Hunting

By Geoffrey Norman
Photography by Hubert Schriebl

In the entire history of the American field trials for the Brittany breed there has never been a dog like Tom Ettinger's Roy.

When he was growing up around Weston, there were plenty of places where Tom Ettinger could hunt birds.  His father, Churchill Ettinger, was a well-known artist and a sportsman whose Golden Retriever named Troubadour, was one of his subjects and a fine, close-working grouse and woodcock dog. Troubadour was what is known among upland hunters as a "flushing dog."  Meaning, that the dog does not go motionless when it picks up the scent of a bird.  That would be a "pointing dog."  One that waits for the hunter to come in and force the bird to fly.  » read more