Yaker,

I just spent the last couple of months determining the same thing....what kind of dog will be best. Once I determined a brittany, I had to find one. It took awhile, but found a few places with them. Some were incredible overpriced, some were good. Just two days ago I put down my deposit on a pup that should be born here in a couple of days. All I know is that I am extremely excited about this dog. From all teh research that I have done, they are great bird dogs, hunt close in to you, like the water (though not waterfowl dogs, occasionally people multi-task the brittany to do it)and are superb around the house. However, also from my research as I have never owned one, the brittany is supposed to be a dog that hunts smaller field and doesn't have the endurance to go on huge hunts. Don't know how true that is as most people with the brittany (not necessarily breeders) say that they are worn out hunting well before the dog. But, I mention this incase it will affect your taking the dog when you check your trap lines. Let me know if I can be of any help.

beej