Chesapeake bay dog. 5ijr 



have been fruitless. The real Chesapeake Bay dog, so 

 far as I can learn, is better than any crossed animal, 

 and strength, stamina and level-headedness are lost by 

 any cross of which I have heard. 



The best color for the Chesapeake Bay dog is that 

 commonly known as sedge color, which is not greatly 

 different from the color of the long hair on the hump 

 of the buffalo, and but little darker than that of the 

 dead cane or grass where the dogs are used, so that it 

 never attracts attention. But any of the faded browns 

 which are common to this race are useful enough. 



This dog has an excellent nose, and a duck which 

 has been brought down in the marsh is not likely to 

 get away from it unless it creeps into some hole so deep 

 that the dog cannot reach it or dig it out. 



Like every other dog, the Chesapeake requires an 

 education, though this need not be nearly so elaborate 

 as that given to setter or pointer. He must be taught 

 to obey, to remain in the blind until ordered to fetch, 

 and to bring the birds to the hand. Some years ago a 

 correspondent of Forest and Stream, signing himself 

 "Cayuga," wrote of this dog substantially as follows: 



"The Chesapeake, while still in the period of early 

 puppy hood, takes naturally — or shall we say instinct- 

 ively? — to retrieving ducks, but some special training 

 must be given him to cause perfect retrieving to your 

 hand. Then, again, this breed seems to require instruc- 

 tion in retrieving other feathered game, such as plover, 

 snipe and rail. It is not a bad thing to give him good 

 yard instruction, teaching him to down, or charge, to 



