Puppies

Avatar (the Last Airbender) Litter: Winter 2024

Aelin

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Bailey

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This litter was born January 21, 2024! This is a colorful litter with tawny, black & tan, silver tawny, and gray & tans all represented. We believe in the classic phrase of "colors don't pull sleds" as we prioritize good structure, temperament, and health over color in our lines.

Aelin and Bailey are a lovely pair both in size and temperament. Aelin is well-built with sturdy, bladed bone (heavier than most Chinook females) yet surprisingly fast. The judge at the 2023 Chinook National Specialty noted her athleticism immediately. She is extremely affectionate to her family and a bit more aloof with strangers upon first meeting, but warms quickly. Aelin was an excellent Auntie to our 2021 Kitty Litter and we expect her to be a fantastic mom. Bailey is more heavily built than many Chinook males, but is of a nice average height. He has a handsome head and we expect those good Chinook looks to be passed on to these pups. He also is a lover of people and dogs. Both dogs are up for any adventure as long as it is with their people! This is a 2nd generation Chinook Breed Conservation Program (CBCP) litter and the pups are expected to be approximately 75% Chinook and 25% Bernese Mountain Dog.

Since this is a CBCP litter, we'll be especially interested in homes willing to keep their dogs open for future breeding.

Desert Sol Vitality Aelin Fireheart (Aelin)

Birth Date: 10/25/2019

Pedigree: Click here to see Aelin's Pedigree (sire information available to puppy owners)

Hips: OFA Good

Elbows: OFA Normal

Eyes: OFA Normal 10/3/2023

Stats: 68 pounds, 24.5 inches

Registration: COA CBCP - X20-0114-50%G1

Genetic Test Results: Dwarfism: Clear, MDR1: Clear

Other: Seizure & allergy free

Aelin was named after my favorite character from my favorite books series: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. Aelin in the book had a very sweet yet powerful nickname: Fireheart, which we also added to her registered name. Yet she has been called several other nicknames and we’ve yet to truly call her our Fireheart. Those nicknames include Mushball- she is super sweet and empathetic and loves to be cuddled up to you. She will actually melt into you by going up to your legs and lean on them, twist around and then slide down your legs to the ground while you scratch her tummy (sometimes this is hilarious as she melts before you’re ready and one of you will fall ungracefully to the ground!). Sometimes she will come over to me while I’m on the couch, put her paw on my lap to let me know she’s ready for her “melting” session which I happily get on the floor for her to melt into my lap. Another nickname is Comfy Butt- which pretty much means she wants a comfy butt every time she’s sitting down! If a dog bed, carpet, floor mat, car seat, your foot… whatever is *not* the floor is available, she must put her butt on it. What princess doesn’t want her butt to be comfy!? And lastly she’s called Tank because she is built very solid and is a strong and fast girl! She looooves when her human grandparents come over and we always need to be careful that the Mushball Tank doesn’t take someone down in her quest to love on them!

I can’t say enough great things about this dog. She is my “heart dog” for sure. We connect at such an intimate level, it sometimes makes Jon jealous (I get the special lovey eyes a lot)! She’s very confident and knows her place in our pack. She’s not pushy and also not submissive or meek. She is super smart and sometimes problem solves a little better than her momma or grandma (sorry girls!). She constantly makes me laugh, whether it's her little “chirp” noise when she’s happy, her latest comfy butt conquest, when I suddenly have this black nose between my body and elbow while I’m at my desk demanding a pet, how she grabs her favorite childhood “bunny” toy every night (wherever it is in the house) to play with Jon or I before bed, her silly “superstition” that she has to be in her kennel and wait for the perfect moment for the nightly milkbone comes, and when I’m ready to get into bed how she comes out of her kennel for a last melting session before bed.

Aelin is a 1st generation Chinook Breed Conservation Program (CBCP) dog (50% Chinook, 50% Bernese Mountain Dog) with the goal to bring increased genetic diversity and other physical qualities to the Chinook breed.

Lake Time Bailey

Birth Date: 2/3/2021

Pedigree: Click here to see Bailey's Pedigree

Hips: OFA Good

Eyes: OFA Normal 6/1/2023

Elbows: OFA Normal

Stats: 90 pounds, 24 inches

Registration: AKC - WS71991003

Genetic Test Results: Dwarfism: Clear, MDR1: Clear

Other: Seizure & allergy free

Bailey is a gentle, old soul in an extra large package. His calm and composed nature endears everyone who meets him. He loves his family passionately and is content travelling where ever they go. He will happily greet strangers and loves to play and run every morning with his two best friends, a pair of Husky "siblings". Bailey is a creature of comfort and although he loves adventures, he is delighted when it is time to snuggle in the bed (head on the pillow) or on the couch. Hiking, biking, roaming the beach (though not swimming), and wading in the river are Bailey's favorite activities. He is cautious in new surroundings. He loves his "work" - accompanying his Mom to her workplace at the Elementary School where he enjoys being mauled by all the children.

