppy.

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