We are a full-service breeding facility, specializing in breeding and selling top quality French Brittany Spaniels( Epagneul Breton ) We sometimes have started dogs for sale.We provide stud services and training. We grow our own bobwhite quail in outside flight pens to insure top quality flyers for training,hunters and shooting preserves.We have UKC / AKC dogs.We are also a proud member of the International French Brittany Club Of America. All of our dogs make
great family pets and hunting companions which last a life time.
Dogs of distinctions blood lines are imported from Ireland and France
Please explore this site to learn more. Call or email us to learn more about our breeding and referral services. Thank you for visiting us.
History
of the Epagneul Breton in America
In
America as in other parts of the world, the Epagneul
Breton is now recognized and accepted as a separate
and distinct breed from its distant cousin, the American
Brittany. Since the two breeds share common French ancestry
it is impossible to provide an accurate history of the
Epagneul Breton in the United States, without distinguishing
the breed from what has become the Americanized version,
now customarily referenced as the American Brittany.
However, it should be observed at the outset that the
Epagneul Breton is quite different in appearance from
the American Brittany. There are also notable differences
in the manner in which the two breeds are bred to typically
perform in the field.
The
typical contrast in the two breeds is usually demonstrated
in the size and the physical structure of various body
components, such as the head, as well as overall general
body appearance. The head of the classic Epagneul Breton
is different in structure than the classic American
Brittany head, with the Epagneul Breton possessing a
more prominent slope in the forehead and a shorter muzzle
and nose. These body components give the Epagneul Breton
dog a distinctly different look or expression than an
American Brittany dog, whose bone structure and shape
of the head are decidedly different. American Brittany
dogs are often lankier in appearance, by virtue of being
somewhat longer in body from head to rear. In contrast,
the classic Epagneul Breton is "cobby" with
its height to the withers equal to its body length.
This square or cobby look gives the Epagneul Breton
the appearance of a dog which is more compact, and more
muscular in appearance. In contrast to the American
Brittany, the Epagneul Breton's desirable maximum height
is 20.1 inches at the withers and a Breton rarely weighs
over forty pounds (40 lbs.). Many American Brittany
dogs are considerably larger than even their official
conformation standard provides, while it is very rare
to see an Epagneul Breton which is outside the size
limit specified in the official breed conformation standard.
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