Our philosophy is simple; 

• To breed only sound, natural hunting dogs of the highest quality and standards.

After 7 years we have been fortunate to have acquired 2 dogs that we feel not only meet but exceed the standards of the breed, and because of them we feel we have the responsibility and the ability to help improve the Braque du Bourbonnais.

 
Without  Lonn Kuck owner of Elk Run Kennels, the time and diligence he has put in importing and producing high quality versatile hunting dogs, our companions would not be here today, and neither would other United States Breeders companions. It takes a great deal of time and resource's to produce quality hunting dogs. It is one thing to acquire and breed dogs just to get more "Braque's" on the ground. It is another thing to improve the breed, to take the time and effort to see what each dog posses, not that they simply just meet the standards of the Braque du Bourbonnais, but meet and exceed the standards of an avid upland bird hunter prior to them being bred.

Although the Bourbonnais is a medium size pointer, hip dysplasia is an issue, this is why we utilize the PennHip program, it measures the laxity or tightness of hips in dogs. The premise is that the tighter the hips the lower the probability of dysplasia.

Our litters will only take place when the following criteria  have been met;

We will not breed our companion's so that the litter will interfere with our bird season. As we don't want to have a litter that we cannot keep our eyes on, we want to be there for both the Dam and her puppies.  

Since this will be our first litter of Braque's we do not have "puppy" references. However, we can supply you with a list of people who have trained, hunted and seen them compete in NSTRA. All of our references will be of people who have German Shorthair's, some will have Pointers and they have a great sense of humor about our "French" dogs.