Kellers French Brittanys - Arizona Epagneul Breton, French Brittany Spaniel Breeders

Kellers French Brittanys is a small kennel that hunt our dogs Epagneul Bretons on gamble quail, mearns quail, scaley quail and pheasant in Arizona.

All of our dogs come from championship bloodlines, and are proven producers of excellant hunting and companion dogs.

Our dogs are socialized from birth until they arrive to there new family, and make awesome companions and awesome close hunting pointing dogs.

My email is kellergroupmk@gmail.com

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Epagneul Breton, French Brittany Spaniel

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Matt Keller
PMB 179 - 8711 E. Pinnacle Peak Rd
Scottsdale, Arizona 85255

Breeding quality gun dogs for over 6 years.

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Buying hunting pups, especially long distance (Az to NJ), requires tremendous confidence in the breeder. Matt's got some of the best testimonials of any French Brittany breeder in the US and it is easy to see why. Beau and Morgan got to us in great condition. They stepped into our lives, had some water kibble and went to bed like they had been here for years. These are bold,healthy, energetic, incredibly well socialized pups. Everyone who has seen them comments on how biddable and secure they are. Haven't gotten to the birds yet, but they are seeing the field nearly every day and you can already see their natural range and instincts coming through. Matt's got it all. You won't be disappointed.

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Yesterday I met with Matt to do some late season quail hunting with my 9 month old puppy named Cayane. Only saw one covey, we got 1 bird and Cayane was right by me the whole time and when we got back to the 4x4 we threw the bird out in the field and she went and grabbed it and held it in her mouth. These dogs have really soft mouths and I was really impressed on how well she has done this year for hunting. This was a bad year for quail but I have shot 15 quail over her this year and 3 dove. I can't wait till next year.

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I wanted to update you on Aunna (Dora - Pepper pup) she is doing great great despite the dismal quail year. We had her in Kansas on Pheasant and she loved it. However points were hard to come by because most of the wild birds were running. Additionally she is a retriev-ahollic. I am looking forward to getting together with you and working her on pheasants at the hunt club. I am still planning on getting another one from you in the near future. Thanks again Matt for a great dog.

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Matt, Britt (Eppe and Pepper pup) is doing great. She traveld well all the way back to Washington and continues to love riding in the car. She is one smart dog and so much fun to be around. Every where I go, she goes.

She has been amazing!!! At 9 weeks she was going to the patio door when she had to go to the bathroom. Since that time she has not gone in the house. She now (10 weeks) retives to hand everytime I throw the dummy for her. She comes to her name and runs to me when I blow the whistle. I started shooting a cap gun when she eats and now do it all the time, it doesn't bother her at all, although it does bother my wife, HA!

I have sheltered her from other dogs and kept her in the backyard. Can't wait to take her for walks in the field where we hunt.

We really enjoy her, and really enjoyed our time with you guys. You are really great people and have an immaculate set up. Thanks again and we will keep you updated.

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Would like to take some time and thank Matt for both of my boys, Mackey and Willy. They will be two in a week and are nothing but the best. Very smart dogs that are easy to train just require the time that should be dedicated to a good gundog. It's been a horrible year for desert quail, but they still love to head out and work hard. I've been to the Coolidge Pheasant Club twice now and they get better each time, incredible. The first time Willy wasn't quite sure about retrieving a pheasant, maybe thought it was too big, never seeing a bird that large... didn't matter the next time out, he retrieved perfect every time. Mackey was also twice as good the next time out. Great in the field and very good in the house at night. I can tell them to "Go outside" and they listen with no problem. Smart dogs.. sometimes too smart. I can even run them on a treadmill by turning it on and telling them to jump on. I have video of this if anyone wants to see.. Great dogs.. cant say enough..

Thanks Matt.

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Matt,
I just wanted to tell you what a truly wonderful dog Jake has turned out to be. He is now approaching 2 years old and absolutely the best dog I have ever owned in my life. As you know I previously owned a French Brittany that I hunted for 12 years plus. I never believed that I would hunt with a dog that good again, he was a machine!However, I must confess I think Jake exceeds even my previous dogs hunting ability. He has a fantastic nose, energetic yet constantly under control, and an excellent retriever. What is truly amazing about this dog is how he can turn it on and then off. When in the field he will not quit hunting, even as hot as it has been this winter in Louisiana. Yet when we are finished hunting he jumps into the back seat of the truck puts his chin on his paws and is a perfect gentleman. I can eat a T-bone steak and he will not move! It is very impressive to have a dog that hunts so fiercly yet can instantly turn it off when the hunt is over. It is even hard for me to change that quick! That is why he ranks above any dog that I have ever had. To sum it up I will end like I began; he is the best dog I have ever owned and that is saying a lot.
Thanks for selling him to us!
Dusty and Mary T

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Matt, I wanted to give you a quick update on Maggie (my pup out of Bella) since she will be 2 next month. In short, I couldn't be happier. I didn't get the chance to hunt her last year but have had her on quail 4-5 times and Kansas pheasants this year. I've had 2 offers to buy her from guides and one offer to use her in a guides hunting operation. Needless to say I turned them down and told them to contact you for a Keller dog.

