Channahon Chinooks

2007-03-21T10:53:00.000-07:00

Zoe (Rainbow) at age 1 - She's a big girl but you'd never know it when she hangs out with her Mastiff buddy!

2007-02-20T06:24:00.000-08:00

Dagny reminds me of Jade a lot in this photo - she still looks the same, just bigger! She's a doll and she loves agility class!

2007-02-09T21:41:00.002-08:00

Kiana at 10 months - another big beauty!

2007-02-09T21:41:00.001-08:00

Nanook 10 months old - Merry X-mas!

2007-02-09T21:35:00.000-08:00

Chena's 1st Birthday!

2007-02-09T21:33:00.000-08:00

Kona at 9 months old - what a beauty!

2007-02-09T21:32:00.000-08:00

Sally at one year old - WOW she is BIG!

2007-02-09T21:31:00.000-08:00

Kia almost all grown up! 10 months

2007-02-09T21:28:00.000-08:00

Finally an update that's long overdue: Kia went to live with her big sister (from the first Jade x Kodiak litter) Zoe in Burlington, WI and Sol, Peg and Julia adore Kia as much as Zoe does!

2006-04-09T19:52:00.000-07:00

The reports from new owners have been coming in steadily and it sounds like all of the pups are adjusting well to their new homes and families. Jade has settled into life without the litter, but she does still have little Kia here to keep her busy.

Photos of this litter will be mainly posted on our Printroom site. http://www.printroom.com/ViewAlbum.asp?userid=Chinook11&album_id=206326 Be sure to check in frequently, as I'm uploading photos when I receive them.

2006-04-02T09:03:00.000-07:00

Nanook (formerly Ms. Black) - 11# 4oz Residing in West Bend, WI with the Rogge family.

2006-04-02T09:01:00.000-07:00

Maya (formerly Ms. Orange) - 14# Resides in New Hope, MN with the Weiss family.

2006-04-02T08:59:00.000-07:00

Sally (formerly Ms. Blue) - 14# 7oz Resides in Ft. Wayne, IN with the Dailey family.

2006-04-02T08:55:00.000-07:00

Kiana (formerly Ms. Red) - 14# 7oz at 8 weeks old. Residing in North Aurora, IL with the Bennett family.

2006-04-02T08:52:00.000-07:00

Dagny (formerly Ms. Gold) - 11# 10oz at 8 weeks. Resides in Atlanta, GA with Matthew Mong and Stacy Silverstone.

2006-04-02T08:49:00.000-07:00

Kona (formerly Ms. Purple) 12# 10oz at 8 wks old. Residing in Campbell, CA with the Holbrook family.

2006-04-02T08:46:00.000-07:00

True (formerly Ms. Green) - 12# 6oz at 8 weeks old. Resides in Lee's Summit, MO with Kevin Roberts and Ellen Schenk.

2006-04-02T08:43:00.000-07:00

Ms. Rainbow (no name yet) - 12# 12oz at 8 weeks old. Resides in Portland, OR with the McCrae family.

2006-04-02T08:34:00.000-07:00

Chena (formerly Ms. Pink) - 14# 1oz Resides in San Diego, CA with the Barry family

2006-04-02T08:21:00.000-07:00

Ms. Yellow 8 weeks old - 13.5lbs Residing here at Channahon Chinooks until we find her the ideal breed potential/show home.

2006-04-02T08:15:00.000-07:00

All but three puppies left for their new homes yesterday. The house is fairly quiet once again. The girls all weighed in at a respectable 11-14.5 pounds at 8 weeks old, despite their difficult and slow start at weight gain. There was a variety of shapes, colors and temperaments in this litter, but all of them were beautiful and wonderful in all kinds of ways. I will miss this litter sooo much, but am happy to see them go off to their new homes at the same time. I am blessed with nine families that seem absolutely wonderful in every way and I know our pups are going to be well loved. See each individual puppy that I'm uploading next to learn more about their new homes.

