MTBC Mission Statement:
The Montana Brittany Clubstrives
to protect and advance the interests of the Brittany.Club
members espouse
and encourage the dual concept (field and show), good
sportsmanship, fellowship, diversity and cooperation among
Brittany enthusiasts. The club promotes education,
responsible ownership, ethical breeding (including good
hunting instincts and structure), quality training, and
encourages youth and beginners.
New
members are always welcome! Come on
out and have a good time with your dog!
Your input and participation will be greatly
appreciated! Please feel free to browse through our
pages for information on our breed, club, members,
events, and more. Feel free to visit the Montana
Brittany Club page on Facebook.
Feel free to visit our
Montana Brittany Club Facebook
Page. Many useful links below the
photos
2023 Events:
This page will be
updated as new information is
available, so check back often!
For information on our previous
events, please visit Past
Events.
Training
Day:
Completed.
April
15th and 16th, 2023, 8 AM to
2:30 PM each day in
Helena, Montana
(Montana Training &
Kennels, featuring
Emmet Sasser,
Professional Trainer &
Handler, in
conjunction with
the Montana
Brittany Club
and North Dakota
Pointing Dog
Club). Saturday:
For Junior
Hunter and beginning/intermediate
dogs. Sunday:
For Senior and
Master Level
dogs.
Price
Per Dog/Day:
$100. For
more information
or to sign up,
please contact
Todd
Breitenfeldt toddb8877@gmail.com
406-498-5236,
or Emmet
Sasser 405-509-4700
info@montanatk.com.
Flyer
with more
information
available for
viewing on our
Facebook
Page.Walking Field Trial:Completed.
April
28th, 2023 Acton, Montana (same
location as the Hunt Test).
Premium List is available on our Facebook Page
or by emailing
Todd: toddb8877@gmail.com. We will
be running
Open Gun Dog,
Open Derby,
and
Open Puppy.
All stakes are
handled
on foot.
See running
order below:
Spunky with member Tommie
earning a Junior Hunter at the
April '23 hunt test near
Billings. Photo by Tara
Griffin.
Belle with member Todd earning
a Senior Hunter leg at the
April '23 hunt test near
Billings. Photo by Tara
Griffin.
Turah with member Todd earning
a Senior Hunter leg at the
April '23 hunt test near
Billings. Photo by Tara
Griffin.
Hunt Test:
Completed.
April 29-30, 2023
Acton,
Montana (14
miles north of Billings, same
location as 2022).
Premiums (entry
forms and
information) available
on the Montana
Brittany Club Facebook Page. This is a Double Double
Hunt Test (chance
for four
runs in two days) with the
North Dakota Pointing Dog
Club, so please be sure to
fill out entry forms for
BOTH clubs if you plan to
run twice each day.
Email or call
Todd for more information toddb8877@gmail.com
406-498-5236. See
running order above...^
Porcupine
Avoidance
Clinic: Cancelled - Moved to July
15th, see
below:
Saturday,
May 13, 2023
in East Helena
(Montana
Training &
Kennels,
featuring
Emmet Sasser,
Professional
Trainer &
Handler, in
conjunction
with the
Montana
Brittany Club). [this
event is
dependent on
capturing a
porky].
Link
for more Porky
Information.
Snake
and Porcupine
Avoidance Clinic:
Saturday,
July 15th, 2023. Location:
near Three Forks, MT (same as last
year). Nine am to
noon. No reservation
needed. If
you have questions, call Todd
Breitenfeldt 406-498-5236. Field
Trail: Aug.
26-28th,
2023.
Near Winnett,
MT (same
location as
last year).
Members, feel free to send
your dog's accomplishments and hunting
photos for us to post here!
L (Pointing): Amigo's Shootwell Jaxxon
Patches "Jax" backed closely by his
sire GCH Amigo Ben Watch Me Go "Benny"
R (with pheasant): GCH Kinwashkly
Orion's Watcher "Watch"
Out hunting during the 2022 hunting
season. Benny and Watch are owned by
member Joanne Archibald.
Mackenzie Moore and Apollo went Best
Junior Handler 2 out of 4 days in Great
Falls, MT back in October, and the other
two days went Reserve Best Junior
Handler above some lovely young juniors.
Then this month (December), they
traveled to Orlando, FL where they
competed in Juniors at the All Breed
shows prior to the AKC Championships,
where one day she made the first cut out
a LARGE Open Intermediate class.
Then during
the AKC National Championships, Apollo
won an Award of Excellence (Award of
Merit) over a lovely lineup of dogs,
handled by Mac the whole way through!
Apollo finished
the spring show season in
style at the Yellowstone
Valley Kennel Club dog show's
in Billings!
