Puppies

Border to Border Litter: Summer 2022

Tuli

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Arlo

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Tuli and Arlo each have a great temperament good for a family dog and are generally pretty fearless. Read about each of them below. Five pups were born (all tawny). Size should be very average for a Chinook (likely no particularly large dogs for this litter).

This is a satellite litter for Desert Sol Chinooks with the puppies being raised in San Diego, CA with Tuli's family and Desert Sol assisting Tuli's family as much as possible, including the screening and supporting of the puppy’s new homes. If interested in a puppy from this litter please fill out a puppy application.

Dam - 'PR' Desert Sol Sweet Tuli

Birth Date: 11/29/2018

Pedigree: Click here to see Tuli's Pedigree

Hips: OFA Good

Eyes: OFA Normal 2/24/2022

Stats: 49 pounds, 22 inches

Registration: UKC - B281,531; AKC - WS66168803

Genetic Test Results: Dwarfism: Clear, MDR1: Clear

Other: Seizure & allergy free

Tuli has an unreservedly sweet and outgoing temperament, loving other dogs, kids, strangers, wildlife and our pet cats. Admirers often comment on how much she looks like a friendly coyote, often just before being surprised with a Chinook face kiss. She’s made quite a fan club of those who love her temperament. In her “compact mode” Tuli is small ( - and patient! - ) enough to crawl in an extra-large camping backpack or under the seat of an airplane, and will even curl up on any available lap during the work day, when not snoozing for hours in her den.

She’s eager to please, and even demurs to the cat’s fickle rules. After much coaching, she’s learned to “speak” on command, something she previously reserved only to shout in the excitement of seeing another dog who might be coaxed into a game of chase. We have yet to find anything that scares this fearless daredevil: whether fireworks, vacuum cleaners, rock climbing or ocean paddleboarding, she’s okay with it all. Her favorite activities include skijouring, wilderness scrambling or tidepooling (where she’s an expert at jumping from rock to rock and dodging getting damp from incoming waves). She loves her daily walks on the beach and playing fetch with found objects.

Sire - 'PR' Wachusett Gulbrun Wulfgar (Arlo)

Birth Date: 7/3/2017

Pedigree: Click here to see Arlo's Pedigree

Hips: OFA Good

Eyes: OFA Normal 1/22/2022

Stats: 68 pounds, 25.5 inches

Registration: UKC - A989,437; AKC - WS58177502

Genetic Test Results: Dwarfism: Clear, MDR1: Clear

Other: Seizure & allergy free

Arlo has a fun, goofball personality. He loves his human family deeply - his happiest place is surrounded by his 5 human siblings and out hiking in the woods with his people. He is brave and not scared of anything (vacuum, fireworks, loud music etc.). He is super friendly with other dogs and has many dog friends both male and female. If he is confronted by an aggressive or dominant dog...he definitely lets them be alpha. He barks when the doorbell rings or if a stranger walks into the house but other than that...he is not noisy. He has met cats and even had a bunny who lived with us for the first few years of his life and albeit he was super interested in the bunny- he was always gentle and kind....same with the cats he has met.

He loves kids as he has grown up surrounded by them and has a special bond with my youngest daughter who was only 2 years old when we got Arlo. He lets her play dress up with him, lie all over him, read to him....the list goes on. His favourite thing is to lie in her room while I'm putting her to bed and wake her up in the morning with kisses. He enjoys camping and having mountain bike adventures. He loves water that he can stand in (rivers or shallow ocean) but is not as keen on deep water- he will not go in a swimming pool (thank goodness). He has been very easy to train and knows the rules. He is easygoing and very, very affectionate.

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Week 1

Week 2

Week 2 - 6/18/2022

Week two saw pups nearly triple in size, and momma dog eating historic amounts of food (she eats an entire week's amount of food per day). Tuli continues being a patient, loving and attentive mom, and now completely relaxes and enjoys the break when her human helpers step in to cuddle her pups (previously she wouldn't relax until all the pups were back in her whelping box). She takes "personal time" breaks by hiding under the bed with the cat on occasion, but is never far away when a puppy squeaks.

Eyes and ears are officially open, and they are learning to navigate a larger whelping box (now 2x bigger!) in dimmed light while their eyes develop. A bonus of the opened eyes, all of the pups are much more comfortable and relaxed being held on their backs (rather than being blindly lifted up by the "Big Scary Unknown Hand Things"). Pups are learning to appreciate the sweet sounds of thunder, vacuuming, and farm noises. Tuli has quite a reaction to the farm sounds, so it remains to be scene if this will translate to the pups also getting excited over barnyard sounds in the future.

Pups have interactive wobbly textures to traipse over, including a small San Diego boogie board (if we can, we'll make them all Southern California surfers before they leave for their homes!). Pups were also introduced to new people this week, with carefully monitored introductions with young kids and new smells from new (carefully washed) hands. Firsts:

Magic is clearly the intrepid adventurer of the group, and was the first pup to set quite a number of firsts: first to give a recognizable bark-woof (Day 8): Magic!
First to give a scratch to her face with a hind leg (Day 9): Magic!
First to take the first (very wobbly) steps (Day 10): Magic!
First to wrestle with mom's legs and interact playfully with mom just for fun (Day 13): ... once again, Magic!
Right at the two week mark, almost overnight, all pups began walking, can sit, and have started interacting with one another playfully. Eyes are now nearly fully open for all pups, and it's amazing to watch them interact with the world.

Parker slowly introduced a shallow dish of goatmilk, and "Sugar&Spice" (Spice) and "Dill Pickle" (Pickle) were immediately all in and drank with gusto. The rest will follow soon, we're sure, but as long as Momma's milk bar is open we suspect the pups will continue to prefer sitting at the milk bar to navigating milk in a dish.

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Now that eyes are open, Parker gave pups their first tiny introduction to bathtime in a small warm tub, which received no complaints! They didn't inherit any enjoyment of water from momma, so we're working on getting them used to bathtime now for their future homes.

Stay tuned for: puppy playtime in a ball pit, more puppy surfing, and new sights and sounds!

Puppies

Border to Border Litter: Summer 2022

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Dam - 'PR' Desert Sol Sweet Tuli

Sire - 'PR' Wachusett Gulbrun Wulfgar (Arlo)

Week 1

Week 2

Week 2 - 6/18/2022

The Border to Border litter (as always in order of appearance):

Desert Sol Magic

Desert Sol Hippo

Desert Sol Pickle

Desert Sol Rainbow

Desert Sol Spice

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5-6

Week 7

Week 8