This is the Breton peasant's hunting dog, known since the mid-19th century in the french province of Brittany and thought to represent a cross between the English Setter and Small French Land Spaniels. A quick, agile dog, square in outline, the Brittany is the smallest of the versatile gun dogs. The breed is able to point and retrieve game and works equally well in open country or dense cover.



When not enjoying the sporting life, the Brittany can content himself at home as family pet and guardian. The breed was first imported to this continent by sportsmen in the 1920s, and by 1934 there was sufficient interest to warrant the breed's inclusion on the roster of officially recognized breeds both in Canada and the United States.