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The Braque du Bourbonnais originated in the Province of Bourbonnais, France. This breed can be traced back as far as 1598. The breeders, for a long time, wanted to impose that the puppies being born, had to naturally have a short tail. Due to the reduced gene pool, such a strict selection on secondary points resulted in no registrations between 1963 and 1973. In 1970 a team of breeders gave themselves the task of helping towards the survival of the Braque du Bourbonnais. Thanks to a careful and effective selection, they have succeeded.
Origins: The Braque du Bourbonnais has been described
for the first time during the Renaissance (Natural History
from Aldrovandi, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris). It is a dog
of rustic and healthy appearance, born with a short tail, with
a coat ticked with liver or fawn.
First club: In danger of disappearing, it strived
again after the First World War, with the creation of the
first club, in 1925. Alas, after the second word war, the
number of birth decreased, the club became less active, until
it ceased to function. From 1963 to 1973, there were no dogs
registered in the LOF (French studbook).
Re-creation: In 1970, Michel COMTE decided to look
for the last dog that had some Bourbonnais blood. He found
only not pure breed dogs, which had some characteristics of
the braque du Bourbonnais (size, shape of the head, short
tail). After some more or less inbreed litter, he registered
his first Bourbonnais on the LOF (under Titre Initial
procedure) in 1973/1974/1975; from then, several breeders
joined him, who, from those dogs, created their own lines, and
the number of birth increased.
Second club: In 1981, the Club du Braque du
Bourbonnais was recreated. From this moment, the successes of
the Bourbonnais in field trial made the breed strive.
The Braque du Bourbonnais is an elegant, short haired, muscular, medium sized pointing dog. HEAD: Rounded in every direction. The axes of the skull and muzzle are parallel, or slightly divergent towards the front. The stop is slightly marked. FACIAL REGION: Nose is the same color as the coat, nostrils well open. Muzzle, strong and wide at its base, truncated cone in shape. Bridge of the nose is straight or very slightly convex. Upper lips hiding lower lips, not too thick.
Eyes are big, hazel or dark amber according to the color of the coat. Ears are set at eye line level or slightly above and may extend slightly below the throat in their natural position. NECK: Muscled and solidly set into the shoulders. BODY: Withers are muscular and protruding. Their loin has slight convexity at loin level. Short, solid, wide and muscular, very firm. Chest is wide, long and deep, reaching or extending slightly below the level of the elbow. The Braque du Bourbonnais have well-sprung and rounded ribs.
Their underline is slightly raised towards the back; flanks are flat and slightly raised. TAIL: Tail set is rather low. The tail is short or naturally absent. LIMBS: Forequarters are straight, well constructed and muscular. Shoulders are oblique, strong, long with apparent musculature. Feet have lean pads with tight and arched toes. Hindquarters have good bone structure with very apparent muscular masses.
A vertical line from the point of the buttock falls in front of the point of the hock. Stifle is well angulated. COAT: Fine, short and dense hair. Their hair may be a little coarser and sometimes a little longer on the back. The two colors are liver and fawn. They are strongly to moderately ticked, with possible spotting. The same spot should not cover both eyes.
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