| Archive for The Brittany Forum For all friends of the versatile Brittany |
| Annie as admin |
This month - Retrieving
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| johnhod |
http://i142.photobucket.com/album...sretievingcockpheasant9months.jpg
Couldn't figure out how to post a thumbnail, so I've just posted the link to save space and loading time This is Moss making his first retrieve on cold game. Not the neatest retrieve but at least he brought it back to me |
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| guy |
hi all
click on this link http://www.epagneulbreton.org.uk/bcbg/gallery/index.php register and upload your photographs into the 'retrieve' gallery. They will be displayed as thumbnails that can be clicked to make larger. You then have a chance to comment and vote. |
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| guy |
all those who have already registered now have activated accounts, i think i have managed to automate this now. | ||
| Annie as admin |
Still having problems - tried to upload three times, three sizes if same photo, get this message
The previous file could not be placed. You have successfully placed all the files. CONTINUE HELP!!! 
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| guy |
hmmm - so do I. this all worked perfectly when Barley was around! | ||
| Annie as admin |
Do you reckon it's his fault? Is he sulking up there in Dog Heaven? Did you feed him before he went?  Try talking to him where he is lying - it helps us I think. I speak to Red every day when out with the others in my field. He is under the Damson tree I brought from my last home and planted out there.
I talk to John too - he is scattered on top of the mountain nearby that he climbed most days with Hester. Is anyone else as foolish as me, or is it foolish at all? I assume he escaped from your garden or similar. Really so sorry about him. 
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| guy |
Web album
I have taken it off line for a while - there are five corrupted files I just cannot delete that I think are the cause of the problem. Barley Not his fault at all. |
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| guy |
lets start over - all new web album
http://www.epagneulbreton.org.uk/BCGB/cpg1410/index.php |
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| johnhod |
I'm obviously doing something wrong. I've just uploaded the same picture twice, after having cropped it to meet the size limit, but when I come to press continue to go to albums it sends me to a blank page with no instruction how to continue.
Is it ok if I just leave the earlier link for now? |
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| guy |
curiouser and curiouser said Alice...
i have changed a couple of things now and have managed to upload pictures as Administrator, user and 'topaz'. so with luck we are nearly there. Learnin while doing!! Apologies for all the frustration |
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| Ghilliegumdrop |
Here, I get enough frustration off the other half without you lot adding to it!!
Just in case no one has noticed I am back today arriving home at 1.30pm. Mike has spent the afternoon in bed...me I went and fetched the Ghilldog. Shows which sex has the stamina don't it? And he slept on the plane while I watched six 1/2 films and read a book. Jan |
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| guy |
welcome back - look forward to hearing all about it, th ehols that is not the plane flight.
I take it you brought back some Kiwi feathers for the Ghill - to take her mind off pigeon 
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| Ghilliegumdrop |
Really sorry to hear about the Barley dog, Guy. Please accept my condolences. I hope your new girl goes some way towards taking the hurt away.
The Ghilldog has decided to turn into a French Brittany Rat Hunting Terrier. While staying at my friends she played havoc with the local rat population and was presenting Isabelle with the things. I should say here that Issies garden is 300/350 feet long and there is a stream and railway at the end of the garden. there are also rabbits but Ghill had no luck with those. Isabelle's 3 Cavalier are also very good ratters, this rather puts those who say Cavaliers are only lapdogs to shame. I am pleased to say that I bred 2 of the 3. The Britts in NZ are very nice and I hope that people over here will do their utmost to help and not just deny that other countries can and would like to breed, work and show decent dogs, the emphisis over there is on the work side and I saw some extremely good working dogs including Viszla's and a couple of GWP's. Ghill has a chipmunk from the good ol' USA and if she don't stop squeaking the blasted thing that will be where it goes back very quick. |
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| guy |
i wonder if file name length has anything to do with the problem? Just guessing as i had no probs uploading moss to the album. but i did change the file name first. | ||
| Victoria |
Thank you Jan!! We are besotted by our Breton as you have seen...as you will also understand we can get a bit lonely over here (what would I do without Chris and Barry????!!!) but as I have said before, we have all you wonderful Breton people on this forum to keep us company...and I reckon, that this competition bizzo is FANTASTIC!! Thank you Guy also again for dragging well me at least into the technology which I might add I have yet to fathom but will come up to speed...... 
