Brittany
Country of Origin:France
Date of Origin:1700s
First Use:Retrieving
Use Today:Retrieving,Companion
Weight Range:30 to 40 lb.
Height Range:17in to 20in
A Brittany is typically quite athletic, compact, and solidly built without being heavy. Other characteristics include long legs, and their expressions are usually of intelligence, vigour, and alertness. Their gait is elastic, long, and free.
Some Brittanies are born with naturally short tails and others with long tails. If born with a long tail it is normally are docked to a length of 3 to 10 centimetres (1 to 4 inches). In countries where docking is illegal long-tailed Brittanies should carry their tails level with the back or slightly lower.
Brittanies come in a variety of colours, where an orange and white coat is most common in the American Brittany. Other colours include liver and white, orange roan and liver roan, all of which are acceptable in the show ring. There is also tri-colour, which is acceptable in most countries except America, since black is a disqualification in their conformation events, this colour combination is much less common there but extremely common in the UK, and in France, the home country.
