Took this in 2013 and just recently figured out hot to crop it. Really like this one. It was in a series of I think it was four shot's, only shot I liked!

I love Brittanys! My first bird dog was an orange and white American Brittany. Probably the smartest on pheasants I have seen. If he had a runner and he couldn't pin it, he would break wide, run past the bird and push it back toward me.

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Great picture and great looking dogs !

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Sure makes me miss mine -- Molly and Watson.

I have a ten year old male at home... spoiled rotten, overweight and out of shape now but the family absolutely loves old Riley Ray!

I own a female French Brittany who turned a year old 2 days ago. She is 30 pounds of pure dynamite.

A Naval career is not conducive to owning / properly training a bird dog, so my wife told me I could not get a dog until I fully retired - I cashed in that chip a day after my retirement in January 2017. I have never trained a dog before, and I am glad that I now have all the time in the world to spend with her. I honestly do not know how a working person can make the time to do this right. In any case, my dog Brie has turned into my best friend in the world. At 8 months old, I had her in the grouse woods of northern Wisconsin where she pointed and retrieved woodcock like the veteran dogs she was with, and she retrieved grouse with gusto. I can't say she pointed / held grouse yet - she got on them, but she always got too close for their comfort. Maybe this year. Back home in Virginia, I have shot over 100 birds over her including quail, chukar and pheasants at local preserves. She works the fields like the energizer bunny and seems to have unlimited endurance. I had her out on her birthday for a preserve hunt with 2 friends and 4 English setters. Even in that group, she made easily half the points and 90% of the retrieves on the 23 quail, 6 chukar and 1 pheasant we bagged. She even made 2 water retrieves, which, having never been in water before, were especially significant to me. She has not figured out how to honor a point yet, but maybe that will come with time....or maybe it is the French not trusting the English?

Anyway, I love my French Brittany and look forward to hunting for many years with her. We are going to have a go at wild pheasants in South Dakota this Fall - that should be a real adventure.

I love 'em...! I've had them for almost 48 yrs. now, both American & French variety. I have three right now. The oldest is retired at 14, while the middle one is now six yrs. and the youngster will be two this April.
Some years back, I had my 'once in a lifetime bird dog'. He did it all with little training on my part. Unfortunately, he passed away at 9 yrs. of age...
They have always been buddies to me.
Brittman

Wow, nice to see a couple of you have had the French Brits. There is a breeder in Phoenix that raises them. I have been tempted, as they are reportedly more human-oriented and hunt a bit closer than the Americans.

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I own a female French Brittany who turned a year old 2 days ago. She is 30 pounds of pure dynamite.

A Naval career is not conducive to owning / properly training a bird dog, so my wife told me I could not get a dog until I fully retired - I cashed in that chip a day after my retirement in January 2017. I have never trained a dog before, and I am glad that I now have all the time in the world to spend with her. I honestly do not know how a working person can make the time to do this right. In any case, my dog Brie has turned into my best friend in the world. At 8 months old, I had her in the grouse woods of northern Wisconsin where she pointed and retrieved woodcock like the veteran dogs she was with, and she retrieved grouse with gusto. I can't say she pointed / held grouse yet - she got on them, but she always got too close for their comfort. Maybe this year. Back home in Virginia, I have shot over 100 birds over her including quail, chukar and pheasants at local preserves. She works the fields like the energizer bunny and seems to have unlimited endurance. I had her out on her birthday for a preserve hunt with 2 friends and 4 English setters. Even in that group, she made easily half the points and 90% of the retrieves on the 23 quail, 6 chukar and 1 pheasant we bagged. She even made 2 water retrieves, which, having never been in water before, were especially significant to me. She has not figured out how to honor a point yet, but maybe that will come with time....or maybe it is the French not trusting the English?

Anyway, I love my French Brittany and look forward to hunting for many years with her. We are going to have a go at wild pheasants in South Dakota this Fall - that should be a real adventure.

What a great post ! Any pictures to share?

Bird / hunting dogs are the best !

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Here are my two French Brits. Shredder and Taz. Cool hunting dogs.

Much prefer Bobby,s French Brittany,s to any regular Brittany I have hunted with. And that,s all we had growing up.

Thank you Dukx!

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I own a female French Brittany who turned a year old 2 days ago. She is 30 pounds of pure dynamite.

A Naval career is not conducive to owning / properly training a bird dog, so my wife told me I could not get a dog until I fully retired - I cashed in that chip a day after my retirement in January 2017. I have never trained a dog before, and I am glad that I now have all the time in the world to spend with her. I honestly do not know how a working person can make the time to do this right. In any case, my dog Brie has turned into my best friend in the world. At 8 months old, I had her in the grouse woods of northern Wisconsin where she pointed and retrieved woodcock like the veteran dogs she was with, and she retrieved grouse with gusto. I can't say she pointed / held grouse yet - she got on them, but she always got too close for their comfort. Maybe this year. Back home in Virginia, I have shot over 100 birds over her including quail, chukar and pheasants at local preserves. She works the fields like the energizer bunny and seems to have unlimited endurance. I had her out on her birthday for a preserve hunt with 2 friends and 4 English setters. Even in that group, she made easily half the points and 90% of the retrieves on the 23 quail, 6 chukar and 1 pheasant we bagged. She even made 2 water retrieves, which, having never been in water before, were especially significant to me. She has not figured out how to honor a point yet, but maybe that will come with time....or maybe it is the French not trusting the English?

Anyway, I love my French Brittany and look forward to hunting for many years with her. We are going to have a go at wild pheasants in South Dakota this Fall - that should be a real adventure.

What a great post ! Any pictures to share?

Bird / hunting dogs are the best !

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I have plenty of photos to share, but ever since photobucket stopped free service for posting photos, I do not know how to post them. So, if somebody could show me how to post photos, I will gladly do so. I can also e-mail them to anyone interested.

Nice looking French Brittany's, plus the scenery, too!
Brittman

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Posting pictures for Subsailor74 -

Imgbb sizing is a disaster. Sorry.

Beautiful dog!

My old Brit was a French Brittany and a bird hunting machine. My current Brit was a rescue dog and while she is the sweetest dog we've ever owned her bird hunting skill is not well developed. She loved to do it but isn't the bird dog the old one was.

My old Brit Mandy



Her last hunt with some planted chukars. She was getting too old to really go anymore but I wanted to give her one more hunt before she left us.





Our current Brittany, Willow with a couple of Huns.