My French Brit isn't a very close working dog. I think that all depends on a number of different factors. My frenchy can and does range as far out as my setters do. While the Braque is cool breed...they are ugly!:-)
Good point, Dustin. There are always exceptions to generalizations. I hunted with several down at Ringneck Ranch in KS. Preserve dogs. All were close working, as is my hunting partner's French Britt. (Pretty sure the preserve wanted them pretty close.) As for Griffons being close, the only one I've hunted with--several days--tried to keep up with a shorthair with a pretty serious set of wheels. It was fairly warm and did not work out for him. Their reputation is also closer working and more laid back than wirehairs. This one wasn't. You could also hear the bones crunch when he retrieved pheasants.
I'm not sure whether I'd give the ugly pointing dog award to the Spinone or to the Braque du Bourbonnais.
