History

We are located in far northern Wisconsin. We are five miles from Lake Superior near the boundary of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We are 100 miles east of Duluth, MN, 12 miles west of Ironwood, MI and 4 and a half hours north of Madison, WI. We have 30 acres of wooded land and 5 acres of field. We have some of the best grouse hunting 150 yards from our house on our land. We have been around Brittanys for over forty years in part due to our family members owning them. We actually raised our own Brittanys since 1999.

Our kennel is named after our first Brittany, Massoglia’s Princess Anna Beatrice Rose. She developed into a fine pointing dog and we thoroughly enjoyed owning her. Then on September 4, 2001 tragedy struck.

Annie was hit by a pickup truck in front of our house. She was with the boys at our neighbor’s house playing. She followed the boys on the way home, luckily the boys made it across the road, but Annie did not. The driver of the pickup was driving 50 mph in a 15-mph zone. We were devastated. We knew she had died instantly. We buried her in our training field and marked her grave with a painted rock and many tears and three fired 12 gauge shells to signify what a great hunter and friend she had turned out to be.

Our kennel plans started to take shape. We found a location next to our garage. We also found out that we could possibly go into the boarding as well as the breeding aspect due to the lack of boarding kennels around our area. We have a 10-run kennel with heated indoor and outdoor runs and a 3000 square foot exercise area. There is a grooming/bath area in the kennel along with hot water and in-floor “hyponix” heating system.

Our goal of our Brittany program was to have a dual purpose dog. Our lines were filled with field lines, but we felt we needed to conform to the standards more, so we searched for a show quality puppy bitch with a pedigree of dual champions or at least hunt tested titled dogs, to be our foundation bitch.

Enter CH Rao's Play Misty for Anna B. Rose. She came from Rao Farms, located in Richfield, WI, owned by Becky Rao and managed by Andrea Lane. Andrea was a co-founder of Jordean Brittanys. Jordean Brittanys was the home of the famous Am. Can. CH Jordean All Kiddin' Aside JH, a.k.a. Ollie and also two time National Specialty Show Champion CH Jordean Your Wildest Dreams, a.k.a. Brad. Brad is Misty's father. We were fortunate and honored to receive a puppy from them. Misty has the attitude in the ring and the birdiness that we look for in a Brittany. We brought Misty to Archie's hunt test when she was five months old and she pointed four quail when she was going for a walk with Debbie. Misty made the final cut in the 6-9 month puppy bitch sweepstakes at the 2004 American Brittany Club National Specialty and just missed fourth place. In 2006, Misty placed an unofficial fifth in "Open Bitch". Misty just came home with two major wins at the Cleveland, OH "Christmas Cluster" on December 16, and 17, 2006. Misty finished her CH in St. Paul, MN. A huge "Thank You" goes to Andrea Lane and Becky Rao. We will continue to develop the "Anna B Rose" line of Brittanys. Misty is doing fine and is full of mischief at the ripe old age of 13.

One of our most successful puppy was Abby a.k.a. AB Rose Princess Abigail, co-owned by Randy Schmidt of Carlton, Minnesota, had earned points towards her Field Championship with a win in Open Puppy at the West Texas Brittany Field Trial. Abby finished as a Champion in just three weekends of shows, she finished with a five point major defeating eighteen other girls. She finished with style and grace. Abby also earned a junior hunt test title. Sadly before was to spend the summer of 2015 with us, she passed away. We still get tears in our eyes thinking about her. Randy had her well trained and we would ask Randy to have Abby spend a few months with us, show the new pups a thing or two and just to enjoy such a great dog. We truly miss her.

The other puppy from that litter also competed against Abby, Anna B Rose Grace Under Pressure a.k.a. Gracie. Gracie is also a finished show champion. She also qualified for the 2007 & 2008 Eukanuba Tournament of Champions. She had a litter of six puppies. She was stylish in the ring and is a great hunter with a very staunch point and had the endurance to run all day. Gracie and Abby were ranked in the top 100 Brittanys for 2007 and was "Show Dog of the Year" in the Minnesota Brittany Club and are amongst the top 32 females for 2007. Two of Gracie's puppies, Pattie and Aurora, are both CH titled and both great hunters and mothers. Gracie is now nearly 13 years old and is enjoying life with Gary and Julie Silc of Ironwood, MI. She is TRULY spoiled and is living such a great life with the Silcs.

We currently have seven brittanys, Misty, Pattie, Misty's puppy Sandrea, and Pattie's puppies, Zeb, Mary Ellen and Retta and Mary Ellen's puppy Molly. We also co-own two more of mary Ellen's girls, Tessa Rae and Mocha. Tessa Rae just earned a 4-point major. Misty earned her first major win this past August of 2017.

We also would wish to give a big thank you to our mentors, Kathy and Jerry Hogan of Rainbow Ridge Brittanys, who have spent countless hours on the phone with us answering all of our "stupid" questions and who also shown Misty for us and kept our chins up. We also want to thank the late Millie Frame and Tom Frame of Jozan Brittanys who did the same as the Hogans and shared their home with us and fed us which in itself is a huge task. Millie was always there for us and we appreciated that. We also want to thank Jackie and the late Eric Swanson DVM of Dr. Jac's Brittanys, who provided support and emergency veterinarian assistance when we needed it. We also want to thank Diane Hedstrom of Bantam Brittanys, who helped us in the show ring and helped us with questions and concerns and let us breed Pattie to her Duffy. We also wish to thank those that we forgot to mention, without your help and support it would be impossible for us to fulfill our dreams of becoming reputable breeders. We also want to mention friends of ours who are in other breeds that gave us help and assistance, Pat Ottaway of Echoridge Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Sue Mahonen of Suci's GSP's, Karen Bach of Paw Prints Chinese Cresteds, Curt and Bonnie Brandon of Fancy Brittanys, Robin Tomasi of Copley's Brittanys, Jessica Carlson of Alar Brittanys, and Jodi Kistner of Kistners Smooth Standard Dachshunds.

Things we breed for:

* CONTINUALLY STRIVING FOR SOUNDNESS OF MIND & BODY! *

* HUNTING INSTINCT * By breeding to field proven studs & testing our females in the field tests. We believe keeping the hunting instinct strong in the breed is what the dual quality Brittany is all about.

* SHOW QUALITY *This tests for true to type - that they meet the breed standard.

* HEALTH & TEMPERAMENT * We breed only certified breeding stock. OFA (Orthopedic Foundation for Animals) - Certification against Hip Dysplasia, patellas, and elbows. Our dogs have their eyes CERF'd and have their brucellosis tests.

We look for high intelligence and good temperaments. Our pups are family raised and well socialized.