2006-03-25T14:03:00.000-08:00

Black Puppy 7 wks Old 9# 11oz

2006-03-25T13:59:00.000-08:00

Orange Puppy 7 wks Old 11# 14oz

2006-03-25T13:58:00.000-08:00

Blue Puppy 7 wks Old 12# 5 oz

2006-03-25T13:57:00.000-08:00

Red Puppy 7 wks Old 12#

2006-03-25T13:56:00.000-08:00

Gold Puppy (on left of Green puppy) 7 wks old 9# 15oz

2006-03-25T13:54:00.000-08:00

Purple Puppy 7 wks old 10# 15oz

2006-03-25T13:53:00.000-08:00

Green Puppy 7 wks old 11# 3 oz

2006-03-25T13:51:00.000-08:00

Rainbow Puppy 7 wks old 11# 1oz

2006-03-25T13:48:00.000-08:00

Pink Puppy 7 wks old 11# 11oz

2006-03-25T13:45:00.000-08:00

Yellow 7 wks old
11# 10 oz

2006-03-24T19:46:00.000-08:00

Seven weeks - down to the wire. I'm overloaded with things to do to get these puppies ready for their new homes, so yes, I'm behind on photos and the updates! The girls are BIG now, totally adorable and lots of work! It's a challenge to find enough hours in the day to do everything I need to do with them and with all the stuff I need to send them home with. Photos will come soon! Check out printroom.com (member name Chinook11) to see some recent ones.

2006-03-18T19:25:00.000-08:00

Black 6 wks - 7# 11oz

2006-03-18T19:23:00.000-08:00

Orange 6 wks - 9# 9oz

2006-03-18T19:21:00.000-08:00

Blue 6 wks - 9# 10oz

2006-03-18T19:16:00.000-08:00

Red 6 wks - 9# 13oz

2006-03-18T19:04:00.000-08:00

Purple 6 wks - 9# 3oz

2006-03-18T18:59:00.002-08:00

Gold 6 wks - 8# 6oz

2006-03-18T18:59:00.001-08:00

Green 6 wks - 8# 13oz

2006-03-18T18:59:00.000-08:00

Rainbow 6 wks - 8# 11oz

2006-03-18T18:56:00.000-08:00

Pink 6 wks - 9# 10oz

2006-03-18T18:22:00.000-08:00

Yellow 6 wks - 9# 8oz

2006-03-16T05:23:00.000-08:00

Also, one of our best homes had to back out on a puppy this past week due to personal reasons. We now have a pick quality breed potential female available for placement, though please don't take it personally that I am being very selective and picky about the home she goes into. We will make puppy-owner matches after the conformation, temperament, CERF and vet evaluations which are all scheduled by March 27th. CERF is scheduled for next Tuesday, the 21st.

2006-03-16T05:16:00.000-08:00

The puppies are now 6 weeks old. Today they ate their first bowl of kibble, not ground, not softened, but plain old kibble. Jade is still trying to nurse them a few times a day, but I really don't think it's much more than a bonding process now. We've been alternating days (with cruddy weather) taking the puppies outside or letting them run free inside. Last night, we took out all ten girls at the same time. It was madness! Jade is finally at that point where she likes to play with the puppies and even though I took some photos, none of them even begin to show how cute they were playing. Jade was running circles around the furniture for fun and having all of the babies chase her. Most of them decided it was more fun to chew cow hooves and play with toys after a while. We've also been letting the pups play with Nikki and Kootnai. Moody doesn't really care for puppies, so he steers clear of them other than the occasional sniff. Nikki is one year old and she is surprisingly gentle with the puppies and has been quite behaved around them. Aunt Kootnai just rolls over and lets them walk all over her. The puppies are so adorable and so much fun at this stage. If you are fairly local and haven't visited yet, please come and help us socialize. We've had lots of visitors, but not as many as we have with our past litters. The pups are looking forward to making some new friends.

2006-03-10T15:31:00.000-08:00

Today the puppies went outside for the first time. They loved it. Alex entertained them while I did a thorough clean of the puppy pen. Will do it again everyday that we have good weather and maybe when I get a break from cleaning the pen, I'll actually take some outdoor photos.

