| Archive for The Brittany Forum For all friends of the versatile Brittany |
| rachieh |
Frequent Guest signing up...This seems such a friendly board and I'm happy to join!We are British, but have lived in Canada for the last few years where we finally acquired a Brittany. I had always worked full time, as well as having two small kids, so it was never the right moment to get a dog. When we moved abroad I had all the time in the world on my hands (kids at school, no job) and so Scout came into our lives. This spring we unexpectedly got posted back to the UK (we had gone overseas with my husband's job) so we have had an agonising 6 month wait for Scout to follow us. He's had a whale of time, living with our breeder up country in Ontario, but we have missed him. He finally arrives on 1st October (providing the paperwork goes OK!) and we can't wait to see him. I knew plenty of other Brittany folks in Canada, where they are a much more popular breed (but still not for the faint-hearted, or those who don't like walking!); although we are living in SE London I would love to know if there are any other Brittany owners near me, and if anyone has any thoughts on agility (which we were about to start in Canada, before we moved) I would so appreciate it. |
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| Ghilliegumdrop |
Hi
We live in Royston which is around 40 miles north of London, we go to a training class in Ware on a Thursday evening. If you want just agility go onto Agility.net and you will hopefully find a list of classes near where you live. Welcome aboard.....where about in Ontario did you live as I was in Hamilton for 3 years when I was a bit younger. Jan |
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| johnhod |
Hi rachieh, welcome to the forum. I think you're right it is a friendly place. Like many gatherings of friends it can sometimes seem a bit rowdy, to those you don't know us. Glad you have managed to see past this and joined us anyway. It would be nice to see some pics of Scout and to here about your time with him in Canada. | ||
| guy |
Welcome.
It just so happens I will be in SE21 on Thursday evening - with the crew on board. there is a great little park - Belair that I thought i might take them to ( I used to live up the road so a little trip down memory lane for me :-) Richmond Park is a must see for you and a Brittany - the deer are pretty used to dogs :-) Failing that I am an hour and 10 mins by car away - always happy to meet Brittanys, there are about half a dozen around here now. Santiago - another member on here is in London, not quite sure where; do a member search and pm him. Of course if you were in Catthorpe in Northamptonshire on Saturday you would bump into 40 in one place. |
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| rachieh |
Well, small world ... Belair is my local park which I will be visiting twice daily. We're handy for Dulwich Woods too so plan to do lots of running there.
Thank you for the nice welcome and advice on agility & other London people. I lived in Oakville - so not far from Hamilton but might as well be a world away. I'm from South Wales originally, and urban London is home now, so the suburban life of Oakville was a bit of a step ... we were glad to come home! Scout came from Hiddencreek Kennel - Barb Brownridge is a lovely woman with great dogs. He's been living there with her since March - I snuck in to see him in August when we were back in Canada briefly and he was beside himself to see me. He is a gorgeous beast although still young (two next month) and pretty unruly! Picture here: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3031/2866154220_3e719bf31d_o.jpg taken a while ago - I think he was about 9 months then. Being a Brittany he doesn't quite 'get' the concept of staying still for a picture! |
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| Patricia |
Welcome to you and your Brittany...It is amazing how small the world becomes when you have one of those dogs! 
Everyone near by will always be happy to speak dogs and meet you if you live in that general area. 
There are many Nationalities even in the little UK,for one a gentleman who is in Peterborough, is American with a ...French brittany... And many others... |
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| doganjo |
Welcome to our friendly forum. We can be a bit boisterous at times - but so can our breed. I hope you will enjoy being here. It would be great if you could come to our Club Weekend and meet us all. There is only one Club for the Breed in the UK. The Brittany Club of Great Britain - website here www.brittanyclub.co.uk
Looking forward to hearing more of Scout and yourselves. Annie |
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| guy |
I have an appointment at 6.15 - say that takes an hour, I should be in Belair at about 7.15, a walk up and down the Effra maybe a couple of water retrieves and away. Doubt there will be someone else with three Brittanys there to confuse the issue. 
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| eddieh |
Welcome. I’m sure that everybody here is happy that you find this to be a friendly forum and am sure you will continue to hold that view. It is also very informative and thought provoking, even for those of us who do not participate in the more serious threads because we don’t know what we’re talking about (that’s me basically)
[quote="Patricia one a gentleman who is in Peterborough  , is American with a ...French brittany...
And many others...[/quote] |
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| wizard |
WelcomeI live in the Pyrenees Mountains with my nearly 3 year old Breton Merlin.Have not been on Forum for a while due to life being busy, but have to say they are good people here. I managed to find the Sister of Merlin "Tache" here and Jenny and I stay in touch, sharing progress reports. Bet it was hard to go back to the UK!?! |
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| rachieh |
Guy, if only I could come, but I have to go to a (probably tedious) meeting at school. Would much rather be in the park! | ||
| Patricia |
Trust you Eddie to pick on me!   I won't get into that one
I think I was talking about the same Portuguese gentleman as you Guy? I had invited this person to come and shoot over the dog when the season started
One of my best days was meeting ( a couple of years back) a Maltese chef who worked in London. There were no Brittanys in Malta and Alex wanted to see them work. to buy one. I duly picked him up from the station and he was quite young .
Off we went with Taz and Spot in the fields to show the dogs doing what they are so good at...producing birds...A couple of pheasants were duly shot as well as 3 hares he downed. Hares retrieved. I don't like eating them so...as Alex did, off he went with 2 hares( in a black bin bag ) back on the train and tube through London with his heavy load
I really love meeting people from other nationalities! |
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| Ghilliegumdrop |
Hey Guy just realised....I hope you don't mean this Saturday as I have it down for October 5th. I knew I should have read those bits of paper
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| eddieh |
I just wondered who the bloke in Peterborough was until it dawned on me that you could have been talking about Peterborough in Ontario. Is that the case? |
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| Patricia |
No, Eddie...Peterborough in England...He is American, has bought another ( French )Brittany here to add to the one he brought over from the US. He has a "Carolina EB" which he had from Kevin Pack. Whom I met whilst over in the US when doing a seminar with JF Bordet from France.
He is called Mr Reynolds and seems very nice though I've not met him. Just been emailing...
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| eddieh |
A few minutes from me then! I knew you couldn't be talking about me because you called him a gentleman 
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| guy |
hmm... my meeting started late so it was dark before i got there; only to find it had shut at 6.30 |
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| Lin Dyke |
I think Guy might be very lonely at Catthorpe this Saturday Jan I'm sure Guy meant the dates for le weekend, fri 3rd sat 4th sun 5th oct' 08.
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| guy |
sorry I meant to say 4th :-) Despite my commitment to the breed I won't be there this weekend :-) | ||