In regard to burrs in the hair of the French Brittanies - I hunt four of them and it takes 10 minutes to deburr all four with a steel brush and scissors at the end of the day. I do cut hair out with the burr but it doesn't seem to hurt their looks.
I enter the NSTRA field trials and dogs that cover ground AND stay in sight seem to do well. Almost all the people in NSTRA in my region are amatuers. By that I mean they don't make their living guiding, breeding, training or handling dogs. I don't mean the other associations aren't amatuer and I have no NAVHDA experience.
Several years ago I took two of my Brittanys down to the cactus country. The first night I spend an hour and a half pulling out cactus needles. The second 10 minutes - they had learned quickly what to avoid.
Best,
Mike
Last edited by AmarilloMike; 02/20/11 12:31 PM.
