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Brittany Spaniel History: In the mid 1800s. French sportsmen crossed their small land spaniels with English Setters in attempts to produce a dog better suited for their needs. Some of the offspring were tailless and their descendents continued to be tailless or stub-tailed. More importantly, they were excellent woodcock hunters with strong noses. These dogs soon became popular not only with the French gentry but also with poachers because they would both point and retrieve and were extremely obedient-essential qualities for the clandestine activities of the poachers. The first Brittany (or "Epagneul Breton") was registered in France in 1907. The Brittany came to America (Mexico) around 1925. The breed took a while to be accepted. mostly because hunters expected a pointing dog to have a long tail. When the dogs were given a chance. however. they proved their mettle and have since become the most popular of all pointing breeds at field trials. In fact. registrations eventually soared to place the Brittany among the top 20 in popularity. no doubt because of its bird-hunting abilities. close ranging hunting style. small size. and tractable nature, Although registered as the Brittany Spaniel with the AKC from 1934. the word spaniel was dropped in 1982 in recognition of the dog's hunting style. which is more like that of a setter than a spaniel. |
Cumi "choo-mee" is not a pure breed. We orginally acquired her at a pet adoption. We think she was half Brittany Spaniel and maybe half Beagle.... only God knows! After we joined the military two years after we had to giver her up. Fortunatly, we had good friends who were willing to adopted her from us. Cumi is greatly missed by us. We have decided to keep this web page up as a memory to the wonderful dog we miss. |
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 Don't bother Cumi at bed time. |
 Cumi waiting for dinner. |
 Waiting for the mailman. |
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 Cumi with a Jack Russell Terrier. Can you say Mini-me? |
