Now that I have some experience, and know some folks with good Chessies, I think I could manage one effectively. There's a particular dry-grass color bitch in the club who is the best-handling hunt test dog I've seen in awhile, as well as being very sweet tempered and good with strangers and other dogs. She is phenomenal. If her owner decides to breed her I would be very tempted.
Yeah, that color is called “deadgrass”. My ex husband still has our deadgrass male. When I left I took my female, Sodapop (she’s on my homepage) who has since gone to the rainbow bridge. I now have Rex, a 125 lb (not at all overweight - just huge) 6 year old male that I rescued 2 1/2 years ago. He’s definitely a handful...LOL