goflippr wrote:
I wouldn't really consider a chessie a high energy dog.

We had all kinds of hunting dogs - several german shorthairs, labs, english setter, gordon setter, a chessie, some kind of spaniel.  I'd say the chessie was at the low end of the energy scale of these dogs.  More like a lab but a little more hard headed.  The german shorthairs were psycho. 
I tend to agree with this, Flip.   I bred them (as showdogs) for over 15 years, and wound down because they paced, and whined, and cried all the time.  Bored to snores when not actually DOING something.  I was not interested in going hunting, although I did do

some obedience, and Gundog obedience with them.   Not enough.  We want to HUNT.   Whippets were so much easier, and laid back and QUIET.