STANDARD FOR CHESAPEAKE BAY RETRIEVER Breed standard.  General Appearance: Well proportioned, active worker with a distinctive coat and intelligent expression. Strong muscular appearance. Characteristics: Independent, affectionate, and courageous, with a great love of water. Makes a good guardian and companion, especially with children. Temperament: Bright and happy disposition, alert and intelligent and showing a willingness to work. Head and skull: Broad and round with medium stop. Medium short muzzle, pointed but not sharp. Lips thin, not pendulous. Nostrils well developed. Nose and lips of colour to harmonise with coat. Eyes: Medium size, very clear, of yellow or amber colour and set wide apart. Ears: Small, well set up on head, hanging loosely and of medium leather. Mouth: Jaws strong with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite i.e., upper teeth closely overlapping the lover teeth and set sguare to the jaws. Level bite tolerated. Neck: Of medium lenght with a strong muscular appearance tapering from head to shoulders. Forequarters: Forelegs straight with good bone of egual lenght to depth of body and showing good muscle. Shoulders well laid back, long in blade with upper arm of egual length placing legs well under body, with no restriction of movement. Strong. Pasterns slightly bent. Dewclaws may be removed. Body: Chest strong, deep and broad with well-sprung ribs. Body of medium length, short but not cobby. Flanks well tucked up. Back well coupled and powerful. Topline not roached, but rather approaching hollowness. Hindquarters: Should be as high or a trifle higher than shoulders. Powerful to supply power for svimming. Stifles well angulated. Good hindquarters are an essential reguirement for this breed. Hocks of medium lenght. Dewclaws, if any, must be removed from the hind legs. Feet: Of good size, hare feet well webbed. Toes well rounded and close. Tail: Should extend to hock. Medium heavy at base and strong. Should be straight or slightly curved. Moderate feathering is permissible. Gait / Movement: Powerful with no restriction of movement. Correct conformation will lend to single track movement. Coat and texture: A distinctive feature. Coat should be thick and reasonably short, not over 3,8 cm (1½ in), with hars oily outer coat and dence fine woolly undercoat covering whole body; hairs having tendency to wave on neck, shoulders, back and loins. Hair on face and legs only should be very short and straight. Moderate feathering on stern and tail permissible. Curly coat not permissible. Texture of coat very important as dog is used for working under all sorts of adverse weather conditions, often working in ice and show. Oil in harsh coat and woolly undercoat of extreme value. The coat should resist water. Colour: Deadgrass (straw to bracken), sedge (red gold), or any shade of brown. White spots on chest, toes and belly permissible. The smaller the spot the better. Self-coloured dogs preferred. Colour of coat and its texture must be given every consideration when judging. Size: Dogs 58,4-66 cm (23-26 in), bitches 53,3-60,9 cm (21-24 in). Oversized or undersized dogs highly undersirable. Faults: Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a faulth and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree. Note: Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum. | 
