Miniature Brittany

[Rebecca]

I was at work today talking to our pharmacy tech and she said she was watching a dog show the other day and saw a miniature brittany. Anyone ever hurd of such a thing?

[CJ]

I've never heard of a miniature Brittany, and I don't see that the AKC has them listed as a recognized breed, but.... if she just thought she saw one... it was probably a Cavalier King Charles spaniel. They look just like a miniature french Britt. So unless they said it was a mini Britt... it was probably one of these.

[Rebecca]

Could she have seen a french brit in the dog show?

[CJ]

Depends on who was licencing the dog show. AKC doesn't recognize them, so if it was a french Britt... it would have been UKC or purhaps a CKC show. The frenchies look a lot like the American's, a bit smaller, boxier, and have black noses (as do the Cavaliers), but many times they have "parti" color/tri color. where as the Cavalier really looks like a mini American Britt w/ a black nose.

[Brenda Dom]

There French Standard can be found here:

http://www.wyngold-brittanys.com/Standard.html

Brenda Dom

[Kristy]

Brenda or anyone, is there a similar standard/guideline for american brittanys, like the 3:2 ration skull to muzzle like the french britts? Colby has a much longer muzzle than Riley, so I was curious which is more like the standard.

[Cariboo]

I have heard of mini brittanys...I was told that they're a bit smaller that the standard brittany. This was from a mini brittany breeder that we called last year in search of a new dog. We never went to see them, so maybe it's not true?

[CJ]

Brenda or anyone, is there a similar standard/guideline for american brittanys, like the 3:2 ration skull to muzzle like the french britts? Colby has a much longer muzzle than Riley, so I was curious which is more like the standard.

AKC says that the American Britt muzzle should be 2/3's of the skull length, measuring from the muzzle tip to the stop.