Bailey is very routine-oriented and will let you know when it is walk time or will question your decision-by sitting down-if you want to travel a different route. Upon his return home from a walk, he immediately seeks out the family member who stayed home to check on them and let them know how his walk went. And if they aren't adequately attentive, Bailey will paw at them to express his dissatisfaction. He is vocal when it comes to demanding treats but is otherwise a very quiet companion. He loves looking out the front window and curiously inspects the activity on our street. Although our puppy cam captures the occasional howl when he is home alone, he excitedly greets us when we return home, anxiously waiting on the couch for the pets he knows he is going to receive.

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Week 3 - 2/11/2024

Week 3 of adorable puppies is here! These guys and gals are soooo sweet, cute and fun this week! Their eyes and ears have all opened and they interact with us so much more now that they can see who we are. :) It’s such a special feeling when you see them awake and go over to play with them, and they seem really excited to see you and wobble walk or attempt to pounce their way over to you. It’s hilarious as well as sweet. They enjoy climbing on our legs and attempting to nibble our fingers or clothes (we try to not encourage this even though they don’t have their teeth yet, because we know what it’s like once their teeth do come in!).

Momo has been turning up the kissing meter! All Chinooks love to give kisses, but there is usually one that stands out as the biggest kisser of them all, and Momo takes that title. She will put her paws on my tummy attempting to climb up me, so I pick her up in my arms and she will proceed to kiss me until there’s no saliva left! And the best part is that it doesn’t end in puppy nibbles! It seems overall this litter is good about not nibbling on our faces after we get puppy kisses and they seem less noisy overall. We tossed some toys in their pen and we haven’t gotten much play time with them yet as they'd rather just shove their siblings nose into their mouth and “chew” on that! LOL

We started to introduce sounds this week to get them used to the loud noises. The purpose is that even if they startle at the noise, nothing bad happened to them, so they learn that the noise doesn’t bring anything bad or hurt them. We’ve introduced pans banging, vacuum cleaner, door knocking/doorbell, thunder, sirens and fireworks. Oh and lots of loud children… because they’re just loud with everything they do! We will continue to do this for the remaining weeks as well.

Momo is our resident kisser and Bumi and Zuko seem to be the best players! Bumi likes to be involved in any play that’s happening and Zuko really enjoys playing with us. He’ll just leave his mouth open for you to come over so he can eat you. But of course we don’t let him eat us! Katara is a very confident pup and is a real sweetheart. She loves being held and gives you just a kiss or two to show her appreciation. Iroh, Sokka and Momo love laying on their backs and have you tickle their tummies! One play session I think Sokka was on his back the entire time! Aang is our solid middle of the road pup. He can be super playful or super contemplative.

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Aelin continues to be SUPER MOM! She spends more time with the pups other than just feeding, so they don’t only associate her with food. Our other girls would only go in the whelping box to feed them and then immediately leave, so the pups didn’t see them as anything else but meal time. Since Aelin feeds them but sometimes stays in there, they’ve then either snuggled up to her to sleep, or play with her. One day I saw a pup feeding and two on her back playing and two trying to eat her back paw. It was super adorable! And this is where the less noise comes in. Since the sight of mom doesn’t bring out the major squeals, we’re not getting as much noise which is always nice (there are still some squeals but much less).

On Sunday we took the whelping box down and set up their indoor pen. See our cool time-elapsed video we did with our new camera to show the process. It’s only 30 seconds (for a 45 min process) so check it out. It’s hilarious showing how much our big dogs want to “help” (aka get in the way) and pop in and out while we’re trying to get things done! Be sure to stick around as week 4 brings even more cuteness and the next stage of playing outside, eating solid food, and playing more with toys!

P.S. Don’t mind my Taylor Swift obsession! I promise I own more clothing than TSwift!

Puppies

Avatar (the Last Airbender) Litter: Winter 2024

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Desert Sol Vitality Aelin Fireheart (Aelin)

Lake Time Bailey

Birth

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 3 - 2/11/2024

The Avatar litter (as always in order of appearance):

Desert Sol Katara

Desert Sol Zuko

Desert Sol Aang

Desert Sol Iroh

Desert Sol Sokka

Desert Sol Bumi

Desert Sol Momo

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8