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We set out looking for a dog as capable in the working field as the show ring and a valued member of

27/10/2025

After an extended absence from the show ring, Cara returned yesterday.
At IGFSS Group 7&8 Championship Show she won BOB from an entry of 3. And was 4th in Veteran Stakes.

19/10/2025

Yesterday was a good day.
At her third trial of the season, this time runnning under IKC rules, Ir Ch Riverrun Everybody's Friend put herself in the history books by becoming the first Chesapeake to gain a Field trial Award at a field trial in actual competition.
Many thanks to Wexford Retriever Gundog Club for organising and running the trial, to the host Mr F Dowling of Coolattin Estate, the Guns and the judges Mr D Boyce, Ms Hazel Murphy and Ms Ruby Boyce.

16/10/2025

Bonnie, aged 16 months, bred by Reese Edgar has come into us for a few weeks. Lots of natural ability. Excited to watch her develop.

11/10/2025

Ir Ch Riverrun Everybody’s Friend competed in her second field trial of the season today. Completed three retrieves, two of which were eye wipes. Tough ground with deep ditches, knee high heather and very little wind. Happy to get as far as we did.

18/09/2025

Riverrun Frequent Flyer, so much like her Mum Ir Ch UK Ch Riverrun Caution to the Wind, Uisce.

09/09/2025

Pretty much the perfect hunting pair. Both breeds have the heart of a lion and are loyal to the core but both respond best to what they consider a fair approach to training.....

04/09/2025

September 1st 2025.
Riverrun Honour's, (18 months Cara x Yeats) owner, James, writes:
~I have no videos but Honour did superb today.
First drake fell just outside rushes in tidal water....
Out she goes, nearly turned the boat over, collected and back to boat.
Second retrieve was a wounded young duck up on a high bank.
Sent her out and she was gone for 5 mins when I heard that wonderful snort and back she came with the duck, alive.
3rd was a teal that fell out in the estuary and started to drift with the tide ;
No problem again and back into boat.~

01/09/2025

Yeats.

10/08/2025

Listening to a podcast on Gundog Nation recently and I was amused to hear a US Retriever trainer make a passing comment that he knows trainers that charge 1000 dollars more to train a Chessie than a Lab because they take at least three times longer to train to get to nearly the same level that a Lab would.
I was amused because it was such an accurate summation of my experience in training Chessies.
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love this breed. Always have and always will be captivated by them.
They are a thinking breed, though. So every challenge, every obstacle, every new task is analysed inside out and upside down while they consider if there is a better way of doing things than you, the trainer are offering.
So the next time you happen to come across one on the line at a working test or any field event maybe take a beat to consider that the dog and handler partnership in that instance has taken many, many hours of negotiation to complete a contract that is binding for life between Chessie and their person.

06/08/2025

Ir sh Ch Sea 'nLand Master of the Sea for Riverrun passed the Royal Kennel club Working Gundog Certificate last weekend. This was a history making event as it was the first time that it was run in Northern Ireland.

29/07/2025

Ir Sh Ch Sea 'nland Master of the Sea for Riverrun, Yeats.
Frozen semen available.

27/07/2025

Eurochallenge 2025.
Team Ireland finished 3rd out of 7 Teams at the 2 day Retriever Eurochallenge in Ragley Hall. Congratulations to Dan Higgscroft Gundogs our Golden Retriever member on winning top overall Golden Retriever at the event.
We would like to thank Harry Nash of Renault Trucks Ireland and Connolly's Redmills for helping supplying our kit and Rebecca Church of Nova's knots for supplying our custom made leads and lanyards.

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http://www.riverrunchesapeakes.com/

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