Minnesota Brittany Breeders
Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, White Swan Brittanys is a breeder of AKC American Brittanys for home and hunt.
All our Brittany sires and dams have health clearances with PennHIP or the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals, and we will make a donation out of each of our own, future litters to support Brittany rescue and adoption organizations.
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Brittanys Bred for the Home
The comparatively small Brittany is an ideal sporting dog for the modern home. Brittanys from prior breedings have ranged from 17” to 20” tall and have weighed from 29 to 45 lbs. Females tend to be on the smaller end of the scale.
Although once called the “Brittany Spaniel,” the word “spaniel” was dropped from the name in 1982, and the breed has been strictly known as the Brittany ever since. Unlike the spaniel breeds that flush their game (e.g. the Springer Spaniel, Cocker Spaniel, Boykin Spaniel, etc.), the hunting Brittany is a pointing breed.
Today’s American Brittany puppies come in three color patterns: orange & white, liver and white, and tricolor. Roans of all three also exist, in which mixed light/dark hairs are seen on the dog. The amount of roaning can vary: some Brittanys only have roaning on their muzzle and nape of their neck, often with ticking throughout the body (like Togo, shown). Other dogs are heavily roaned and take on a more mottled appearance. Roan puppies typically darken as they get older. Tricolor is not really a color, per se, but rather a liver/white Brittany that inherited two copies of a so-called “masking” gene that allows the recessive orange color to display on the jowls, eyebrows, and rump.
Find your next home companion on our upcoming litter page.
Brittanys Bred for the Field
Our Brittany bird dogs have competed successfully in AKC field trials in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and across the Upper Midwest. We have previously qualified for and competed in the AKC Pointing Breed Gun Dog Championship and the ABC National All-Age Championship. We won the Minnesota Brittany Club’s Field Dog of the Year Award, and finished among the top 40 field trial Brittanys in the country. We have hunted almost every species of North American game bird over our hunting Brittanys.
Some exciting field breedings have been added to our puppies for sale page. See some of our hunting photos on the photos page.