Heroic legacy (Helena Independent Record)
Nikki is a “Chessie” — a purebred Chesapeake Bay retriever. The Chessie breed, it is believed, originated when two Newfoundland puppies were rescued along with the crew from an English brig shipwrecked in 1807 off the coast of Maryland.
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