The Brittany is a breed whom orgin in the French province in the time period circled around somewhere 150 AD. Its development is noted as having somewhat unclear records. To be accurate, tapestries have been found with "white and orange" dogs hunting. Although it had been around for so long, the AKC recognized the Brittany as a breed in 1907 in france where the first one had been registered
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany_%28dog%29
http://www.akc.org/breeds/brittany/
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/brittany.htm