Puppies

Celestial Eclipse Litter: Summer 2024

Greta

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Bryson

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This litter was born June 6, 2024!

Greta and Bryson are a great match and we are expecting all tawny (include silver tawny) pups with black masking. Size should be average to above average for Chinooks. Being a 75% Chinook/25% Bernese Mountain Dog litter, we are expecting heads to more closely resemble Chinooks, but still retain some blockiness from the Berners. Temperaments are a standout for both dogs and we expect these pups to be great family dogs.

This will be a satellite litter for Desert Sol Chinooks with the puppies being raised outside Syracuse, New York with Greta's family and Desert Sol assisting Greta's family as much as possible, including the screening and supporting of the puppy’s new homes. Since this is a Chinook Breed Conservation Program, we'll be especially interested in homes willing to keep their dogs open for future breeding. If interested in a puppy from this litter please fill out a puppy application by clicking the button below.

Desert Sol Vitality Greta Nesyrn (Greta)

Birth Date: 10/25/2019

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

Hips: OFA Good

Elbows: OFA Normal

Eyes: OFA Normal 1/25/2022

Stats: 78 pounds, 25 inches

Registration: COA CBCP - X20-0115-50%

Genetic Test Results: Dwarfism: Clear, MDR1: Clear

Other: Seizure & allergy free

Greta was born October 25, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona as part of the Throne of Glass litter. We thought the name Greta was perfect for a mountain dog. Being 50/50 Bernese Mountain Dog/Chinook, Greta is a member of both the Chinook Breed Conservation Program and the Bernese Mountain Dog Vitality Project. Future Chinook and BMD litters will bring better health and diversity to both breeds. In August 2022, she had seven puppies as part of BMD Vitality project and currently shares our home with her almost 2 year old daughter, Hermione.

Greta is the queen of our house. She is smart and gentle and pretty quiet most of the time, unless there is a squirrel or some other invader in our yard or Jenn’s mom comes over (she loves her Grandma). From the beginning we stared into her big beautiful eyes and had lots of cuddles. She loves a belly rub! Greta is not one to hide her emotions so you know when she is bored, happy, annoyed, hungry, upset, excited, or content. She has many sound effects - and according to Jenn, even sounds like R2D2 sometimes.

Greta is a Canine Good Citizen (CGC) and can occasionally be found in Jenn’s Elementary school library as the reading dog, licking faces and making people smile. She enjoys training, especially if there are treats involved. She is also a good traveler, once she has settled, and has gone on several trips to Canada, Maine, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania on vacation to see family. Greta loves her people and we love her right back!

Bashaba Mackenzie Bryson (Bryson)

Birth Date: 3/2/2016

Pedigree: Click here to see Bryson's Pedigree

Hips: OFA Good, PennHIP 0.33/0.35

Eyes: OFA Normal 9/22/2022

Stats: 80 pounds, 27 inches

Registration: UKC - A874557

Genetic Test Results: Dwarfism: Clear, MDR1: Clear

Other: Seizure & allergy free

Bryson loves to be outside exploring new places and revisiting old favourites. Named for the author Bill Bryson, Bryson's human was reading the book A Walk in the Woods at the time Bryson came home to Canada from New Jersey. It's no wonder that he loves spending time on trails any time of year - though he's happy to enjoy a more relaxed place and plenty of ponds, rivers, and lakes in the hotter months. He's been a motivated puller in harness for skijoring and canicross, and while he'll win no races, he gets very excited when his harness comes out of the gear closet. He equally loves his backpack, and has done multiple overnight backpacking adventures. This fall, Bryson and his human will head out to the La Cloche Silhouette Trail in Killarney Provincial Park in Ontario. A full week of adventuring on rocks and in forests will be a highlight of the autumn. Were it not for his human's appalling inability to complete paperwork, Bryson would have completed a few of the Chinook Owner's Association Active Chinook Program achievements. While Bryson loves camping and is well-mannered in a tent, canoes are not his favourite, and he's happy to wade but doesn't love swimming.

When not exploring the wide world, Bryson loves meeting and playing with other dogs. He's good at matching their energy and has played very hard with his buddy Oliver, a stout black lab. He'll also lay down to be eye to eye with Tagg, a miniature Schauzer. Indoors, Bryson loves to compare soft surfaces, evaluating the comfort of the couch, his bed, his human's bed, and, when possible, a pile of laundry. He loves anything to do with fish and the sound of any can being opened is a cue that tuna or sardines will end up in his bowl. He has not yet figured out that other stuff also comes in cans. Although he has an independent streak, he does love a good morning cuddle and is not an early riser, but once he's up, he wants to be outside, and will tap dance in his excitement to get out and enjoy the day.

Birth

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Week 3 - 6/27/2024

Sunday our first guests arrived; our brother in law, niece and nephew. They washed their hands and took great direction in when to engage with the pups and when to let them sleep! We are growing and growing and need our sleep. Greta has been great with the guests and totally cool, but keeps an eye on everyone.

Another fun bit of this week was the DNA testing for the puppies. We had an Embark kit for each pup and then swabbed their jaw for 30 seconds and sent it off! It will be cool to see what comes back:) ¾ Chinook and ¼ Bernese Mountain Dog and then all the other fun details!

Greta also has moved to longer breaks between feedings and shorter feedings. By Monday we introduced Goat’s milk and everyone is lapping pretty well, with only a little milk in the puppy feeding bowl. There are a lot of hands and feet in the bowl too and occasionally Nova takes a nose dive in her enthusiasm.

Greta is a very clean dog. She is all over any poop fast enough that we wondered if a couple of them were even pooping. Now that they are peeing more and everywhere, Greta does not want to lay in the whelping box unless we lay down a clean towel or change all the linens. She is a queen for sure. More often she gets comfy outside the box and we bring pups to her.

This was a busy week with company over and the end of school. The puppies are hungry and have teeth. They’ve had more goat milk and have had a couple sessions of soften food and milk, but no one is quite interested in food yet, except Greta who thinks it is all for her.

Yesterday and today we had our Bizup family over for a little reunion and everyone helped socialize the puppies. Greta was great with everyone except our little nephew Weston, who is short and short humans must be watched carefully because of their unpredictability. Weston was amazing with the pups and so excited. Everyone cuddled and watched the pups in their slightly expanded play area outside the whelping box.

The usual suspects are fast movers on their feet: Venus, Asterix, Mars. Everyone is having spurts of attempting to move quickly and lost more playing with each other and the couple of little toys for chewing. Nova has been very interested in the goat milk, while Luna seems to still wonder what the heck it is. Artemis has been zooming around.

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Celeste, Andromeda, Nebula, Aurora seem content and occasionally have to let us know that they are “hungry now!” by squawking. We’ve been trying out lots of different surfaces and different rooms. Adventures galore and then sleep..thank goodness.

Puppies

Celestial Eclipse Litter: Summer 2024

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Desert Sol Vitality Greta Nesyrn (Greta)

Bashaba Mackenzie Bryson (Bryson)

Birth

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 3 - 6/27/2024

The Celestial Eclipse litter (as always in order of appearance):

Desert Sol Andromeda

Desert Sol Nebula

Desert Sol Nova

Desert Sol Asterix

Desert Sol Artemis

Desert Sol Aurora

Desert Sol Venus

Desert Sol Luna

Desert Sol Celeste

Desert Sol Mars

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Week 6

Week 7