I have nothing against Fr Britt's. I like them just as well. I didn't know a breeder for them last time I looked. That was a while ago, maybe 10 years since I looked last. I have 2 right now from same breeder. The older one might be the best dog I have ever had. I love that dog but it sure hurts seeing him getting gray in the face.
I stay in touch with him but did not hear back at Christmas. Dropped down to see him on my way back from Montana in July. He had some nice looking dogs in the kennel and a real cute little puppy in the house that he was training. What a doll! Then I heard from him via email shortly afterwards saying this would be his last year in business. But I've heard that before. Phil is getting up there in years, had health issues, and some crappy assistants and business partners. A horrible experience with a young guy this past year left him very bitter. But he loves dogs. I can't imagine him without them. I need to give him a call to make sure he's okay. I'll let you know.
What is guaranteed? Who pays for the fix? Him or you? Now what if you get a second dog with issues?
sounds a lot like the guy I get mine from. He still calls me about once a year to check on my two that I have from him. He typically only has one litter a year and I think he spends most of his time hunting or at field shows. He is getting older too so I don't think he will be doing it when we get another. Thanks for response!
Yes. It's said the breed was originally developed by French poachers to work close and be small enough to tuck in the bag in case the gamekeeper showed up. Made for a quicker escape. In America breeders have made the dogs bigger and rangier, especially since the development of e-collars. So some breeders went back to Europe to get the original size closer working dog. The Brittany was misnamed a spaniel until recently. They are a pointing setter, not a flushing spaniel. Spaniel has now officially been dropped from their name, in English anyway.
Not always true about rescue dog's. I knew a guy when I was trialing that got a GSP from the dog pound in Bend, Ore. He trained it and then started trialing and that was one absolutely great trial dog. His daughter even ran it a few times and she was only about ten, her and Nube would beat the tar out of you. But I wpould think about it a bit. I would not get a rescue if the price of a puppy was what I could afford.
Rescues are really bad examples. You can’t know what you’re getting. Let’s be honest it’s straight up luck he got anything even remotely decent if he did. Not the measure of a great dog is also how it produces. How would you breed it without knowing bloodlines?
My present Lab would probably never be worth a crap at field trial stuff. Too many distractions with other dogs and she doesn't have the kind of drive needed for training. But for upland hunting she turned out to be a marvel. Best I've ever hunted over. Ellie has a papered pedigree and cost a fair chunk of change, but I think most trainers would have given up on her after a year. On the other hand, the best hunting dog I'll ever own was a $35 Lab-golden cross. Ethyl was a going concern at five months. All my dogs but Fr Britt Puppy were from garage litters. Never had a genetic issue.
From my experience and those of my friends, so are $2,000 registered pure breeds, from apparently respectable kennels. I tried to hunt with a buddy's very spendy lab that also had a couple grand in training. It had zero interest in birds and based on the few times I've been to his house is also a terrible pet. I can think of another buddy that just paid a crap-ton for a now trendy old breed puppy, had it "professionally" trained for 6 weeks, and basically won't hunt, it may walk in front of him a bit, or point quail out the window but that's it. I could go on... and on.
ididn't say it was common and I don't know a serious trialer that would gonlooking for a dog in a rescue. But the truth is you go to a rescue and get a pure berd bird dog there's a good chance it will have some good breeding in it for a hunting dog. The guy that had the pound dog that was a good trial dog certainly did get lucky and was not a trialer at the time. Most people that get rescue dog's or pound dogs are not trialer' just guys looking for a hunting dog that's not gonna codst an arm and a leg. In the process they do get some dogs that way that do make good hunting dogs. Most bird dog breeds have rescues that seem to have mostly that breed and mostly pure bred.
That’s pretty much exactly what I’m saying. Just too many variables.
Can’t say anything about one experience. What do you think odds are either way???
I don't know, but I don't think it's it's as wide a gap as many would lead a person to believe. I actually talked my wife out of getting a rescue this last time around and got a well bred GWP. It worked out great for us.
Bud you can believe what you want but respectfully you’re mistaken
A good breeder has good dogs. They’re healthy, produce as good or better, show no aggression and can whip most dogs performance wise. And he’s got a long history of getting exactly that. Most “breeders” aren’t really breeders now are they?
