The Chesapeake Bay Retriever - A Complete Anthology of the Dog -

America's own water retriever, the tough Chesapeake was bred to face the icy waters of the bay after wildfowl. The Chesapeake Bay Retriever gathers the scattered early literature of the breed – its history, description, character and management – into a single readable volume.

These collected accounts range across the Chesapeake Bay Retriever's history and origins, its description and character, and the practical business of rearing, breeding and showing it, assembled from the works of the f...