The Chesapeake Bay Retriever Club recommends that anyone contemplating buying a Chesapeake should meet some adult dogs and their owners and be sure that this breed is suitable for them and their lifestyle Everyone had a great weekend in Essex at the end of September, thanks to the hard work and generous hospitality of our hosts, Richard Playle and Tilly Thomas, and our Working Test Secretary, Jason Mayhew, who spent the whole weekend helping people to train their dogs