The pheasant threw her for awhile, she's 18 inches and 28 LBS and the fields were waist high CRP fields. The birds were running, but she figured it out pretty quickly, initial point and, if the bird moved, she circled around to pin it.

She hit the ground running on quail and has not looked back. She pointed the vast majority of the birds while running with a four year old bracemate that hunts 4 times a week. And she honored the bracemate instinctivly though I had not worked with her on this. She also worked well with a flusher not once breaking her point when the flusher went on the birds.

Maggie is a hell of a dog, both in the field and in the house where she gets along well with two other dogs and our 2 young grandchildren (ages 1 and 2). The only downsize is she has learned to open our doors and goes where she pleases. If I could only get her to close the doors behind her.

Thanks again Matt, it has been a great year. Houston Bryan

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I picked up Fiona de St. Keller at the end of August 2011. She was already 14 months old. I felt like I was taking a bit of a risk for what might have turned out to be a dog somebody brought back to Matt. That fear was completely unfounded.

Fiona has been out on Chukar and California Quail almost every other day since I've had her. I've taken her training slow, and still haven't fired a gun over her, but I can state she is A BIRD FINDING MACHINE. You can just tell that she is wired for it. She seems to have good instinct with Chukar to not close in too much, since they creep. With quail or other planted game birds, she adapts her game and locks up a lot closer.

I'm a novice upland game hunter, and most of her experience has been with Chukar, so I was worried that when she was creeping I was going to have to put a lot of effort into whoa training her. After talking to a bunch of people, and observing her with other game birds it appears she is just readjusting her mark as the birds move. With quail and other planted upland species, she locks up tight and stays put.

I can't say enough about Matt's dogs. I haven't had to use an e-collar, she retrieves (although you can tell she's not a natural retriever) to hand. And most importantly, when we go out, she just looks for birds - full time. This is my first pointer, but she made it easy for training.

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Ringo will be one year old in two weeks, we have been hunting most every weekend since season opener of quail and chukar, I'm lucky that its only 30 minutes to great local hunting sites from home. Ringo gets better every time out working birds and learning new commands in the field. He has been to a few formal training sessions bird intro, gun intro and now only hunting wild birds for his first year, I plan on more classes next year.

This dog has hunting in his blood, just watching him you can see how he moves and when he senses birds he is careful and carefully returns to birdie spots to see if there are more birds still holding. His close quartering is all natural. When hunting with other dogs they go out together then Ringo stops the other dogs keep going out and Ringo begins he close working while the other dogs range much farther out. His desire to hunt and continue in tuff conditions when other dogs start to tire or quit just puts a smile on my face.

I thought the French Britney size may be a hindrance in large rocky and volcanic hills chasing chukars BUT this dog moves anywhere I go and his ability to jump over obstacles just blows me away!! I just smile and laugh when I see him make his leaps and jumps. In some situations like mountain quail hunting his size has proven to be an asset with Ringo moving under bushes and under down tree limbs. The joy of hunting with this dog fulfills my expectations, if I bag a few birds well that is icing on the cake.

Matt produces quality dogs and I get comments on what a good looking dog I have all the time.

thx Matt.

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I bought a male 8 week old pup from Matt in September of this year (2011). After searching for 2 years for the right French Brittany breeder, Matt came highly recommended from a good hunting buddy of mine who had purchased a pup several months earlier. I called Matt and he invited me to his house to see his dogs. Matt introduced me to my pups parents and was very happy to answer all of the questions I had for him. Matt is extremely knowledgeable as a breeder and takes great care of his dogs!

As far as my pup goes...I could not be happier!When I picked him up at 8 weeks he was already holding point on a quail wing off the fishing pole with outstanding natural instincts. At 9 weeks he had sit, stay, and come down and was playing fetch. At 10 weeks he had all three down on hand signals alone. At 12 weeks he was able to check back with me in the field on a whistle blast and move directionally in the field on hand signals. He was also able to come on a double whistle blast.

Having grown up with English and Irish setters, this pup has already demonstrated greater natural hunting instincts and a nose that is unbelievable compared to the setters! Plus, this dog works close to me which is needed for the quail here in AZ. He is 15 weeks old now and I can take him to a field, burry a quail wing anywhere with or without a scent trail, command "hunt 'em up", and immediately the dog puts his nose to the ground, quarters, and locks on every wing I have placed thus far.

This week I plan on meeting Matt to take my pup out on his first hunt with Matt's dog Jeannie, so my pup can learn from a pro. Matt has been awesome to work with as a breeder. We have gone out hunting with his dogs a number of times now. His dogs are outstanding hunters and always have found, held, and retrieved birds for us. I have been so impressed with Matt and my pup that I am buying my second dog from Matt in 3 weeks!

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