Hi, everyone! He's definitely all retriever... no poodle there. The curliness has GOT to come from Chessy... and the other 1/2 is most likely golden with his mannerisms, but I'm not familiar with Chessies, so he could be 1/2 lab!! He has SUCH a great personality! A bit of a jokester, so ME'S WONDERIN' if he IS 1/2 lab! Grammy's coming to spend the night at our house in the country tomorrow night and bringing him! But, John and I have a big party we're throwing at a bar to celebrate our recent marriage that Grammy's going to, so we're going to try the crate out on him while we're absent. He's used to a crate and it will only be for a few hours... so he should be fine! Hunter gets to meet his new BRO and I'll be sure to take LOTS of PICS!!!!