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Welcome to the ATB blog "J & A's Brittanys" where we love to write about, share stories, post videos and pictures featuring our beautiful, well bred Brittany family bird dogs. With their established and recognized hunting heritage our dogs also measure up to the breed standard regarding health, appearance, movement, and temperament. Enjoy the stories of whelping puppies, tips on field training, bragging rights on accomplishments, sharing joys and sorrow, announcements and as the name implies - ALL THINGS BRITTANY! With a love of God, family, friends, and dog we welcome you.

Monday, September 4, 2017

New Champion Announcement!!

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We are very pleased to announce that on Friday September 1st 2017 at the Union Maine dog shows Julie Harris proudly finished Quincy! Pending official AKC certification:
 CH J&A'S HEART OF SEUMAS JH
(2016 photo)
Quincy is the sweet and handsome son of Bullet (CH J&A's High Caliber Harris Special SH) and Thistle (GCH CH Sisters of the Heart JH). He is the 6th conformation (show) champion from the J&A's selective, purpose driven breeding program of close working Brittany gun dogs. Co-bred by Julie Harris and Ann Short, co-owned by John Short and Julie, Quincy is 3 years old and also our third generation show champion of Brittany bird dogs.

Finishing from the Bred By Exhibitor class Quincy also won his third and fourth Best Of Breed this weekend handled exclusively by Julie. All of Quincy points were won at outdoor shows. His two required majors, 5 point and 4 point respectively, were earned at outside Brittany Specialty shows. One of which included over 80 entries. Quincy does things on Quincy time and hasn't made it easy for Julie! He made getting his major wins look easy compared to winning just one remaining single point.

Several weeks of being in the field on a daily basis with John has resulted in the well conditioned, muscular physique necessary for a Brittany to do the job it was bred to do. Quincy will be ready to handle the demands of fall bird hunting for sure. And it showed in the ring for sure! Additionally he will eventually test for an AKC Senior Hunter title.

(Quincy is also the grandson of our beloved Jack Dog who recently passed at the age of 12. Much needs to be said about Jack yet I have not yet been able to write about him or Molly for that matter. We are still grieving deeply.)

We have additional updates to share, especially about Alana and Toph. But alas, I no longer have a laptop because the motherboard fried on my Dell Inspiron. Looks like awhile before getting another and blogging via mobile device is challenging the eyesight. I miss writing so much that I can hardly stand it!!! But I'll be back as there is always something to share.

As always we thank you for your interest in All things Brittany take care and God bless you always John, Ann and our canine crew