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Chestnut's Run - Chesapeake Bay Retriever/Rescue Information
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Welcome!
Welcome to our personal website dedicated to Chessie Rescue
and all our the wonderful creatures we've been blessed with as a result of rescue:Bunker, Boo, Brandy, Chestnut and Zeus and
Maddie!
I'm Chris Longe and my wife Elizabeth
and I live in the DC Metro area. We are both retired Navy; I rode around under the water for most of my 24
year career and Liz flew over the top of the water, piloting various aircraft and helos for her 20 year tour. We are
on our second careers and trying to figure out what we want to be when we grow up.
We are volunteer members of
Chesapeake Bay Retriever Relief and Rescue (CBR&R) and we work closely with other state and national Chesapeake
Bay Retriever (CBR) rescue organizations.
We hope to provide interesting
and useful information on CBRs and CBR rescue. Our hope is that this information will assist you in determining
if a CBR is the right breed for you.
9 years ago we were blessed to be introduced to the breed through
Chestnut. We were her last chance.
During the first vet visit, Chestnut wasn't exactly cooperative.
The vet who examined her told us she thought Chestnut was a dangerous and viscious dog and should be put down immediately.
8 months later I took the vet pictures of Chestnut delivering
Christmas presents to toddlers.
"Nutter" was a real sweetheart and gave us the perfect challenge
to learn to appreciate all the nuances of this incredible breed.
She was "water crazy" and I swam halfway across the Potomac
on one occassion and halfway across the Occoquan rivers to get her when she got out of her leads.
She was also an incredible companion for the all too brief
two years we had her. She died, all to soon and suddenly after a swim July 4th 2003 at the age of 4 from an undiagnosed
heart condition.
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