The Braque du Bourbonnais is a hunting dog breed, of rustic and healthy appearance, born with a short tail, with a coat ticked with liver or fawn. A hunting dog refers to any dog who assists humans in hunting, or whose breed was originally developed to do so. ...

It had been described for the first time during the Renaissance (Natural History from Aldrovandi, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris). Raphael was famous for depicting illustrious figures of the Classical past with the features of his Renaissance contemporaries. ...

History

In danger of disappearing, it thrived again after the First World War with the creation of the first club, in 1925. Alas, after the second word war, the number of births decreased and the club became less active until it ceased to function. From 1963 to 1973, there were no dogs registered in the LOF (French studbook). A breed registry, also known as a stud book, is an official list of animals within a specific breed whose parents are known. ...

In 1970, Michel Comte decided to look for the last dog that had some Bourbonnais blood. He found only mixed breed dogs, which had some characteristics of the braque du Bourbonnais (size, shape of the head, short tail). After some more or less inbred litters, he registered his first Bourbonnais on the LOF (under Titre Initial procedure) in 1973, 1974, and 1975; From then, several breeders joined him, who, from those dogs, created their own lines, and the number of births increased.

In 1981, the Club du Braque du Bourbonnais was recreated, Michel Comte was its president until 2001. From this moment, the successes of the Bourbonnais in field trials made the breed thrive.

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