At Stud
Patouche Earl
(see Our Dogs)
Born 28/12/2009
He is the son of our 2 French imports, Athos de St Lubin and Clochette
du Petit Odon. This young male combines Elite studs dogs from France ie.
Luron de Kerveillant, Indy de St Lubin,Iska de St Lubin, as well
as other renown dogs whose descendants are currently winning in trials.
" Ric" is Tricolour, naturally tailless and has a soft nature. His hip
score is 8/8. He is a keen retriever, is fast in the field and points
wild partridge and pheasant.
He has strong bone and substance.
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Docking Brittanys
Following the French lead, it is
our intention to retain the breed as it was developed; and that is for working.
Therefore without tails.
We intend to strive towards
breeding naturally tailless dogs, and probably from French studs.
The thoughts behind our reasoning; Brittanys
are a working breed, they will go into cover that will often be thick and can
injure tails. It is well known fact that a puppy does not have a
developed nervous system like lambs (that are castrated and docked).
Docking IS NOT a cosmetic exercise.
HPR's have been docked for decades.
A Brittany is described as a Cob, having a
tail will make it look long.
