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Hunting
Chesapeake's are first and foremost superb hunting dogs well known for
their love of water. Equally proficient on land and in the water, the
Chesapeake Bay Retriever was developed along the Chesapeake Bay to hunt
waterfowl. With minimum training, he will retrieve geese, duck, quail,
partridge, pheasant, snipe, woodcock, rabbit and hare and any other
oddity you care to ask of him.
They are excellent game finders with a superb nose and remarkable memory
for multiple falls. They will not give up easily on a fall and in the
case of wounded game instinct tells them this is the first priority in a
retrieve.
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Field Trial Awards
Arnac Bay Endurance WD - First MALE Chesapeake in the UK to gain a Field
Trial award.
Westering Brown Sugar of Chesepi WD
7 Field Trial awards.
Chesepi Amigo Mio WD - a Field Trial award.
Chesepi Ghost Buster - Hunting Test winner and all round hunting dog.
Chesepi Just Wait'N'See, Chesepi Let's Fly Away, and Chesepi Pocahuntas
- all currently working on local shoots in the season. |
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Working Gundogs
The Chesapeake Bay Retriever was originally bred for retrieving ducks
from the icy waters of the bay.
A large majority of Chessies in the UK are what we term as wild fowling
dogs and are used only for ducks and geese, though, they are equally at
home working on upland game ie: pheasants and partridge etc. on driven
shoots.
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Between 1984 and 1997 twelve Chessies
in the UK have competed and gained awards in field trials licensed
by the Kennel Club and are therefore entered in the KC Stud book
(the only way as yet that they can get a KC Stud Book Number).
Of the twelve, we have owned
two, Arnac Bay Endurance and Westering Brown Sugar of Chesepi and bred
one Chesepi Amigo Mio an achievement in itself as these dogs were used
for all aspects of gundog work and not just as a field trial dog as is
often the case.
All three of these dogs also hold the American Chesapeake Club Working
Dog Certificate.
All of our own Chesapeake's are working gundogs.
The Chesapeake is the ultimate wild fowlers dog if you have the courage
to try one |
| Occasionally Chessies compete in gundog working tests with the
other retriever breeds, and within the Chesapeake Club where they are
tested on canvas dummies or cold (dead) game which will also include
rabbits, hares and pigeons. |
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