Hope Springs Farm

04/14/2026

09/19/2025

A big congratulations to Joe Nolan and his Julie (Hope Springs Maryland Jewel MH QA2) The pair got 2nd in a tough Q at the Chesapeake Field Trial Specialty in ME. I have a special fondness for Joe's Julie not just because of her name. She's an Ivory daughter by FC Bud. Congratulations!

09/15/2025

We recently lost two Hope Springs dogs that we bred and loved. Owners of both, like with most that get Hope Springs puppies, were or became good friends over the years so we share their sorrow over the losses.
Hope Springs Silas MH
Hope Springs Gatlin JH

09/01/2025

Hope Springs Bourgeois Wannabe MH got a JAM yesterday at the FSRC Q. First Q she's run with Dave Wilson, who was pleased with her effort since she recently whelped a litter.

08/07/2025

Networking for private placement of 3 good quality well bred adult Chesapeakes as follows:
Diesel, 3 yr old brown finished male. Well trained by top pro: quiet, steady, runs multiples, good MH level blinds and ready to hunt or run tests. Sired by FC Bud. Very reasonable rehoming fee because OFA hip xrays revealed mild dysplasia (normal elbows). He's never been lame or sore and is just an unfortunate victim of CBR 20% CHD rate. One in every 5 has some CHD but will never have symptoms, they just shouldn't be bred. Diesel is in NC.

Lily HAS BEEN ADOPTED! YAY
Very pretty 8 yr old red brown female. Very sweet, quiet and house broken. Ideal home only dog or with a mellow male. She is a fence fighter and sadly has been languishing in a kennel 2 yrs since her owner died. She's in Bay St Louis MS.

Clementine, CLEMMY HAS HER FOREVER HOME!! WOOT 7 yr light deadgrass I bred, out of Pottsy by Rio. Huge goofy smile and total sweetheart. One of my favorites and I agreed to take her back, but would consider the perfect home because I already have 6. She too is in a kennel in MS.
Both Lily and Clem have OFA good hips, normal elbows/eyes and are DM PRA EIC clear. Both had 2 litters. Good homes paramount, new owner just pays transport and spay no fee. Contact me for pedigrees and more info via messenger or call 540 364 9480 (land line, so no texts)
I'll try to add more pics as I get them.

07/30/2025

You might be a lying bumboclaat who hangs more paper than titles on dogs if you claim to be the breeder of a litter an adult dog you bought had a full year before you owned her. 💥 BUSTED💥

07/22/2025

The red girls of Hope Springs! This is Bootsy.

07/22/2025

The red girls of Hope Springs having fun! This is Queen Nala with one of her owners out west. Already a pro rider at 4 mos!

06/15/2025

Say hi to Bootsy 😁 She's a bright sedge Cash x Boujee pup doing well with her puppy training and socialization. Might be up for discussion for right situation but for now is thriving with Juan Rosas Villagomez, probably best young dog guy anywhere. And like her buddy Chumpman, has her own namesake and song 🎶

05/28/2025

The Rubiyat of the Bumboclaats in their own words. Also posted on my own page, but this page is public and thus a wider reach. You know, in case any of you thief sympathizers want to screen shot.

05/20/2025

Today, I'm going to take on the haters of the ash color, from the coat dilution gene that Chesapeakes have always had. One of the breed's earliest written description in the 1890s describes the silvery color that Chesapeakes have always had. Silvery driftood color, reads one. As the dilution gene is recessive, needing 2 copies to produce ash, it's fairly rare, but there's no question it's been there longer than Labs have been a breed, certainly 50 years before the first arrived.

The ash color is easily identified at birth. Ash newborns have an almost luminous glow visible before the sac is even removed. Some seem to glow in the dark. But as the pups grow and get fuzzy, the color changes a bit, like deadgrass can. The adult coats fade, darken or sometimes lighten. I register my ash as deadgrass, but some check the box for tan or light brown. There's no ash or dilute box to check.

Now you can even do a coat color genetic test, so the haters can quite easily avoid it. But the trash talk persists: "they have bad coats, prone to baldness and skin issues" uh, that's a breed problem. Not specific to ash. "They have blue or green eyes," nope. Never seen that or even a photo. Other than the occasional pup that keeps it's blue eyes longer, but turns light yellow eventually but not unique to ash.

Can you tell which of the two dogs is genetically ash, and which is regular deadgrass?