P.S: I think?????!!!
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| honeys humans |
hi guy, what date are we looking at for deadline for entries? (have got my work cut out trying to teach honey to retrieve at 9 1/2 yrs old when all she wants to do is hunt) think we'll be going for photographic style over content lol we're having fun anyway which is what it's all about 
best wishes mike and honey |
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| guy |
deadline - your call as it was your idea. The photo site does not (i believe) allow you to vote twice so it will be more a case of when is the deadline for checking the score. post photos here http://www.epagneulbreton.org.uk/BCGB/cpg1410/index.php you will have to register. You do not need to be registered on this forum to put pictures up. |
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| honeys humans |
would last day of march suit everyone for the 1st photo comp deadline?
would be nice to take advantage of all the beautiful spring flowers for the april comp btw if the next theme was maybe spring/easter etc? would work out well timing wise i guess, anyway honey and i are easy really - we'll fit in with whatever's decided
best wishes |
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| Annie as admin |
end March deadlineSounds good to me - now off out, armed with two Brittanys - les femmes(can't take the third - l'homme - as I'd end up with another dozen), a bagfull of Phessie wings, stop whistle, and cameraWatch this space, the best(photo) is yet to come! 
Annie get your gun! |
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| Ghilliegumdrop |
Would you like me to send up some wine corks? | ||
| Annie as admin |
Very kind
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| Annie as admin |
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| Ghilliegumdrop |
Show off, just cause you don't have the dinner to cook and clothes to iron and husband to sort out. | ||
| Annie as admin |
I will have you know, madam, that today I have hoovered three bedrooms and the kitchen, changed two beds and washed the bedding, made a pot of stew to some of which I added Madras paste to have for my tea and frozen the rest, entertained Hester and Leo for a couple of hours, took Allez out for a LONG walk through the woods, and adjacent fields, took Freckles and Belle out for an hour retrieving and exercising.
So there
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| Ghilliegumdrop |
Just a normal idle day then? | ||
| Ghilliegumdrop |
Retrieving what?
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| guy |
Jan they need to go onto the web album so that we can vote on them
http://www.epagneulbreton.org.uk/BCGB/cpg1410/index.php pictures need to be about 600 pixels wide to upload well. <edit by guy> OK OK so you have done that already
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| Victoria |
Registered in the competition (vote side of things); just wanted to say that this is so so neat. | ||
| guy |
Victoria - registration lets you post pictures. | ||
| Ghilliegumdrop |
Been there, done that.
Jan |
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| Victoria |
Thank you, Guy
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| honeys humans |
best part of 2 weeks left to enter the 1st photo competition! and plenty of room for more entries in guys online album
http://www.epagneulbreton.org.uk/BCGB/cpg1410/index.php please PM me if you would like to enter but don't have a digital camera or access to a scanner
best wishes |
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| mcelkek |
How can I upload pictures without having to resize them all individually? The pics im sending are about a quarter of the max allowed but it keeps giving me an error when I upload!
I must be doing something wrong! Help! Keith. |
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| johnhod |
I've downloaded Pix resizer from
http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm Haven't tried it yet but it is supposed to handle multiple picture file resizing. Oh and it's FREE, so it doesn't really matter if it doesn't work |
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| Annie as admin |
I use MS Office Picture manager(got it with office 2003 - can post to anyone who wants it - or maybe zip and email) - when you double click a photo it auto loads and you can then edit and compress.
Annie |
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| johnhod |
I've had the chance to try pixresizer now and it's simple to use (took me all of 30 seconds to learn). I've used picture manager in the past but it doesn't seem to be packaged with the more recent versions of office. | ||
| mcelkek |
Thanks a million John that is one of the most useful little programs to me I have ever got!
