{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_chesapeake_bay_retriever_dog","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_chesapeake_bay_retriever_dog\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"Chesapeake Bay Retriever — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"AKC (American Kennel Club) & FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale) official breed-standard factual data for Chesapeake Bay Retriever, extracted verbatim (field values + section outline) from source_file; C1 substring-verified. Pulled 2026-08-02.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/chesapeake_bay_retriever_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 7\n  passed: 7\n  date: 2026-08-05\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-standard/companion_breed_standard_chesapeake_bay_retriever_dog/01_companion_breed_standard_chesapeake_bay_retriever_dog.md\nsource_document: \"AKC (American Kennel Club) & FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"AKC (American Kennel Club) & FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)\"\n  title: \"Chesapeake Bay Retriever — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\n  url: \"https://www.akc.org\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-02\"\n  ref: \"Official breed standards (factual data points + section outline extracted verbatim)\"\n  doc_type: \"official kennel-club breed standards\"\n  needs_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Sources (AKC/FCI breed-standard texts) are not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3 every claim is a paraphrased derived fact summary (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not a verbatim quotation.\"\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:kennel-club-breed-standard\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-05\n---\n\n# Chesapeake Bay Retriever — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* An American retriever developed along the Chesapeake Bay for waterfowl work; FCI standard 263 places it in Group 8 (Retrievers, with Flushing Dogs–Water Dogs), Section 1 Retrievers, with a working trial.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Height at the withers: males 23–26 inches (58–66 cm), females 21–24 inches (53–61 cm). Weight: males 65–80 lb (29.5–36.5 kg), females 55–70 lb (25–32 kg).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The double coat is short and dense, never longer than about 1½ inches (4 cm), lying over a fine, woolly, oily undercoat; the harsh outer coat may wave only on the shoulders, neck, back and loins.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Allowed colours are brown, sedge or deadgrass, with one even colour preferred; a small white mark on the chest, belly, toes or rear of the feet is permitted.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* By nature it is cheerful and good-natured and shows a smart look; extreme shyness or aggression is unwanted.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Faults (weighed by how far they depart from the standard and harm health or work) include weak breed type, an overshot or undershot bite, and hind-leg dewclaws.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Disqualifications: a coat that is curly or tends to curl over the whole body; feathering on the tail or legs beyond 1¾ inches (4.5 cm); a black coat; or white anywhere on the body except the chest, belly, toes or back of the feet.\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — Chesapeake Bay Retriever — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"Chesapeake Bay Retriever — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)","url":"https://www.akc.org","retrieved":"2026-08-02","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"AKC (American Kennel Club) & FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/chesapeake_bay_retriever_combined.txt"},"source_document":"AKC (American Kennel Club) & FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/chesapeake_bay_retriever_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":575,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}