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 3 - 6/25/2022

This week pups traveled after their Third Week birthday to Mammoth Lakes for a roadtrip to the cabin in the mountains!

Parker set the car up with a whelping box and covered crate for Tuli, and lots of plans to stop en route to feed the pups, who just began weaning this week. Fortunately, Tuli nursed the pups and no stops were needed as they slept the entire trip! Now that pups eyes are opened, we can tell they are interacting with the world and us much more.

Once in Mammoth, it was all hands on deck to teach the pups to drink goat milk and eat mush. Tuli has started to wean the pups herself, and is no longer interested in sleeping in the box with ravenous puppies. All pups took to a dish of shallow goat milk very quickly, and shortly thereafter were eating pureed puppy chow with goatmilk. By the end of the week, we had them eating kibble softened in goatmilk. All but Magic enjoy the mush as much as Tuli's milk bar. We give Magic some extra love and let her have 1:1 time with Tuli to play catchup.

Pups had their first deworming, as well as first short experiences outside while held in our hands in the shade.

Guess who made it out of the whelping box first?? It wasn't for attention from momma, but for attention from us (+ maybe momma too). First out, despite a strong effort from both Hippo and (Dill) Pickle... was Rainbow! And we caught it on film (attached).

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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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 3

Week 3 - 6/25/2022

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 4

Week 5-6

Week 7

Week 8