Chippewa Farms - South Carolina Epagneul Breton, French Brittany Spaniel Breeders

We are a small farm in central South Carolina, that produces bobwhite quail, and of course the beautiful French Brittany. We got our first French Brittany nine years ago, with no intention of breeding, just for a companion, family pet, and hunting. It was several years after having Bella Anne that we decided to breed. We love the beauty, temperament, size, personality, and most of all their willingness to please you.


Our pups are out of our own hunting stock .. Bringing together the best from the
present and past for the future. French Britts make wonderful companions/hunters/family pets for the whole family.
We love our dogs, and we love what we do, and it is very satisfying for us to connect
quality dogs, and pups with quality families.We find the pup that is right for you, and your family.

Accepting resversations for our February 2012 litters, call or email for more information. Thank you!

Epagneul Breton, French Brittany Spaniel

Hunting, Training, Stud Services, Birds for sale

John & Melody Steele
204 CHIPPEWA TRAIL
Leesville, South Carolina 29070

Breeding quality gun dogs for over 9 years.

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Our dog, Chief, will be two in April and is the most amazing pet we have ever owned! He continues to amaze us with his intelligence, trainability, intuitiveness, and sheer joy that he exudes. He is the perfect companion for our two children, and is great with other dogs. He is also incredible with my mother in law who is suffering from Alzheimers. He stays by her side when she visits and encourages her to interact with him. I think he would make a great therapy dog! We are not hunters; however, we do take him hiking and to the dog beach frequently. He stays within 50 yards, checks in, and responds to our voice commands even from a distance. (He loves to retrieve in the water!) John and Melody are amazing people with very strong character and high standards. They provided wonderful support during the puppy months, and we continue to be in touch. It is very easy to see that they truly love their dogs and are committed to providing the best care and training possible! We look forward to being repeat customers!

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Hi John and Melody!

Just thought I’d drop a note to let you know the results of the First Annual National Junior Obedience Competition in Orlando in December. This was part of the big Eukanuba National Competition. They have included Obedience Competition for years but just this year opened it up to Juniors to compete. You will be proud to know that Emmy and Tara came home with 4th place in their division! They did a beautiful job and had some really tough competition. Tara and Emmy make such a great team – Tara has the most beautiful heel you have ever seen. She was the only Brittany in the competition which made us even prouder. She was a wonderful traveler, too.

She and Emmy are doing so good and are aiming to compete in the Greenville Show in February in the Novice division, which will require off-leash heeling and some other new things as well.

We are just so proud of Tara and all she has accomplished. She is such a great addition to our family and we thank you again for providing such a beautiful and wonderful dog!

We hope you had a Merry Christmas!

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John & Melody,Thought I would update you on Jake’s progress. He ran in his first field trail on Sunday, in Pine Mountain, GA. He passed his Natural Ability Test (TAN) on the first try. He then ran in the Gun class and had three really good finds, points and 2 retrieves. He was “steady to the shot” which was a real surprise to me since we hadn’t practiced that yet. His crazy handler (Me) disqualified him when I kicked up the bird when the gunners couldn’t find it. Over all I couldn’t be more proud of our boy Jake at 1 year old. He continues to a great companion and my wife has grown very fond of Jake. Jake and I will be doing some part-time guide work for a local quail preserve. Thanks again such a smart enthusiastic dog. Robert

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Melody & John, Thought you would like to see that Jake is becoming a accomplished gun dog. He had a good experience hunting with GSPs in South Dakota for pheasant in October. He worked really well this past Saturday in North Georgia on pen raised quail and Chukar. I plan to run him in a field trail in South GA in January. I will keep you posted on his progress. Robert

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Just have to let you know how excited that I am about Lacey.We went out this morning for the first time with a friend with an older dog.We were hunting over about a 150 acres of clear cut with new pines,the dogs did find one cover of birds and Lacey was within about10/20 feet of the birds when they flew and I think the light came on.She had been hunting hard with the older dog but when they got the birds she acted like she was on a mission then.I am so looking forward to the time that we will spend in the briars together.She is a joy to have and work, she worked close and often checked back with me when she ventured out a little far. I am impressed with her, thanks again for my friend. Jack Smith

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Jack is still an awesome dog! Such a love and still loved by the grandchildren. He is soooooo good with them! Isn't he beautiful?

Hope all is well with you. Judy and Jerry

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Hello Melody and John:

We have celebrated Tara’s first birthday today and want to wish a happy birthday to all her brothers and sisters, too!

Tara is doing SO well – she is truly such a joy to have around. She is the sweetest natured dog we have ever owned and terribly smart, too. She just graduated from “Advanced Beginner Obedience” class and is moving on to “Heel, Jump and Retrieve” in May. We will have a champion obedience dog I’m sure. She and Emmy have learned all the basics and have moved to directed jumping, which she took to immediately. We are so proud of both of them. Emmy showed Tara in the Spartanburg AKC Dog Match back in March and won three ribbons, one of which was Best in Breed and also 2nd place in Junior Handler. Okay – I have to admit Tara didn’t have any competition in Breed but we were so proud of her anyway! J They both did a beautiful job for their first time in competition.

Tara has continued to thrive and is so beautiful, both inside and out. We are just so proud of her and glad to have her. She has brought much joy into our lives.

Thank you for providing such a wonderful dog for our family. We are truly blessed.

I hope all is well with you,

Take care and God bless you,

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Dear John & Melody,
I can hardly believe that Fergus is 1 year old today. I can remember last year waiting for the puppies to be born how excited we were, it was well worth the wait. Fergus is such a delightful boy! I can’t even imagine what like would be like had he not come to us…
Just this morning we played fetch/give with Fergus, Wally and I were laughing at what a fun dog he is. He will get the object, then race back to give it for his verbal reward, vibrate until you throw again. He has even figured out how to get the “boss” Cairn Terrier how to play with him.
We love to go for adventures and in this rainy climate sometimes we have to head for shelter. There is a big nursery that has lots of undercover area to work on our obedience. Fergus loves to go there because he gets lots of praise for what a good boy he is and “What a good looking dog! What breed is he? I’ve never seen a tri-liver color before, he’s gorgeous”
This last year has been fun watching Fergus grow from puppy to adult and develop into a great dog. We look forward to getting him hunting next year!
I also wanted to thank you for all the time you spent with me on the phone while I was trying to learn about the breed and your kennels.

Happy Birthday Fergus !!!
Walt & Terry Sue

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Hi John and Melody -

This is to confirm our telephone conversation today as to our request for a male puppy from your dog Abby.

Upon notification of birth, I'll be up.

Thanks so much for your hospitality during our visit. You have a fine kennel and we were very impressed.

Let's keep in touch.

Clancy and Anna Johnson

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Hi Melody & John,

How are you doing? We are OK, having fun working w/Lakota and a chukar today... she is proving that she'll be a great hunter and we had her & Dixie out together last w/e, just walking some fields and they did really well together - we don't think it will be long before she'll be hunting w/us. We shot the blank pistol around her today and it didn't phase her, she noticed it but didn't stop looking for the bird.



Take care, we'll send more pics - hoping to take her to a game farm over the summer so we'll definitely take pics & send :)

Wanda & Todd

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