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September 22, 2014 by coolwaterchesapeakes

2014 National Chesapeake Show Speciality

Thought I’d give a little update from our recent time at the Chessie National Specialty.

Jesse – GCH** CoolWater’s The Tide Is High – made it through two cuts in the breed ring.

Patton – CH CoolWater’s Patton’s Destiny is Some Great Thing – placed in sweeps and made the first cut in a very competitive breed ring.

Fen – SHR CoolWater’s Roane Point BN, RN- picked up two new titles Beginners Novice Obedience (BN) and Rally Novice(RN). She also earned her first leg towards her Companion Dog title (CD). In conformation, Fen took 4th in a large class with many other nice Chesapeakes. This gave Fen the Versatility award – qualifying in three events.

All in all I couldn’t be prouder of our crew and the dogs who did their best to give us 100% each time we asked.

GCH** CoolWater's The Tide Is High - "Jesse"

CH CoolWater's Patton's Destiny Is Some Great Thing - "Patton"

2014 Versatility Challenge

CoolWater's Roane Point - "Fen"

July 27, 2014 by coolwaterchesapeakes

Fen

Size: 22″| Weight: 60 lbs.| Color: Medium Red-Brown| Coat: Very thick with ample texture

Fen lives in Georgia with her owner, Laurea Griggs.

Fen is very much like her grandmother, Morgan, in that she’s a very happy-go-lucky girl with an amazing temperament. She has never meet a stranger and she’s very out-going and friendly. She gets along well with other dogs both male and female.

Fen is an athletic and versatile girl with great trainability. She’s very birdy, a great marker with good drive and control. She’s quiet and steady at the line and in the blind. She’s a great companion as well – friendly and outgoing wtih a nice ‘off-switch’, relaxed and easy going in the house. Fen is currently training for her Senior and Seasoned titles. She’s been on ducks, quail, chukkars and pheasant.

Conformationally, Fen is sound and balanced. She finished her AKC Conformation Championship quickly and easily with 4 major wins.

Fen also has titles in hunt tests, obedience, rally, barn hunt and will be competing in agility soon. Here are a few of Fen’s accomplishments thus far:

Won the 4-6 month old puppy stakes at the 2013 National Field Trial Specialty.
Earned her UKC Started Retriever title, by going 4 for 4, at 9 months of age.
Earned her Junior Hunter title at 17 months of age.
Earned her Therapy Dog Title (THD)
Earned her IABCA (International) conformation title in one weekend.
Earned her AKC conformation championship with 4 majors at 15 months of age.
Earned qualifying legs towards her Beginners Novice Obedience (BN) title each time she entered.
Earned qualifying legs towards her Rally Novice (RN) title each time she entered.
Earned qualifying legs towards her CD title each time she entered.
Took 4th in a very competitive 12-18 mos. class a the 2014 American Chesapeake National Show Specialty.
Earned qualifying legs towards her Rally Advanced (RA) title each time she entered.
Earned qualifying legs towards her Rally Advanced Excellence (RE) title each time she entered. (She earned her RA and RE titles the same weekend).
Earned her barn hunt title her first weekend attempting the endeavor with two high in trials.

We look forward to watching Fen grow up and see her do some fun things in her future.

All of Fen’s clearances are listed below. They can also be found here.
OFA – Hips: Good
Elbows: Normal
Dental Dentition: Normal
DM: Clear
CERF: Normal
Cardiac: Normal
THYROID: Normal
EIC: Clear by parentage
PRA: Clear by Parentage

U-SHR AKC/Int’l CH CoolWater’s Roane Point JH, CD, BN, RN, RA, RE, RATI, RATN, THD	U-HR Int’l CH York River’s Up at Dawn CD, BN, RE, SH, NAP	CH* Von Hausman’s Break O’ Day	CH Cal-I-Co Almost Famous
			CH Von Hausman’s Adelaide
		Eastern Waters Follow Your Dream	CH Chesachobee’s Odysseus
			CH* Eastern Waters’ Chasin a Dream CD, RN
	CoolWater’s SuperNova	CH** Misty Hill Nash	CH Prince Hannibal of Jala
			CH Ches-shores Misty Hill Genesis
		CH Silvercreek’s Spiced Rum	Cabinridge’s Crack Me a Bud
			BISS Am. GCH**/Can CH Silvercreek Casbar’s Cheers

U-SHR AKC/Int'l CH CoolWater's Roane Point JH, CD, BN, RN, RE, RATN, THD

U-SHR AKC/Int'l CH CoolWater's Roane Point JH, CD, BN, RN, THD

U-SHR AKC/Int'l CH CoolWater's Roane Point JH, CD, BN, RN, RE, RATN, THD

SHR CoolWater's Roane Point - Fen - and her sire Logan

U-SHR AKC/Int'l CH CoolWater's Roane Point JH, CD, BN, RN, RE, RATN, THD

U-SHR AKC/Int'l CH CoolWater's Roane Point JH, CD, BN, RN, RE, RATN, THD

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May 21, 2014 by coolwaterchesapeakes

Show Update: Manassas, VA

GCH CoolWater’s The Tide Is High – “Jesse”

Jesse the Chessie (GCH CoolWater’s the Tide is High) had a great weekend by garnering herself a Group 2 placement on Saturday and a Best Of Breed win on Sunday.

