Colt's OFA/CERF Numbers

Colt was sired by my old dog Woody ( see Woody's page) . He was my pick of the litter from Woody's breeding to Julie Reardon's nice bitch Jezebell Of The Hollow . I liked J-Bell for her good looks and outstanding temperament and I considered her somewhat off-beat pedigree a plus.

I'd like to say that my selection of Colt was based on great expertise and intense study. But the truth is I swung by Julie's in my old pick up truck, stuck my head in the box stall where she had the puppies and noticed a very handsome light deadgrass. I picked him up to see if he would make good eye contact with me and when he did I checked his bite (scizzor) and testicles ( two) and was on my way home in less than 5 minutes. Colt was a quiet intelligent and good natured puppy. I really intended him to be my show dog but he showed reasonable field promise as well.

When he was six months old and ready to start force fetch I suffered a severe injury to my right shoulder and lost a good portion of the use of that arm. So I approached Bill laMar to do Colt's force work for me. Bill agreed to take on the job as long as the dog showed promise. It wasn't long before Bill was telling me Colt would be better than his father. This is an idea i still reject but i see where Bill was coming from. Colt doesn't have the awesome natural talent his father had at the same age but there is no doubt he is better trained than his father ( Thanks Bill). Colt's strength is his great tractability. he's a good marker and runs hard with lots of style. Unlike his father who considered blinds a nuisance Colt absolutely loves his handling work. His water entry is genuinely specatuclar on marks or blinds.

Due to my work schedule I don't make many events. Colt ran only 4 times in 2002, earning SH qualifications in AKC hunt tests and his WDQ from the American Chesapeake Club. This year he will continue in hunt tests and conformation shows with the long term goal of a CH MH. Colt is a good natured boy though a litlle more a typical Chesapeake in regards to guarding property than his happy-go-lucky- I-love -everybody old man. From his father he gains close up crosses of the greatest foundation stock of modern working Chesapeakes, Chippewa Chief, Fireweed's Jasmine, StoneECubs. From his mother he adds an additional cross of StoneECub but more interestingly she brings in the now scarce blood of the great dogs of the 50's and 60's from MT Joy kennels and the fantastic marking blood of Beewacker's Chester.

Colt is a striking light deadgrass in color, 24 inches at the shoulder and approximately 80#. He is at stud to approved bitches. His first breeding to Italian and Swiss Champion Harlem Globetrotter's Brown Sugar produced 11 puppies. His second litter from my old Decks bitch Tugboat's A Tad Short is expected the first week of June

Tugboat Woods Colt SN774387/03 Light Deadgrass OFA25G OFEL25	Chestnut Hills Ironwood Oak MH SM930926/09 10-94 Brown OFA24G AKC DNA #V112894	CH Chesdel Chief Of Caroway SD344379 03-84 Brown OFA24	FC AFC Chesdel Chippewa Chief SB009027 01-74 Light Brown	DC AFC Koolwaters Colt Of Tricrown SA279418 04-69 Brown
				Chesdel Longwood Lassie SA904736 11-71 Deadgrass
			DC Fireweeds Jasmine SC487755 06-81 Dark Brown OFA25	FC AFC Aleutian Surf Breaker SB126676 09-74 Brown OFA31
				CH Wildwood's Fireweed SB124725 05-76 Sedge OFA38
		CH Chestnut Hills Renna SE913452 05-92 Brown OFA25E	CH Ironwoods Stone E Cubs SC618168 Brown OFA26	Jasper T Cub's SA976178 01-77 Brown
				Daisy's Sweet Molly SC095557 07-79 Light Deadgrass
			CH Chestnuthills Pandora CDX SC760204 01-83 Brown OFA34	CH Chestnut Hill's Pontiac SB329634 03-76 Brown
				Rosey Cocoa Bear Of Roedown SC656670 12-79 Dark Brown
	Jezebel Of The Hollow SM935795/01 01-94 Dark Deadgrass	Baysides Miss You Jake SF332557 07-89 Dark Deadgrass	CH Ironwoods Stone E Cubs SC618168 Brown OFA26	Jasper T Cub's SA976178 01-77 Brown
				Daisy's Sweet Molly SC095557 07-79 Light Deadgrass
			Niagaras Cajun Sands SE443603 12-87 LIGHT DEADGRASS	Burning Tree's Remy Martin SD025188 08-84 BROWN OFA24
				Clark's Grand Duchess SD886442 08-84 DARK DEADGRASS
		White Pine SF228251 06-92 Deadgrass	Trigger Of Serendipity SE686665 03-87 LIGHT DEADGRASS	Native Rebel Of Woodside SA961932 11-79 BROWN
				Allens Pond Golden Sword SB707793 11-79 LIGHT BROWN
			Lands End Virginia Magnolia SD739359 03-87 DARK BROWN	Easternwaters Royal Oak Skif SD195435 06-83 SEDGE OFA46
				CH Lands End Song Of Lorelei SD055690 06-83 BROWN

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