Cheasepeke Bay Retrievers

[fabsroman]

I've got a friend with a Chessie and his training methods are much different than mine and his results have been much different than mine (i.e., I haven't seen much from his dog). However, his dog is extremely friendly toward me, but that might be because he beats it on a regular basis whereas I tend to pet it when I see it. Who knows.

What I have heard is that Chessies are extremely hard to train and when trained they usually only listen to a single person (i.e., they cannot be handled by anyone other than the trainer). With that said, I don't invision anybody ever handling my lab other than me, but who knows, my dad might want to one day when I cannot go out and hunt. I guess my dad and brother kind of handle my lab when we are out in the field because my lab listens to them to a certain degree.

My lab is also very friendly once he gets to know a person when I am around.