Brittany

Pointing dogs

Medium

Median 11.1 y

FCI group 7 · Pointing Dogs · Derived from the adult weight midpoint (15.5 kg)

Median survival across 1,725 UK dogs (VetCompass, McMillan 2024) · half live 8–13 y

The Brittany Spaniel or Breton Spaniel is a French breed of gun dog of spaniel type, bred primarily for bird hunting. In the United States it may be called simply Brittany.

Bright

Upbeat

Athletic

Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · reference ranges from the Kintail breed dataset

Adult weight

Reference

Male

14–18 kg

Female

13–17 kg

Breed club figure (the American Kennel Club)

Two types. The AKC and the KC/FCI standards describe a different-sized Brittany, so Kintail bands your dog against the one your region follows — set it in Settings. KC/FCI type: males 48–51 cm, females 47–50 cm. AKC type: 44.5–52.1 cm.

Weight for age

Stock data

Male

Female

Expected range

Expected range from the breed's own adult weight, kilograms. Growth reference: Salt et al. 2017, WALTHAM (15–30 kg band).

Heat cycles · females

Stock data

First heat

8–12 mo

typical

Interval

180 d

typical

Bleeding

~9 d

typical

Proestrus 9d

Estrus 9d

Diestrus 52d

Anestrus 110d

General figures for dogs, not for this breed — individual cycles vary widely.

Questions people ask

Adult males usually weigh 14–18 kg and females 13–17 kg. Most are close to their full size by around 15 months, though the last little bit of filling out takes longer. Growth reference: Salt et al. 2017, WALTHAM (15–30 kg band).

No Brittany cycle figures are published here yet, so this is general guidance rather than a breed number: most females have a first season somewhere between six and fifteen months, and cycles then settle to roughly every 180 days. Smaller breeds tend to start earlier and larger ones later.

The median is 11.1 y. Median survival across 1,725 UK dogs (VetCompass, McMillan 2024) · half live 8–13 y. How the later years go comes down to weight, teeth, exercise and regular check-ups far more than to the breed.