Thank you to Judge Robert D. Ennis for this honor.

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November 10, 2013 by coolwaterchesapeakes

Jesse the Chessie

GCH CoolWater’s The Tide Is High- “Jesse”

We had a very nice surprise this weekend. Jesse, who has been taking some time off from showing, came back out this weekend in preparation for her attendance at the Eukanuba shows at the end of the year.

This weekend, each day she was entered, she took Best Opposite Sex to the #1 Chessie in the country. The entries averaged to about 17-18 Chesapeakes each day – as such these placements were nice wins for her.

She received many compliments both from judges and other Chesapeake breeders and we couldn’t be prouder.

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October 12, 2013 by coolwaterchesapeakes

A Winner

Today I got to see, Oak, a puppy I bred 4 years ago.I haven’t seen this puppy since he left my house as a wee baby. Oak has had some nice success with very limited showing. However, his greatest accomplishment is being a buddy to his owner, Kyle.

Some of you know Kyle, many of you don’t. Kyle is one of the breed old-timers that you don’t hear about any more. Sitting and talking with him for an hour provides more valuable learning opportunities than I can begin to state. As a long time Chessie breeder/fancier, Kyle has seen many dogs come and go. He has had wins and losses, successes in breedings and failures. This provides valuable insight for those of us currently finding our way.

Today, as I watched Oak with Kyle, and as Kyle told me that Oak will be his last “dog”, I was told Oak ended up being everything Kyle could have asked for as his last buddy. If I never produce another “winner,” that is ok. After today, I believe I have already won in more ways than one.

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October 10, 2013 by coolwaterchesapeakes

A week of lows and HIGHS

GCH CH Jala’s Misty Hill CoolWater Oak – Oak

Today I found out “Oak” – GCH Jala’s Misty Hill CoolWater Oak – owned by Kyle & Coralee James & Stacey Thomson – bred by me out of (CH Misty Hill Nash x CH Silvercreek’s Spiced Rum) took a **Group 2 win** today in Arcadia, FL under judge Kenneth Buxton.

While “Oak” has a few other group placements this Group 2 is a first for us. Needless to say, we are beyond thrilled with Oaks success.

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May 15, 2013 by coolwaterchesapeakes

Sometimes it’s for the best.

Sometimes, no matter how hard we try to screen a home, life just happens and a puppy just doesn’t work out for one reason or another.

This is “Bear”, a male Chesapeake Bay Retriever puppy. His name was formally “Willoughby”. When Bear was about 12 -weeks old he was returned to us. He didn’t do anything wrong and there was nothing wrong with him. His new owners just were not as equipped to handle a young dog, a puppy, as they thought they might be.

Thankfully, I quickly made a phone call to a seasoned Chessie home and they welcomed the puppy into their home with open arms.

Bear is currently 7 months old and is doing some field training as he will be hunted over later this year. His owner reports he’s doing doubles and is casting in any direction and he told me today, that he cannot stress how impressed he is with how easy he learns.

My point is not that he’s a fabulous puppy (although I do think he’s pretty cute) but that sometimes when a home doesn’t work out it’s for the best
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December 30, 2012 by coolwaterchesapeakes

Surge

CoolWaters Perfect Storm – “Surge”

CoolWaters Perfect Storm

“Surge”

PRA: A by Parentage

Color: Brown

Surge is a happy-go-lucky, outgoing, smart little Chesapeake puppy. Since he is still so young, more information on him will be forthcoming.

Surge is available to the right home. We would like to keep him in Florida, if possible. Please contact us for more information: [email protected]

CoolWaters Perfect Storm - "Surge"

CoolWaters Perfect Storm- "Surge"

CoolWaters Perfect Storm - "Surge"

CoolWater's Perfect Storm aka "Surge"

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November 17, 2012 by coolwaterchesapeakes

Great Hunt: South Carolina – “Cali”

Jala’s Misty Hill Coolwater Cali – “Cali”
(Morgan x Nash)

I love getting photos of the dogs. Today, I touched base with one of the pup owners (which I often do) and I received this great note and photo.

“Had a big day….. Opener for ducks and dove. She strolled through two limit of ducks this am and an afternoon limit of dove.”

Funny, some people think a show dog can’t hunt or that a hunting dog can’t show. We strive for good lookin’ dogs that can, hopefully, do both. Cali is from a litter that currently has 3 AKC Champions (and one more to be titled in 2013).

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July 22, 2012 by coolwaterchesapeakes

Show Report: Florida

I failed to report that Rip received his second major by taking his second Best of Breed win over multiple Specials on Saturday, July 14 under Dr. Robert Indeglia.

This gives Rip – CoolWater’s RipTide- 11 points. Not too shabby for only three weekends of showing. We only need 4 singles now for his Championship.

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