Jake was our second dog we purchased, we were already bitten by the Brittany bug, and Vern was having so much fun with Mac, that I just had to have one of mine own.  Jake was a interesting challenge all his life, and we often say thank goodness we got Mac first, because Jake lived on the edge all the time and you never knew what he would do.  Jake out of all our dogs was the most natural Brittany, he had a huge run, always backed another dog, and would out retrieve any Retriever!  Jake taught us most on how to train a dog, and the lessons we learnt from him are still practiced with our dogs today.