Thanks again! Will give it a shot on uploading the pics. Keith. |
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| alibindahouse73 |
here is my 3 year old and his name is finn
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| Annie as admin |
Alison, he looks lovely. What is his breeding?
Annie |
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| alibindahouse73 |
im not to sure as i have not got his pedigree at the mo as it is in ireland he is irish and his kennel name is anabla king . | ||
| Annie as admin |
Found his litter - see my other post.
Annie |
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| mcelkek |
He could pass for a brother of my Rosie.
Keith. |
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| alibindahouse73 |
have u got a pic ??? | ||
| Annie as admin |
What is Rosie's breeding, DoB, Breeder?
Annie |
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| guy |
he looks a proper rascal
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| mcelkek |
O.k This is weird! Meet Finn.
Or as also known by his pedigree name...... Anabla Prince! Are they brothers?????? Here is the pedigree of my pups with both finn and rosie shown. 
Keith. |
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| alibindahouse73 |
i dont know ?? lol sorry i sent his pedigree to the irish kennel club to transfer ownership but have not got them back yet ??? | ||
| Annie as admin |
I think the answer is YES! | ||
| mcelkek |
See this thread
http://thebrittanyclub.myfreeforum.org/ftopic207-10.php Keith. |
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| Victoria |
Finn; isnt he lovely!!!! Wot a foto!! | ||
| alibindahouse73 |
which finn theres 2 of them ??
lol
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| guy |
please visit and vote for your favourites. You can vote on as many pictures as you like. The system will tell you if you have already voted on a particular picture.
http://www.epagneulbreton.org.uk/BCGB/cpg1410/index.php it is really good to see the number of pictures collecting in the gallery. |
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| Tache |
Guy, really sorry for asking such a plainly obvious question i'm sure, but how does one vote!!!???Derrrrrrrr!  Jenny
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| guy |
not a bad question.
once you have clicked on a picture you have to scroll right to th ebottom of the page. There is a choice of stars to lick on - from zero to five. click on your stars of choice. That is it. |
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| Tache |
Thanks Guy, dont know how i missed that!
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| guy |
MARCH RESULTs
1st Simon Potter's Water Retrieve - 14 votes 42 views http://www.epagneulbreton.org.uk/...um=toprated&cat=-2&pos=10 2nd Tenbellies' Hare retrieved in snow - 11 votes 50 views http://www.epagneulbreton.org.uk/...bum=toprated&cat=-2&pos=7 3rd Guy's Its mine all mine - 7 votes 56 views. http://www.epagneulbreton.org.uk/...bum=toprated&cat=-2&pos=0 |
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| mcelkek |
Very good pictures, well done to all!
Keith. |
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| honeys humans |
a very worthy winner - congratulations simon
was lovely to see such a great selection of photos from everyone best wishes |
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| alibindahouse73 |
sorry my dog had 9 votes ???? | ||
| mcelkek |
He did alibindahouse but not in last months category of 'retrieving'.
Patience, Finns time will come! 
Keith. |
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| guy |
Sorry Alibindahouse, - this month's topic is 'pointing'. Perhaps next month we should do 'show' or 'portrait' ? open to suggestions. | ||
| Wyngold |
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He decided that I was not letting him hunt, so he has self trained. Yesterday he caught a total of 3 birds to bring to me, so I guess I can say he is awake to birds now....it is spring so time to work dogs. Who ever gets him will love his retrieving and sweet disposition...not a show dog but one hell of a bird dog 10 mo.s |
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| guy |
I have no idea why - but I cannot get a picture to show in the previous post so have copied and pasted it Guy.
He decided that I was not letting him hunt, so he has self trained. Yesterday he caught a total of 3 birds to bring to me, so I guess I can say he is awake to birds now....it is spring so time to work dogs. Who ever gets him will love his retrieving and sweet disposition...not a show dog but one hell of a bird dog 10 mo.s[/i] |
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| staandejachthond |
@wyngold..ooohooohh ...youre in trouble...... 
