Guidelines for a Brittany to be Nominated into the BFTHF 

The nomination process collects the name of Brittany dogs that the Brittany community recognizes as being worthy of induction into the BFTHF, i.e., 

1. Factors to be considered are a candidate’s field trial record, i.e., performance (one hour heats or longer),   candidate’s progeny and their quality i.e., production, and recognition that the candidate has received from the field trial community. 

2. A dogs candidacy depends upon the dog’s entire competitive career and particular wins or performances should not over shadow an entire career.(History has shown that winning a championship or even a National Championship, does not necessarily make a dog an eligible nominee.) 

3. Dogs must be deceased 1-year prior to the beginning of nominations to be considered. 

The pointer/setter people have define a “great” stud dog as one that has between 100 and 150 hour wins. These are all open adult wins with heats of at least one hour! Today, it is not practical to utilize the pointer/setter limits for Brittanys. Hopefully in the future we will have Brittany limits that are meaningful and should be part of the BFTHF dog criterion. 

“There are two types of greatness in sires: those that produce a very high proportion of winners and those that produce a high proportion of sires and dams that pass on the lineage to the future. The ultimate purpose of field trials being the improvement of the breed it would seem that the latter type of greatness is of great importance.” Frank Thompson 

Guidelines for a Person to be Nominated into the BFTHF 

The nomination process collects the name of Brittany people that the Brittany community recognizes as being worthy of induction into the BFTHF, i.e., these Brittany people

 have made a significant contribution to the sport of field trialing. 

People who are deserving of consideration for nomination and election into the BFTHF should have rendered exemplary service to the sport of field trialing both locally and nationally for a long period of time. This service typically includes such activities as a judge, club official, owner, breeder, handler, patron, and any combination of these factors. 

Candidates should be nominated based on the contributions they have made, what they have given to the game, not what they have received. BFTHF nominees should be givers to the sport, not takers or self promoter.  

History has shown that winning a championship even a National Championship doesn’t make a dog or a person an eligible nominee. 

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Notable service to the sport of field trialing has been defined to be any combination of the following activities: judge, club official, owner, breeder, handler, and patron.  These activities may be further expanded to include the following:  

1. Having been a field trailer for a long time.
2. Having been a hunter, a hunting dog trainer, thereby gaining some insight into understanding the nature of game birds, their habits and the ability of dogs to locate and handle those game birds under varying conditions.
3. Having bred, owned, trained, handled, and campaigned field trial dogs that became winners.
4. Having supported and promoted amateur competition and professional dog handlers, in other words a real patron of the field trial sport.
5. Having served as an official of a major or national club or association such as AFTCA.
6. Having been a field trial marshal, a stakes manager, a trial chairman of major stakes.
7. Having judged major stakes; having been a reporter of major stakes.
8. Having been an important contributor financially to major field trial activities, i.e., Bird Dog Foundation, regional or associated field trial grounds, the AFTCA, or upland game habitat improvement programs.
9. Having been a generous supporter of other environmental or conservation activities that significantly enhance field trials and field trial venues.
10. Having served as a member of a top dog award or handler award program.
11. Having been a writer and/or journalist associated with field trials and bird dogs.
12. Having been a leading competitor and winner of major stakes
13. Above all, nominees should have exercised superior sportsmanship in all aspects of field trial sport.