Assessing Epagneul Breton's through natural genetics, training and everyday life.
Respect from a dog is one of the key elements for a successful training program. The ease of a dog accepting the teachings of a trainer directly correlates with the dogs character and the trainers approach to the curriculum. Our dogs respect us because we offer or instill these elements. -protection -shelter -food -dominance -companionship […]
To bring out the best; an ideal Epagneul Breton must be socialized and taught in everyday life, if at a young age it’s commanded to complete tasks it will begin to loose its playful nature. The Epagneul Breton is a player of games, it’s these games we play with them to motivate drive in […]
The Epagneul Breton is derived from many other breeds heavy in English setter and English pointer dogs, due to this it’s ancestry traits can vary greatly in both positive and negative phenotypes. To date I have owned over a hundred Epagneul Breton’s, many of which have been imported from throughout Europe of Champion lineage in […]
A training formula developed over numerous successes and failures, gravitating toward a European method picked up in Spain mixed slightly with methods from France, North America and my own. With this approach we are able to bring out the maximum natural qualities in a young dog and use the focused phenotype in specimens to correct the […]
In 2002 our family moved 1 hour west from the Minneapolis suburbs, shortly after I decided to purchase a dog and pick up pheasant hunting as a regular pastime. I needed a breed that would train easily, live well with the family, hunt tirelessly, and a smaller breed seemed appropriate. In my quest for the […]