CoolWater Chesapeakes

Sometimes it’s for the best.

coolwaterchesapeakes — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:22 +0000

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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Training Day

coolwaterchesapeakes — Sat, 11 May 2013 04:00:35 +0000

It’s been awhile since I’ve been out in the field working the dogs. Sadly, now, we’re coming up on the summer months and it’ll really be too hot to do a lot of training. Anyways, took Morgan and Jessie out for the day. They did great and didn’t skip a beat.

Happy Easter

coolwaterchesapeakes — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:57:09 +0000

From our home to yours – we wish you all a Happy Easter.

SHR Jessie’s On Her Way CD, JH – 10 1/2 years old

Congratulations to Posy and her owner!

coolwaterchesapeakes — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:00:21 +0000

We’re proud to see that Posy, CoolWater’s Sea Monster, garnered her first point in the show ring. We think she’s a lovely girl and look forward to following her successes.

CoolWaters Sea Monster – “Posy”

Show Update, New York: GCH CoolWater’s The Tide Is High

coolwaterchesapeakes — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 05:00:02 +0000

It was another good weekend for Ms. Jesse the Chessie. Jesse took Best of Breed on Saturday under judge Larry Berg. Sunday, she took Best Opposite Sex under judge William Russell. She’s doing very well for just her second weekend out of the year. We look forward to see if she can keep the momentum going.

Show Update – Maryland: Chesapeake Bay Retriever – CoolWater’s The Tide Is High

coolwaterchesapeakes — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 05:00:29 +0000

GCH CoolWaters The Tide Is High – “Jesse”

It’s been awhile since Jesse has been out on the show circuit. She took several months off and just stepped back into the ring mid-February. Unfortunately, this meant she missed Eukanuba at the end of 2012 and Westminster in early February (2013). Taking the time off, affected her overall ranking for 2012. Regardless, we’re very proud of how she ended the year – Jesse was the #11 Chesapeake (breed points) for 2012. This is very good considering she wasn’t shown for several months.

So, onto 2013..

Jesse’s first weekend out in 2013 didn’t disappoint. Saturday, Jesse took Best of Breed over 12 other Chesapeakes under judge Marianne Reder. On Sunday, she took Best Opposite Sex. The judge was extremely complimentary to Jesse and couldn’t say enough nice things about her. Of course, we love judges who love our dogs.

New AKC Champion! CH CoolWater’s RipTide aka “Rip”

coolwaterchesapeakes — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:00:15 +0000

I’m happy to report that we have a new AKC Champion, CH CoolWaters RipTide aka “Rip.” Rip is a beautiful Chesapeake who picked up the last point needed at the DeLand, FL dog show under judge Mrs. Billings. He earned his championship in basically 5 1/2 weekends of showing. During that time he took Best of Breed twice over Specials for two 4-point majors. Rip is the third AKC Champion out of his litter – the other two being “Oak” (GCh Jala Misty Hill CoolWater Oak) and “Jesse” (Bronze GCh CoolWaters The Tide Is High). His littermate, Nova, is only needing 5 single points and we hope she will pick them up sometime this year.

Great Hunt: South Carolina – “Cali”

coolwaterchesapeakes — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:00:39 +0000

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).

Show Updates: Chesapeake, VA and Milwood, VA

coolwaterchesapeakes — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 04:37:37 +0000

Just a quick update on Jesse.

9/22 – Best of Breed under Judge Linda More

9/23 – Best of Breed under Judge Jon Cole

9/28 – Best of Breed under Judge Linda Robey

9/29 – Best Opposite Sex under Judge Nathaniel Horn

9/30 – Best Opposite Sex under Judge Charles Ovis.

Twice, during these two weekends she made the first cut for Groups.

Things have been pretty quiet here lately. I’ve been receiving lots of photo updates of the Risk x Nova puppies. What pretty puppies they are thus far. I’ll be sure to post some photos in the upcoming weeks to share.

Show Update: Raleigh, NC

coolwaterchesapeakes — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 21:27:55 +0000

It’s been a good weekend in Raleigh, NC. Jesse – GCH CH CoolWater’s The Tide Is High, picked up two BOS wins. On Sunday, she went and picked up a Best of Breed win AND made the first cut in Group. Her handler reported that Jesse’s showing very nicely at the moment.

We’re very proud of the two of them.