Some Brittanys are calm, and do not require as much exercise. Some are even couch potatoes, and would rather spend the day indoors lounging on a bed or sofa. Brittanys are best placed in a home with a fenced yard. Brittanys do not always make good apartment or townhouse dogs. Brittanys are highly social, and require lots of human contact.
Some hunters believe Brittanys become better hunting dogs when they are trained to be house pets.
Brittanys normally do not do well when isolated outside away from the core of human activity and contact. They can become overly hyper or despondent. Some rescue brittanys are trained to hunt, and will hunt with vigor and skill. However, many rescue dogs are gun-shy, or have been too abused to make good hunting dogs. Indeed, we feel if you want a hunting dog, do not seek one through rescue, but find a breeder who breeds responsibly and with full knowledge of the dogs being bred.