Brittany

Gundog

Coat

Epagneul Breton
Solid:
Tan: with markings in the traditional or creeping pattern.
White Markings: All dogz must have on at least the feet/lower legs and as a large chest patch. Higher degrees of irish spotting, blanket, piebald and extreme spotting is allowed. A blaze is desirable in all colours. The white is preferred to not touch the eyes in pose. 50 % or more white touching the eyes is faulted in proportion to the amount of white. 100 % white around the eyes is a DQ.
Ticking/Roaning: Allowed in all colours.

American
Solid:
Tan: Allowed but not preferred. with markings in the traditional or creeping pattern.
White Markings: All dogz must have on at least the feet/lower legs and as a large chest patch. Higher degrees of irish spotting, blanket, piebald and extreme spotting is allowed. A blaze is desirable in all colours. The white is preferred to not touch the eyes in pose. 50 % or more white touching the eyes is faulted in proportion to the amount of white. 100 % white around the eyes is a DQ.
Ticking/Roaning: Allowed in all colours.

Eyes

Epagneul Breton
in black-nosed dogz, in others.

American

Nose

Epagneul Breton
in black dogz, in liver dogz. or in orange (65, 55) dogz. Black-nosed orange dogz may have a dudley nose, which is a spot in the middle of the nose.

American
in liver dogz. in orange (65, 55) dogz.

Faults

Wrong eye colour in the Epagneul Breton variety. Butterfly nose in the American variety. 50 % or more white surrounding the eyes.

Disqualifications

Wrong eye colour in the American variety. Dog with white on the ears and/or surrounding the eyes.

Varieties

Epagneul Breton, American

Notes

The brittany originates from the area around Pontou, France. Here a famous male orange/white and natural bob-tailed male dog was born. His mother was a local spaniel from the Argoat woods, a so called 'Agasse' while his father was an english setting spaniel. The Pontou-dog grew up to be an excellent bird dog and fathered many puppies, passing on not only his hunting abilities but also his colour and the genes for a bobtail, which made it easy to recognize his pups.
Arthur Enaud (1845 - 1923) worked hard to save the breed, which was suffering from inbreeding problems, and the hunters liked what he came up with by crossing in different breeds, but always striving for the same trademarks that the Pontou-dog had. He started the breed club in in 1912, but it is uncertain if it had ever become popular outside France if not for the american breeders, and even today there are more brittanys in the USA than anywhere else.

The brittany should be a medium size compact and powerfully built dog. The muzzle should be slightly shorter than the skull, straight or slightly convex. The eyes should be lively and expressive, the ears are set high, are quite short and rounded. The neck should be of medium length and carried high. The chest is deep, with marked withers and sloping topline. The tail can be docked or natural, or naturally bobbed (including tailless) in both varieties.

There are differences between the French breed (Epagneul Breton) and the American variant (Brittany or American Brittany). The American Brittany is longer legged, and used more commonly in pointing and setter type work, whereas the Epagneul Breton is shorter and stockier and used primarily for tasks suited to spaniels. Colour differences also exist between the varieties. These varieties were recognised by PKC 26th October 2010 although the distinction between these varieties is still relatively unclear in real life.

Breed Files

Filename: Am Brittany
Offset: A90D
Base: Labrador
SCP: Labrador
Accepted: May 24, 2014
Notes: Tail variations as shown.

Filename: FP Brittany
Offset: 659F
Base: Dalmatian
SCP: Dalmatian
Accepted: October 23, 2009
Notes: <b>Epagneul Breton</b>. Plush-eared modification of the FP Brittany.

Filename: FP Brittany
Offset: 659F
Base: Dalmatian
SCP: Dalmatian
Accepted: November 23, 2007
Notes: <b>Epagneul Breton</b>. Comes with or without nails and three different tailtypes (2 docked, one natural). Can have one or two noseshines.

Filename: Breton
Offset: DFE3
Base: Dalmatian
SCP: Dalmatian
Accepted: March 13, 2006
Notes: <b>Epagneul Breton</b>. Improved general movement, ear and hindquarters shape improved, some outlines removed, improved breeding colour-wise.

Filename: CIR Brittany
Offset: 3309
Base: Dalmatian
SCP: Dalmatian
Accepted: January 4, 2006
Notes: <b>American</b>.

Filename: FP Brittany (V1)
Offset: 97F3
Base: Dalmatian
SCP: Dalmatian
Accepted: January 4, 2006
Notes: <b>American</b>. V1

Filename: CS Brittany
Offset: 746D
Base: Labrador
SCP: Dalmatian
Accepted: December 30, 2005
Notes: Includes both <b>American</b> (left) and <b>Epagneul Breton</b> (right) types, and can come with docked or natural tail and with or without claws. Three muzzle length variations. Featherings grow in as puppies age. May be unsuitable for obedience.

Filename: Breton
Offset: DFE3
Base: Dalmatian
SCP: Dalmatian
Accepted: December 29, 2005
Notes: <b>Epagneul Breton</b>. Comes with full, docked or bobbed tail.

Filename: Brittany
Offset: A903
Base: Dalmatian
SCP: Dalmatian
Accepted: December 29, 2005
Notes: <b>American</b>.

Filename: BrittanyC
Offset: 2456
Base: Dalmatian
SCP: Dalmatian
Accepted: January 6, 2005
Notes: <b>American</b>. Furfile is also accepted. 3 tail lengths included in file.

Filename: Brittany
Offset: A903
Base: Dalmatian
SCP: Dalmatian
Accepted: October 19, 2003
Notes: <b>American</b>. Version 2 of the Tikki file. Angled legs.