Everything about The Braque Du Bourbonnais totally explained
The
Braque du Bourbonnais is a
breed of
gundog, of rustic appearance, sometimes born with a short tail, with a coat ticked with liver or fawn.
Description
Appearance
Head
Rounded in every direction, with lateral sides rounded, with parietal bones and zygomatic arches well developed. The axes of the skull and muzzle are parallel, or slightly divergent towards the front.
Coat
Two coat colors exist in the Bourbonnais, each of them having specific name because the color is specific to the breed:
-Liver, also called « wine dregs » or « faded lilac ».
-Fawn, also called « peach blossom ».
Big spots are tolerated on the body if they're not bigger than the palm of a hand. On the head, the two eyes must not be inside the same spot.
Image:Pink1DuRocherDesJastres.jpg|liver sire
Image:ThemisDouCoudounie.jpg|liver bitch
Image:UnoDuRocherDesJastres.jpg|fawn sire
Image:PoukyDuPechDeCayrol.jpg|fawn bitch
Differences sire/bitch
The bitches are generally thinner, more elegant and longer than the sires (see pictures below).
Short tail
In the past called « short tail pointer », the braque du Bourbonnais is sometimes born with a short tail (brachyury) or no tail at all (anury).
The gene responsible for this characteristic has been identified as being the same as the brittany spaniel one, of autosomal dominant type.
Head position
High or prolonging the shoulder.
Temperament
He has a good temper and can be a good agreement dog. But it's mostly a hunter. It is a continental dog, and must be judged as suchffectueux, il fait un agréable chien de compagnie.
Allure and style
He shows a lot of activity, even if he doesn't go very far. His natural pace is gallop, but under cover he can use trot. He can change direction quickly, like polo
Pointing
He must point with authority, in a classical position.
History
Origins
It had been described for the first time during the
Renaissance (Natural History from Aldrovandi, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris).
In danger of disappearing, it thrived again after the
First World War with the creation of the first club, in
1925.
Disappearance
After the
Second World War, the number of births decreased and the club became less active until it ceased to function. From
1963 to
1973, there were no dogs registered in the LOF (French
studbook). The reason for this is probably a selection on secondary characteristics (color of the coat, sort tail) instead of the hunting capabilities and general construction of the dog; this led to have a Bourbonnais less suitable for hunting than other breeds.
Recreation
In 1970, Michel Comte decided to look for the last dog that had some Bourbonnais blood. He found only mixed breed dogs, which had some characteristics of the Braque du Bourbonnais (size, shape of the head, short tail). After some more or less inbred litters, he registered his first Bourbonnais on the LOF (under Titre Initial procedure) in 1973, 1974, and 1975;
From then, several breeders joined him, who, from those dogs, created their own lines, and the number of births increased.
In 1981, the Club du Braque du Bourbonnais was recreated, Michel Comte was its president until 2001. From this moment, the successes of the Bourbonnais in field trials made the breed thrive.
In 1988, the fisrt Bourbonnais was introduced in the USA, and since then the breed has been growing in this country, which became the second producer of Bourbonnais pointers after France.
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