Are Chesapeake Bay Retrievers good for first time owners?
Chesapeake Bay Retrievers are not recommended for inexperienced or first-time dog owners. They can be prone to dominance problems if not properly trained and socialized. You must provide strong leadership without being harsh. Chessies can be more aggressive, willful, and reserved with strangers than other retrievers.
Is a Chesapeake Bay retriever a good family dog?
Unlike the more popular Labrador and Golden Retrievers, the Chesapeake is intensely loyal to his family, reserved with strangers, and possessed of good discriminatory instincts. Most Chesapeake Bay Retrievers are fine with the pets in their own family, but can be territorial with strange dogs and cats.
Is the Chesapeake Bay Retriever breed purebred?
Our Sire’s and Dam’s are champion bloodline so you know you are getting the best puppy possiable. Every puppy we sell comes with AKC registration and Vet Health certificates. This insures that you are getting a 100% pure breed chesapeake bay retriever and 100% healthy puppy.
What do you need to know about a Chesapeake Retriever?
As puppies, Chesapeakes requires lots of socialization, basic obedience and a firm but honest owner. If you cannot provide these basic items, then a Chesapeake puppy might not be for you. Chesapeakes are best suited with a job to do – whether it be retrieving the morning paper to retrieving ducks from a blind to obedience work to agility trials.
How big is Rippy the Chesapeake Bay Retriever?
Rippy is a 24″ 85 lb dark sedge/light brown Chesapeake Bay Retriever. He is all-around a beautiful animal. He has a very correct coat, dense, coarse and water-repellent. He has good bone with balanced conformation and a pleasing head.
Is there a championship title for a Chesapeake Bay Retriever?
Championship title. No puppies are available. Minimum of 100 dogs earning titles with a minimum of 60 having earned prefix titles. Breeders of Merit are denoted by level in ascending order of: Standard, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. This breeder… club. Championship title. Puppies coming soon.
Our Sire’s and Dam’s are champion bloodline so you know you are getting the best puppy possiable. Every puppy we sell comes with AKC registration and Vet Health certificates. This insures that you are getting a 100% pure breed chesapeake bay retriever and 100% healthy puppy.
What kind of dog food do Chesapeake Retrievers eat?
Generally any good-quality dog food is fine for the Chesapeake. For especially active or high-energy dogs, a formula with at least 20-percent protein can be beneficial. Treats can be an important aid in training, but giving too many can cause obesity.
Can you get a Chesapeake Bay Retriever from a golden retriever?
A popular expression is ‘You can order a Labrador Retriever and ask a Golden Retriever, but you must negotiate with a Chesapeake Bay Retriever’. Once the Chesapeake Bay Retriever recognizes its handler’s authority and understands what is expected of it, it will behave properly going forward. Obedience training is strongly recommended.
Who is the parent club for the Chesapeake Bay Retriever?
Founded in 1918, The American Chesapeake Club is the official AKC Parent Club representing the Chesapeake Bay Retriever. AKC Marketplace is the only site to exclusively list 100% AKC puppies from AKC-Registered litters and the breeders who have cared for and raised these puppies are required to follow rules and regulations established by the AKC.