You are learning youre dog very wrong hunting skills..... he has to "point"and after its shot then to retriev it.....and not to "find and kill it "  it will kost you a lot of time and skill to get him to point without "flushing" and to retriev without killing/crushing a wounded animal
...... better to use the dummy to ghide and stimulate the dog.....and train him playfull |
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| Wyngold |
Yes very well know this...
But since it is not game for me it is a non issue. He was slow to awake, so not that I know he is awake now comes formal lessions.
But there is also a counter mechanism at work. A dog with high prey drive and high retrieve will always be a bit more resistant to get steady. But with this kind of drive for me...it is much easier to do training as the dog can be easily pumped up with a retrieve when it starts to let down from the control required in training. I do not use dummies to train steadiness with...I always use live birds, a launcher, or toss birds to teach stop to flush, after that I then teach steadiness after the point. Two seperate exercises eventualy brought together for the complete action. Basically "chaining" behaviors together. So I do reverse "chaining" when teaching dogs. Teach the final action first, then back chain to the start of behavior. 1) Retrieve 2) Stand Stay with shot 3) Stop to Flush ( check cording dog and toss a bird) teach the dog to stop every timne a bird is put into air 4) Stand/Shot/ Toss bird 5) Check cord into Point We are not required to teach a flush command in the USA but much easier to do after the dog has learned the stop to flush. Then you can teach the coule and when the bird is put into air it stops from the learned interaction. Very simple to do... French dogs are a little less prey driven than many American dogs so they are much easier to get steady, and in fact are much softer in some cases and so letting them get away with things in the puppy stages is not too bad so long as I am not associated with the action. I do not encourage them to hunt robins or Black birds it is a game they do on thier own when I am not around, but I do thank them when anything is brought to me, and I do remove it. No one eats what they catch if I can help it.
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| doganjo |
Pegging is an eliminating fault in the UK Field Trials. I do not allow my dogs to catch birds unless shot. | ||
| guy |
unless they are ducks
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| doganjo |
Well, they didn't exactly peg them Retrieved runners to hand, alive and kicking. All three Brits - now if that had been Hester I'd be duckless
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| guy |
perhaps we have different definitions of 'peg'
For me - pegging is a dog catching live game that is not wounded or damaged or ill but that has not been able to get away from the dog - either by virtue of the speed of the dogs approach or because it's exit is obstructed. in my book your ducks were pegged - the fact they were brought to hand is a different thing.
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| doganjo |
I stand corrected! I was told (some years ago I admit - perhaps around 25 - when we first got Brittanys, and it was a Labrador man) that a bird pegged is an unshot but dead bird when brought to hand. My mistake.
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| Victoria |
Pity this interesting little swerve is on this thread!!!!!
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| Patricia |
Goldie is not the only one whose dogs( or rather pup in her case) catch little birds. And it is not such a big deal really
Toscane has been known to catch a low flying small bird in the air...who was swooping low...And her grand mother grabbed a bird from the nest in the hedges. Which all Brittanys will check out up and down...Also found a swift which the old girl pointed on the ground.  As you know Swifts don't go on the floor as they have very short legs and huge wings. So, Jan-the dog- saved it that day, I picked it up, it pinched me with its beak and flew away
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| Liz |
Rosie will catch blackbirds - either on the wing or will dive into the hedge and come out with them
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| Victoria |
We are oft times guilty of underestimating the Breton!!! Dionee did her net patrols on the vineyard over birdscaring...she was catching birds and bringing them to me. She knows exactly the difference between a quail and a pheasant to those birds worrying the grapes...I was told never, ever to allow my dogs to hunt rabbits and hares...they know the difference!!!! I help them learn about digging up stops (closed but in use rabbit holes). They know what you're after...!!!! As the true versatile dog, we can expect no less of them!! | ||
| Lin Dyke |
Josh, my first Brit, was such an instictive hunter. Baby blackbirds to hand (undamaged and released) Rabbits (including a friends pet (they were warned but insisted rabbit knew where to escape from their dogs It died of shock on the way to vet Wild rabbits brought to hand whilst chatting to local baptist minister who laughed and said his dog did exactly the same
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