re: Chesapeake retriever questions...New Pics 7/21/14

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Also, one big arse backhoe when it comes to digging

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energetic and determined excavators....

I own a Chessador...
Great dog lots of drive.. Can be hardheaded at times but great dog!

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I can only assume that she went to be trained and went back the next off season to be finished. 8k between dog and training cost. the vast majority of people including myself have never hunted over a finished dog. doesn't mean they aren't good if they aren't finished and being finished doesn't even mean they can hunt worth a shite but for all the pecker measures of the dog training world a finished dog will do more of whats asked than a started or hunting only kind of dog

Good looking pup

Anymore pics? Good looking dog.

Congrats on the Chessie. Do you know what breeder or the line she is from? Everything said about them being hard headed is definitely true but a lot of people don't realize that they can be very hard headed but still be very soft. They will completely shut down when a little bit of pressure is applied. Mine was bounced out by 2 well known local trainers, mainly because the typical field trial trainer's program just doesn't work with chesapeakes. I ended up sending her to a 3rd trainer in Florida that only trains brown dogs and within 10 weeks had a very workable dog back.

People say you can train a lab but you have to trick a chesapeake.

Mine has now picked up over 1000 birds and I wouldn't trade her for the world. The only issue I have is she is definitely the Alpha and has laid down the whooping on labs twice her size so I can't really let her roam around the camp when there are other dogs around.

Again thanks for all the responses. To answer a few of the question's. I'll have more pics Tuesday when I get her. The owner has all paper work, IE:bloodline, training papers etc. When I saw the first pic of her, I noticed the white spot on her chest. I thought she wasn't pure even though the owner said she was. I goggled it and AKC said most chessies have the spot. What a relief! The first time to school was obedience, second was for hunting. Her mom and dad were trial champ's. She was trained by Quincy Camobell. I spoke to him today and said he remembered training her. Again, I'll post more pics Tuesday.

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I may breed her next year sometime

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Let me know if you need a stud

before you breed a chessie..... get checked for DM heredity....

especially if from FT lines... plenty of the FT chessies came from tiger(distagon) and he was a carrier...

DM is like lou gherigs but can hit em young.. happened to us...and it was devastating...