Welcome to Shore Acres Chesapeakes!

Shore Acres Chesapeakes breeds Champion bloodline Chesapeake Bay Retrievers in Central Michigan. Family comes first and our dogs are treated like family. That’s why our main priority is ensuring the health and well-being of our dogs from birth until they leave for their forever family – and beyond.

We believe that every pup deserves the best start at life, through proper nutrition and age appropriate socialization and enrichment activities to help them develop sound body, health, and mind — starting at birth!

Our breeding program applies an intense socialization and enrichment program using the Puppy Culture puppy rearing program. We start right from the whelping box with Early Neurological Stimulation (ENS) on Days 3-16 of the pup’s life. From 3-8 weeks, our pups are immersed with age-appropriate enrichment, socialization, clicker training introduction, early potty-training, and crate training.

With a certified raw canine nutritionist in house, our knowledge of canine nutrition gives us the opportunity to ensure each pup has the best start nutritionally. We wean our pups onto a properly balanced raw goat’s milk puppy mash, slowly transitioning to a high quality kibble upon leaving our facility at 8 weeks of age.

We work hard to pair up each pup with the right prospective individual/family based on their unique preferences, which is why we temperament test each of our pups before assisting in the choosing process.

We offer lifetime breeder support for both behavioral and nutritional needs.

A Shore Acres Chesapeake Bay Retriever pup leaves our program with high trainability, well-adjusted to various sights and sounds with overall superior health and sound temperament — perfect for companion, service/therapy, and hunting individuals or families.

If you aren’t already familiar with the breed, please do your due diligence in learning all about the breed.