Health issues: The Chesapeake Bay Retriever breed can be prone to hip dysplasia, Willbrand disease, entropia, retinal atrophy. As with any dog breed it's very important that they receive their yearly boosters and heart worming preventatives. Also make sure you make at least bi-yearly trips to your vet for a check-up.

Grooming: Bathing can be done, but only if really needed, as the oils in their coat can be striped. This breed needs brushing weekly just to remove lose hairs and debris.

Living conditions: The Chesapeake Bay Retriever dog is not recommended to apartment life. Needing a good sized garden as it is an active dog. This dog enjoys sleeping out doors, but needs to be a member of the family. They love nothing better than swimming and retrieving. It is to be remembered, this is a working dog, and therefore, needs consistent leadership. However, a kindly approach is the best way for this dog to learn, this breed is not recommended as a first dog.

The Chesapeake Bay Retriever dog breed can be very dominant, and so needs an experienced handler, offering training, and lots of it, consistently or this breed can become headstrong. If the balance is maintained as the human being a good strong leader with the dog firmly but fairly in its place it should belong, and the human as the alpha, both the dog and owner will be happy and content. This breed is slow to mature. This is a dog that is happy, and can show this with "speaking" their greetings. Socialize this dog well which will help the dog to gain skills and accepting new things.