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ACC WI Chessie Fun Day 2024

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What a Day! The 2024 Annual Wisconsin Chesapeake Fun Day (ACC WI Chessie Fun Day)

was a blast! A huge thank you to John and JoAnn Stancer of Sand Spring Chesapeakes for not only hosting over 90 plus Chesapeakes on their beautiful property.. but for their time and efforts! The Stancer’s put their heart and souls into the event, and it is truly an incredible day! They had everything covered and provided a GREAT day for ALL! From field work / a mock hunt test with marks, blinds and live flyers, upland testing / demonstration/ hunt, farm dog testing, canine good citizen work, raffles, and food trucks, to a puppy/ young dog workshop, a dog first aid seminar, hot dog bobbing, pond swimming, dog crafting, a professional photographer from Alabama (Nichole Alred) and much much more! Thank you! 

 It was wonderful to see and catch up with so many old friends and meet many new ones! I loved seeing “first time” retrievers and handlers … having fun as well as the old grey veterans strutting their stuff! A credit to the current breeders and breed itself as many “newbies” stepped up to the “line” and with no prior experience….their dogs ran through decoys, marked downed birds, and brought them back! Fun fun! To all of the volunteers… thank you for making it a great day! Have a Chesapeake?!?This is an event you will want to get on your calendar for the spring of 2025 (April 26). 

Thanks all!!

James Davis 

JoAnn Stancer, WI Regional Director

Upcoming Whelp

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LITTER SOLD 7/27/21 Due to whelp 6/9/21

Sand Spring’s Stud “Riggs” was bred to “Sadie”. Pregnancy confirmed and due to whelp 6/9/21.

Contact Jeremy Quackenbush for more information regarding this upcoming litter.

Jquacksr@yahoo.com

608-295-0087

Sadie

OFA Clearances click HERE

Riggs

SHR U-CH Sand Spring Lethal Weapon JH CGCA CGCU SPOT-ON

7/11/15

Male, Light Brown, 90#, Height 26 in

HRCH U-CH Sand Spring No Gut’s No Glory SH THD CGCA CGCU TT SPOT-ON

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                                  HR CH SRR’S North Point Thunder Bay SH WDQ CGC

OFA Clearances click HERE

Click HERE to view Rigg’s accomplishments

Click HERE to view Rigg’s health clearances

Rigg’s was easily trained for hunting and hunt tests. He is a great family dog that lives with small children, he’s very quite in the house. He has a on off switch, knows to be calm in the house and great drive in the field. Excellent temperament and health clearances.

Slammer’s UKC CH & RO1 Title Photo

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Pending UKC approval Slammer earned his UKC Show Champion and Rally Obedience 1 title on August 30, 2020.

Last February Slammer and I entered our first conformation show, he was entered in all four shows for the weekend and he won all four shows. He received 4 competition wins and 70 points for the weekend. In UKC you need 3 competition wins under 3 different judges and 100 points to receive your show title. You were able in the past to receive your show title in one weekend if you were lucky enough to have the wins but now with UKC new rules it takes you 5 days of showing if you win all the shows so we needed to wait for the next show to finish off his title.

August 29-30 Dodge County Canine Club got clearance to host a show during COVID-19. They had a limit on how many people could attend and masks were a requirement. I entered Slammer into all four conformation shows, all four rally obedience 1 events and total dog. Total dog is when you get a qualified score in a performance event and a win in the conformation ring. It shows your dog can do performance and look good while doing it.

This would be Slammers first rally obedience event. We have been taking classes and practicing. He needed to qualify in 3 out of the 4 events I entered to receive his title. We pulled it off with scores of 95/100, 87/100, 95/100 with a third placing, 88/100.

In conformation he took first place in all 4 shows in the breeder/handler class. He took winners dog in 3 out of 4 shows and took best of breed 2 out 4 shows. These wins finished off his show title and because he qualified in rally obedience he received total dog status as well.

Congrats to Slammers sister Gunney who won best of breed the other 2 shows.

Thanks to all the chessies that came out to compete this was a fun weekend with friends. Thanks to all the members and volunteers of Dodge County Canine Club for always putting on a wonderful show.

The show photo I opted to wear my mask since it is the year of COVID-19 not that I want to remember this year but I thought I should document it. We accomplished this during the pandemic.

Gloryous Grandma

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Glory is 7.5 years old and going strong. This is going to be a fun training summer and hunt test season as she is spayed now so we don’t have to take time off for heat cycles. No more being separated from Gambler, no more panties, no more false pregnancy’s. She’s also lost a bit of weight so she is feeling all frisky.

We would like to wish everyone in the retriever world a successful and fun training/hunt/field trial season.

143rd Westminster 2019

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Today and tomorrow, the top show dogs in the country and from all over the world are gathered in New York City for thee show of shows – Westminster. It’s a time, unlike any other, to celebrate the purebred dog.

It’s a time to bring awareness to breeds that were developed for a purpose, through careful selection and record keeping. This is a time to stand with breeders and fanciers who champion purebred dogs. The ones who perform health testing, who spend hours studying pedigrees and planning breedings that move the breed forward. It’s both a science and an art. The AKC and these dedicated handlers and breeders, owners and fanciers are the only thing preserving the noble, purebred dogs.

It’s a practice that animal rights groups want gone. They won’t come out and say it, but that’s who is behind the ‘adopt don’t shop’ campaigns, the ridiculous federal and state legislation against dog sports and the sales of purebred dogs. They paint a picture of helping the animal, but look at where the money goes with PETA, HSUS, ASPCA and the like. Google “truth of adopt don’t shop” and find out how they’re importing sick dogs from around the world and ‘adopting’ them out for a profit.

You can rescue dogs from shelters or work with a breed rescue organization. Just please, do your homework!! Don’t listen to the talking heads or take it all for face value – find out what’s REALLY behind the story.

I stand with the breeders, the trainers, the other owners and fanciers. I stand for the purebred – the dog developed and bred with intent and for a purpose. As we gather in NYC this week, I celebrate the purebred!

You can watch the live stream of the Chesapeake on Tuesday February, 12 at 8:00 AM STEWARDS: Mr. Carl E. Gomes & Mrs. Kathryn Cunningham-Roy 14 – Retrievers (Chesapeake Bay) 0-1-(8-5). The Best Of Breed winner will then be showcased, the Group winners will advance to the Best in Show competition on Tuesday night. You can find TV coverage and results by following this link to the Westminster Kennel Club website.

For those of you that didn’t know, I have to announce it each year as I’m so proud to say that the photo of the Chesapeake Bay Retriever on the breed profile on the Westminster website is non other than my Norman. It was a photo I took back in the day when he was a young fellow, my breed mentor Dyane Baldwin submitted it to Westminster and they are currently using it. You can see follow the link here to read about the Chesapeake Bay Retriever.

Norman – Picture on Westminster website breed profile.

Hope you all get a chance to watch Westminster to see the best of the best!