This is my girl's Mom, Grandmom and Great Grandmom that appears in the book "The Complete Chesapeake Bay Retriever". They are 3 of only 9 female Duals in the breed back in the 90's, that may have changed since. The markings you are referring to is called a mask and is common for the color. There are 8 official colors in the breed but most people know them for the traditional dark brown with a white patch on the chest. My girl and her mom and grandmom are "Light Deadgrass" color, the lightest color in the breed.
That's quite an impressive bunch of titles you got there, you've been busy. I never tried any agility stuff, buddies in my training club might have given me the business for it. LOL And I never tried any obedience stuff either because I figured if you can do hunt tests you pretty much got that down. they should give those titles for free if you pass hunt tests LOL And I only got the CGC because I bred her.
There's a big difference between AKC and UKC hunt tests. HRCH is not as Hard as MH. HRCH land blinds are only 100 yards and only 3 multiple marked blind plus poison bird IIRC, it's been 10 years now. I've never been to one but I hear MH land blinds can be 200 yards with 4 marks, that would have beeen tough for my girl to do.
That darned Junior test started off with a bang . . . 100 yards, uphill - steep as a flight of stairs - through a power cut and then a deep ditch right slap up to a tree line. A number of dogs funked the hill or the ditch right off. That's the other thing I hate about AKC - if your dog fails the very first test you're dismissed and go home, UKC lets you go on to the water.
A judge friend of mine (UKC) says the UKC folks want you to pass, while the AKC folks enjoy watching you fail.
That sure is a cute 'family portrait'. There are some "dead grass" Chessies in our club, but none of them have the facial markings. The very best Seasoned test I saw run when I marshalled for our club one time was run by a little dead grass Chessie bitch, a tiny one, maybe 40 pounds. She was rock steady on the line, marked like a laser, and no-whistled the blind. Plus she was sweet, friendly and good with other dogs. If I could find where I wrote her owner & handler's names down, I'd try to get one of her pups . . . .
Friend of mine's older black Lab (just my dog's age) got her HRCH, his wife put an AX on her and is now starting out in Novice A obedience. She's cleaning up . . . got a 197 1/2 her first trial. I wanted a pup from her, but she had allergy issues so they spayed her. I did the next best thing . . . my little black pup is the living image of her.
By the way, this year they upped the distance on the blind in Seasoned from 40 yards to 60. Rats! Just when I was getting up the courage to enter!