Once a prospective puppy buyer asked me if it was true that black and white Brits had better noses than other color combinations. The French have recognized black as a Brittany color for more than 50 years. Any purebred Brittany can be AKC registered, but AKC does not recognize black and white or tri-colors for bench shows. The AKC ( is of mixed feelings about any French-American differences, kind of like many humans in general. Both ran with the pointers and all too often tried to fly with the birds. One was an American Brit, the other a French. We've had two exceptionally wide-ranging Brits over the years. To make another generalization, French Brits tend to work closer because they're bred to hunt with a walking hunter, while American Brits range wider, often in field trials with horse-mounted hunters. Research indicates the ancestor of the Brit was a French spaniel that was both short-tailed and black or liver-coated, but history that far back is hazy and questionable. French dogs also can be black and white or tri-color, while American Brits are usually orange and white or liver and white. Technically, they're all French because that's where they originated, but the two have diverged in interesting ways over the 90 years since the first Brits came to the United States.Īmerican Brits typically have reddish noses and yellow eyes, while their French counterparts have black noses and darker eyes.
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In the interests of full disclosure, I've been a Brittany man exclusively for 40 years, first with American Brittanys, then with French Brittanys. (The AKC dropped the "spaniel" from the name in 1982.) The first French breed recognition was in 1907, but it wasn't until 1934, the year I was born, that the American Kennel Club recognized the Brittany spaniel as a distinct breed. Today the tail-less Brittany is standard, but most puppies have their tails docked along with clipped dewclaws a day or so after birth. (Jerry Imprevento photo)Ī Frenchman from the town of Pontou came up with two tail-less puppies from a cross between his dog and a visiting Englishman's dog. But it was the mid-1800s before the first dogs appeared that could reliably be called Brittanys. Illustrations from the 1600s show a dog similar in appearance to the Brit. The current theory is that pointers and spaniels got together to create the modern Brittany, although other sources say it was a spaniel-setter mix. So whaddaya think? Have I finally lost my mind? I'll include a poll on this just for kicks.Brittanys (in Europe and Canada they still are Brittany spaniels, but in the United States we have dropped the "spaniel") are of French origin, logically enough from the province of Brittany, which juts into the Atlantic Ocean like Charles DeGaulle's nose.Īll sporting dogs are a mixture of breeds, and the Brittany is no exception. Stocks: Custom Laminated Black Ash or Rosewoodįeatures: 3 1/2" barrel, Rebounding Hammer, Retracting firing pins, Crossbolt safety, Cammed locking lever, Spring-Loaded extractor, Interchangeable barrels The 3" 410 in 00 Buck contains 5 pellets in each tube.
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By the time I got an interest in his work, they were already issued 9mm Glocks.) Should a backup have a high capacity or high power, considering it is probably a last ditch defense? Well, lately, I have felt in a "high power, low capacity" mood. Should it be a 5 shot snubbie like so many carry? Should it be a smaller version of your full sized auto like a subcompact Glock? Should it be a pocket gun like my father carried on duty for 25 years? (He carried a 4 shot SA 22LR revolver with his department issued sidearm. I have often thought about what the ideal backup piece should be.
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