About Us

The initial records for this database were retrieved from the Chesapeake RollCall to expand our own Chessie's pedigree. Several hundred names and references had to be validated and fixed manually. Hopefully we've found most of the errors, but if you see anything suspicious in our database, please . If your Chessie or any of it's parents are not in our database, you can submit them with this form. The ChessieDB is a community based effort - anyone can contribute to the database, to the benefit of everyone.

Submissions are imported into Breeders Assistant for Dogs by Tenset where they are checked for errors. The whole database is then exported to the website in a special .DBW format. The inbreeding co-efficients (COI) are calculated over 16 generations using a fast, but less accurate algorithm. If we were to use the strictest algorithm, it would take a few hours to export the database (on a P4 Dual-Core Hyperthreaded 4Ghz CPU). Donnett's Pepper Pete has a COI of 7.9% using the fastest algorithm, and 7.1-7.2% using one of the strict algorithms.

Donnett's Pepper Pete

Tenset also offers a FREE application called FSpeed to calculate inbreeding co-efficients (COI). You can download a special version of the ChessieDB for use with FSpeed. This archive is updated regularly and should contain the same dogs as our online database.

Curious about our own Chesapeake Bay Retriever? Donnett's Pepper Pete was born on November 4th 2003 from Donnett's Hero Weinstein and Skeetercreek's Blazing Flirt. You can view Pete's complete 5-6-7-8-9-10 generation pedigrees. We've hit a dead-end on a few branches in the 10th generation, so if you have any information on the following Chessies, . You can reach us by e-mail at .

Thank you,
JS & Melanie

10th Generation

Gunners Lady Gypsy {Deadgrass F} 04/12/1969 CKC:TMN01904 Studbook:7-71
Glengarven's Shanny {F} AKC:TMN01880 Studbook:cV62
Silverdart's Judee {F} AKC:TMN02616 Studbook:3-64
Paddy {Dark Brown M} 06/12/1974 AKC:977277 Studbook:6-78
Toby IV {Deadgrass F} 05/30/1976 AKC:977276 Studbook:6-78
Tammy Sue {F} AKC:TMN02708 Studbook:cV71

11th Generation

Reno Rube {M} Studbook:3-55
Peggy V {F} Studbook:3-55
Duke Of Ansborough {M} AKC:SA075819 Studbook:362
Silverdart's Beata {F} AKC:TMN02607 Studbook:4-61