He placed in Owner Handled
Groups 7 times between
Spokane, WA - Billings, MT,
with two NOHS Sporting Group
3's, four NOHS Group 2's, and
an NOHS Group 1, as well as an
Owner Handled Best in Show in
Billings!
On top of that he is now a
multiple regular Group
winner/placer, having gone
regular Sporting Group 1
twice, and 3 once, as well as
a regular Reserve Best in
Show, also in Billings! Before
all of that though, he went
3rd Money Male (Show) at the
American Brittany Club's
Western Futurity in Ritzville,
WA 2022
Apollo finished the 2022 NOHS
year as the #6 NOHS Brittany
in the country.
RBIS
OHBIS GCH CH Elkhrn Mtn's
Poetic Playboy TKN Bred by members
Tommie Dahl & Todd
Breitenfeldt
Owned by members Tommie Dahl
& Mackenzie Moore
Out of DC
GCHG NBOB/BIS/BISS Can
NBOB/BIS/CH Sovereign's
Chasing Legends
x
GCHB CH
Elkhrn Mtn's Southpaw
Warbonnet Strut The Big Sky
TKN
Artemis finishing her
CH title in a huge way by going Best
of Breed over her brother, Apollo,
mother Kintla, and another male
special, as well as the class dog.
This was one year exactly after
earning her first points and major at
this same show! She also went Best of
Breed Bred By in Missoula, then went
on to earn a Bred By Group 2! She also
has two majors towards her GCH as of
the end of Billings!
CH ElkhrnMtn's Warbonnet Prairie
Huntress At Fireegle Bred
by members Tommie Dahl & Todd
Breitenfeldt
Owned by members Kelsey Darnell,
Tommie Dahl, and Todd Breitenfeldt
Out of DC
GCHG NBOB/BIS/BISS Can NBOB/BIS/CH
Sovereign's Chasing Legends
x
GCHB CH Elkhrn Mtn's Southpaw
Warbonnet Strut The Big Sky TKN
Kintla earning her
Bronze Grand Championship in
Blackfoot, ID at 4 years old. GCHB CH Elkhrn Mtn's Southpaw
Warbonnet Strut The Big Sky TKN Bred by member Tommie Dahl &
June Cuthbertson Owned by members Tommie Dahl
& Todd Breitenfeldt out of DC Warbonnet's Orion In The Big
Sky JH x GCHS CH Southpaw's I Can Do The
Stray Kat Strut JH BCAT CGC TKN
GCH
CH Elkhrn Mtn's Southpaw I Cross My
Heart BCAT TKN "Spunky" (Left)
Spunky earned two JH passes at our
Hunt Test back in April, only
needing two more passes for her JH
title! Bred by member
Tommie Dahl & June Cuthbertson Owned by members
Tommie Dahl & Mackenzie Moore out of DC AFC Beaver's
Straight Arrow x GCHS CH Southpaw's I
Can Do The Stray Kat Strut JH BCAT
CGC TKN ROHBIS RBVetIS GCHS
CH Southpaw's I Can Do The Stray Kat
Strut JH BCAT CGC TKN "Tipsy"
(Right) Tipsy ran in FastCat
at the Spokane Show's at 11 1/2,
running 19 MPH and finishing her
BCAT! This qualifies Tipsy for the
ABC Versatile Dog Award. She also
went Veteran Group 2 in Helena
during the September show, as well
as Veteran Group 3 and Veteran Group
1 during the Great Falls show in
October. Bred by June
Cuthbertson & Thomas Boersma Owned by member
Tommie Dahl & June Cuthbertson out of CH Classic's Can Do
The Real McCoy x CH Southpaw's Lil
Allie Kat Photos by Tara
Griffin, both taken out at
Montana Training and Kennels, Spunky
during the Training Day, and Tipsy
just hanging out while Spunky was
out running in front of the horse
and Trainer, Emmet Sasser.
Warbonnet
Wynd Swept Dunes JH "Dune" at the
ABC Western Futurity in Ritzville,
WA 2022, placing 3rd in the Gun Dog
event! Breeder/Owner/Handled by
member Todd Breitenfeldt. Dune is
out of GFC DC Almaden's Under Lock
And Key "Oudi" x GCH CH Warbonnet
Wynd Turing Firestarter JH "Turah"
Junior
member Mackenzie Moore handling
her and Tommie Dahl's boy, Apollo,
down in Houston, TX.
Mackenzie won Best Junior Handler at
the Texas Coastal Brittany Club
Specialty show, and then two days
later at the Houston Kennel Club
show, won her Junior's class out of
15 kids!
Photos:
Fall Field Trial.
2021
In Fond memory of the long standing
bird pen. It served in many field
trials and hunt tests, now may it rest
in pieces.
Cheyenne, one of our amazing Bird
Planters!
Getting
ready for the gun
raffle drawing at the
2019 Montana Brittany
Club fall field trial!