Strong suits: Retrieving on land or water, small-cover upland hunting As its partisans will tell you, the French Brittany is the Brittany as it was intended to be: a small, close-working pointing dog that retrieves naturally and requires little training to become an effective hunting companion. Small enough to fit in the pocket of a waxed cotton jacket, these terriers are lightning in a milk bottle, and their prey drive—the thing that makes hunting dogs hunt, basically—is second to none.