RE: chessie or lab?
NO WEBSEARCH,DONE A VET SEARCH ASK 10 VETS TO PUT TOP RETRIEVER BREEDS ON A LIST .OK THEN ASK HIM WHICH ONE IS MOST LIKELY TO HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE TRAIT.SO YOU KNOW WHICH ONE HE PICKED RIGHT..RESEARCH YOUR CHESSIES AND YOULL FIND THEY WERE BRED FOR RETRIEVEING IN ROUGH WATER VERY VERY FRIDGID CONDITIONS SO THEY HAD TO BE TOUGH AS BARN NAILS NOT AFRAID TO RISK ANYTHING TO MAKE A RETRIEVE,THIS WAS THE MARKET HUNTING DAYS WHERE PEOPLE MADE A LIVING SELLING DUCKS AND GEESE.THERE FOR WHEN THEY LEFT THE BOATS AT NIGHT THESE DOGS HAD TO STAY AND GAURD THE BIRDS ..THE ONLY WAY YOU WERE GETING THOSE BIRDS WAS TO KILL THE DOG.ALTHOUGHT THIS WAS MANY GENERATIONS BACK WE CAN STILL SEE THIS TRAIT IN SOME GENERATIONS OF CHESSIES ..IT WAS LESS THAN 5000 CHESSIE PUPS REG IN ANY GIVEIN YEAR AND THE LAB AT A WHOPPING OVER A 100.000 ITS EASY TO SEE ITS NOT A LOT OF CHESSIE BREEDING GOING ON SO IT DONT GET THE TRAIT BRED OUT AS QUICK.AND YOU CAN HAVE A BAD DOG IN ANY BREED ITS TRUE.WHAT EVER PUP YOU DECIDE ON JUST TRY YOUR BEST AND BE PATIENT WITH IT YOULL PROBABLY BE FINE,IF HE GOT A BAD GENE YOULL SEE IT .. AND FOR MY FRIEND DOC E YOU HAVE A PROBLEM UP THERE WITH YOUR TEMPERMENT SO NEXT TIME IM IN YOUR AREA I LOOK FOWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU TO WORK THIS STUPID AND IGNORENCE PROBLEM OUT OF YA..