Bill it's been about 5 days since we purchased our Brittany pup from you and already on the 2nd day he amazed us when we went down to our hunt club to feed the quail I keep there for training purposes. I was feeding and watering them when one got out of the cage. This quail flew into the next area of the fenced in pen and disappeared in the tall weeds. I grabbed the butterfly net to catch this quail. As I was trying to find it in the tall weeds my wife was holding our pup that we had just purchased from you and asked if she could put the pup down to see if he could find the quail, I said ya right like this 9 week old puppy was going to hunt up this hidden quail. My wife put the pup into the tall weeds and up came that quail as it got caught in the mess covering the holding pen. My wife said see I told you he would find that quail, and we both had a laugh. What came next took the smirk right off our faces as I had caught the quail and was about to put it back in its holding pen when my wife suggested I release the quail in another area of the pen that was all gravel to see what more this pup might do. I released the quail and the pup took after it like a shot out of a cannon. The quail of course flew away from the pup only to hit the netting and fall to the ground. This Brittany pup, 9 weeks old, then went in to action. He stalked this quail like a panther and when he got close enough to it he pounced on it grabbed it in his mouth, shook it and I being stunned, commanded my pup to bring it to me and he responded by making a perfect retrieve to my hand. My wife and I just looked at each other in amazement.  I have 2 adult Brittanies at home and what this pup did at 9 weeks took my Britts almost a year to achieve and I have champion dogs. This pup was relentless and showed no fear as he was attacking this quail. I have been around and raised Brittanys' for 50 years and have never seen such intensity in such a young puppy. Bill the bloodline speaks for itself as it has already shown up in this puppy, I'm a firm believer that pedigrees make a huge difference in a great dogs makeup.  I know my bloodlines and this bloodline you present through these puppies is the finest I have ever seen. I have something special in this little pup already and I believe he is going to be a great one and great ones only come along once in a life times. Thanks for letting me share this story and thanks for selling a pup this special.
 
Bill Darmon, Belvidere, IL

Trevor Hanke with 11 year old Gunner in January of 2016

Lloyd Hanke with 6 month old Cleo and Troy Hanke with 2 year old Murphy

I purchased my first Brittany, Caliber in May of 1995 from Bill Meyer at Timberland Ranch. I now am on my third Brittany a 4 month old named Jager while still hunting over 11 yr old Gunner. All of my dogs have been extremely versatile and close working dogs. I typically hunt pheasants in Southern Wisconsin meaning I walk hours to find birds some days. Bills Brittanys have an unbelievable desire to hunt and then track down running pheasants. To get more birds under their noses I chase woodcock and grouse. All my dogs have been patient and steady on the tight holding woodcock, even retrieving the supposed foul tasting birds back to me. After hunting over my first two dogs my father brother and uncle have purchased 4 Brittanys from Bill. These dogs are bird finding machines with great dispositions! Highly recommend them to anyone wanting a great bird dog!

The Hankes'