The Chesapeake Bay Retriever - At the beginning of the 19th century, ancestors of the Chesapeake Bay Retriever arrived on the coast of Maryland from England by way of Newfoundland. The Chesapeake Bay is noted for ducks and geese which were numerous enough to sustain commercial hunting. This big, strong dog with its waterproof coat was ideally suited to the frigid waters of the bay where it could retrieve as many as 200 ducks a day, a true working dog. He was considered by many to be the ultimate water dog. Chesapeakes are one of only a few truly American breed.

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Photo from our hunting trip on the Chesapeake Bay January 19th, 2009.  This is only part of our bag of snow geese and Blue Bills for TJ, Rio, Lindy and Sandy Walker.

Another cold morning on the Eastern Shore of Maryland - January 20th, 2009.  This time TJ, Rio, Lindy Stamp and myself (Sandy) came home with 32 Snow Geese.  My Chesapeake "Sport" made all the retrieves for the hunting group.

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