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[QUOTE="Sifaka, post: 3253753, member: 8516"]
When I found him at the shelter, he weighed a mere 70 lbs, you could see his ribs,
and he was afraid of everything, having been badly abused.  He grew healthy and happy, and eventually weighed in at about 130 lbs. of smart, stuborn, loyal, loving and stubborn Chessie. (Chesapeake Bay Retrievers are known to be smart, loyal and very stubborn.)  He had been with me for two years before he first barked.  Scared himself silly, wondering what had made that loud sound.  Around here they say of retrievers, "You [I]tell[/I] a Lab, [I]ask[/I] a Golden, and [I]negotiate with a Chessie."[/I]

He loved kids, hens, and even the Maine Coon Cat we rescued.  I spoke only Spanish with him, but he already knew English when he got here.  He added a northern U.K. dialect when my wife joined us.

This is a stock photo of another dead grass Chessie.  They love getting wet.
Whenever I would jump into the river in front of the house, he would dive in and try to "save" me and tow me to shore.

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