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Chesapeake Bay Retriever puppies

Chesapeake Bay Retriever puppies and litters from UK breeders, with the parents’ health tests and licence details.

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Advertise Chesapeake Bay Retriever puppies for sale

Have a Chesapeake Bay Retriever litter due or ready? Advertise it here with the mother's details, health test results and your licence number, and link it to your free breeder profile.

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Is it free to advertise here?

Yes. A breeder profile and your litter and stud dog adverts are free. Premium profiles, featured placement and sponsored articles are optional paid extras; see pricing.

Do I need a licence to advertise puppies?

In England you need a dog breeding licence from your council if you breed three or more litters in 12 months or breed and sell dogs as a business, and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own schemes. Licensed breeders show their licence number and issuing council on every advert. Puppies must be at least eight weeks old before they go to new homes.

Is my listing already here?

We add licensed breeders from councils' public registers. Search for your kennel name; if it is listed you can claim it and edit everything.

Buying a Chesapeake Bay Retriever puppy

The breed club estimates that around 100 Chesapeake Bay Retriever puppies are born in the UK each year, with most breeders having a litter only now and then. Planning ahead and joining a waiting list is normal. The breeders listed here have supplied their own details, and we do not inspect litters, so check health results and RKC registration yourself.

Before you reserve a Chessie puppy, ask for both parents' hip and elbow results, their DM and prcd-PRA DNA results and an eye examination from the last 12 months. Think honestly about whether you can offer more than two hours of exercise a day, access to water and consistent training. The club also keeps a litters page and runs a rescue for anyone open to an older dog. Compare Labrador Retriever puppies, see Chesapeake stud dogs or read our buyer safety guide.

Health tests to ask about

The RKC's Health Standard lists four Good Practice steps for Chesapeake Bay Retriever breeders: prioritising genetic diversity, hip scoring under the BVA/RKC Hip Dysplasia Scheme, elbow grading under the BVA/RKC Elbow Dysplasia Scheme, and a DNA test for degenerative myelopathy (DM), a progressive disease of the spinal cord. At Best Practice level it adds a DNA test for prcd-PRA, an inherited form of progressive retinal atrophy that leads to blindness, and eye examination under the BVA/RKC/ISDS Eye Scheme.

The breed club's health page reports a high prevalence of DM in the breed and advises that breeding dogs have their eyes checked every year, partly to look for hereditary cataract. Under the BVA schemes, a dog must be at least one year old for hip and elbow X-rays. The club also notes that a DNA test exists for exercise-induced collapse (EIC), though it knows of no Chessie in the UK diagnosed with it so far. The RKC currently sets no breed-specific breeding restrictions.

  • Prioritising genetic diversity (RKC Good Practice)
  • BVA/RKC Hip Dysplasia Scheme (RKC Good Practice)
  • BVA/RKC Elbow Dysplasia Scheme (RKC Good Practice)
  • DNA test for degenerative myelopathy (DM) (RKC Good Practice)
  • DNA test for progressive retinal atrophy (prcd-PRA) (RKC Best Practice)
  • BVA/RKC/ISDS Eye Scheme (RKC Best Practice; the breed club advises annual eye testing)
  • Breed Watch: Category 1 (no breed-specific points of concern currently identified)

More for Chesapeake Bay Retriever owners and breeders

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