"He just loves belly rubs and will roll over for one when you pet him," said BASS President Ellen Ribitzki of this 1-year-old Chesapeake Bay retriever mix. BASS trainer Jaimee Wenzel is working with Boomer so that he'll acclimate well to a new family and ...

Why not? What makes a pet any different? That’s what happened to Gus, our chocolate Chesapeake Bay retriever. Oct. 29, 2011, was only the second time in his 4 years to jump the gate and go on a walkabout. We were tracking him 30 minutes behind ...

When Charmaine and her husband adopted Toby, a five-year-old Chesapeake Bay retriever, they figured he might need some adjusting time, but they certainly didn't count on what he'd do in the meantime. Soon after he entered their lives and home, Toby proved ...

We had a Chesapeake Bay retriever at that time that was 10 months old, and Matt had been to our house and had seen her jump into our pool numerous times. He said, 'I bet Rain could do that!' We thought about it, and decided to take the drive and ...

My two canine companions, Hobbes, a 9-year-old yellow Labrador retriever, and Raymond, a 6-year-old chocolate Labrador/Chesapeake Bay retriever mix, came along. It wasn’t long until we ran into snow. As I’d hoped, it was frozen hard enough that both ...