2006-03-09T18:03:00.000-08:00

Ms. Black 5 wks old

Weight: 4# 13oz

2006-03-09T18:02:00.000-08:00

Ms. Orange 5 wks old

Weight: 6# 2oz

2006-03-09T18:01:00.000-08:00

Lt Blue 5 wks old

Weight: 7# 1oz

2006-03-09T18:00:00.000-08:00

Ms. Red 5 wks old
Weight: 7#

2006-03-09T17:59:00.000-08:00

Ms. Gold 5 wks old

Weight: 6# 1oz

2006-03-09T17:58:00.000-08:00

Ms. Purple 5 wks old

Weight: 6# 8oz

2006-03-09T17:56:00.001-08:00

Ms. Green 5 wks old
Weight: 6# 2oz

2006-03-09T17:56:00.000-08:00

Ms. Rainbow 5 wks old

Weight: 5# 11oz

2006-03-09T17:53:00.000-08:00

Ms. Pink 5 wks old

Weight: 7# 1oz

2006-03-09T15:09:00.000-08:00

Ms. Yellow 5 weeks old

Weight: 6# 15oz

2006-03-09T13:24:00.000-08:00

Well, today the puppies turn five weeks old! The girls are doing awesome. They've been busy listening to their sound desensitization tapes, playing in our family room and kitchen (one or two at a time), playing with a variety of new toys, watching TV (yes, really!) and eating a lot of gruel, which is now thick in consistency. By next week, they will be introduced to real kibble. We've had quite a few visitors and more scheduled this weekend. The puppies are very friendly and they LOVE visitors, so if you are dying to come and see us, let me know. As always, we are going through an enormous amount of newpaper and if you have any laying around, please bring it with when you visit. Now I'm off to take some more new photos. These girls are so active that it's a long process - just like cutting toenails!

2006-03-02T18:02:00.000-08:00

Ms. Black 4 wks old

Weight: 2# 15oz

2006-03-02T18:01:00.000-08:00

Ms. Orange 4 wks old

Weight: 4# 5oz

2006-03-02T18:00:00.000-08:00

Ms. Light Blue 4 wks old

Weight: 4# 150z

2006-03-02T17:57:00.000-08:00

Ms. Red 4 wks old

Weight: 4# 8oz

2006-03-02T17:54:00.001-08:00

Ms. Gold 4 wks old

Weight: 3# 14oz

2006-03-02T17:54:00.000-08:00

Ms. Purple 4 wks old

Weight: 4# 8oz

2006-03-02T17:53:00.000-08:00

Ms. Green 4 wks old

Weight: 3# 15oz

2006-03-02T17:52:00.000-08:00

Ms. Rainbow 4 wks old

Weight: 3# 6oz

2006-03-02T17:51:00.000-08:00

Ms. Pink 4 wks old

Weight: 4# 14oz

2006-03-02T17:39:00.000-08:00

Ms. Yellow 4 weeks old

Weight: 4# 15oz

2006-03-02T17:34:00.000-08:00

Four weeks already? Yes, it has been four long and short weeks. The puppies officially moved into the puppy pen in the kitchen today and they LOVE it! They have so much room to play in now. Finally they are gaining some good weight and they are losing that baby look. They eat 4-5 gruel meals per day and are still nursing several times a day. Personalities are emerging and I just love all of these little girls to pieces. I'm still working on photos, but here are some for you to enjoy.

2006-02-23T21:16:00.000-08:00

Black Puppy 3 wks old

2006-02-23T21:15:00.000-08:00

Orange Puppy 3 wks old

2006-02-23T21:14:00.001-08:00

Lt. Blue Puppy 3 wks old

2006-02-23T21:14:00.000-08:00

Red Puppy 3 wks old

2006-02-23T21:13:00.000-08:00

Gold Puppy 3 Wks Old

2006-02-23T21:12:00.000-08:00

Pink Puppy

2# 13oz

2006-02-23T21:11:00.000-08:00

Purple Puppy 3 wks old

2006-02-23T21:10:00.001-08:00

Green Puppy 3 wks Old

2006-02-23T21:10:00.000-08:00

Yellow Puppy 3 Weeks Old

2006-02-23T21:09:00.000-08:00

Rainbow Puppy 3 wks Old

2006-02-23T06:29:00.000-08:00

The puppies are three weeks old as of this evening. The puppies were given Goat's milk a few times this week by muffin pan, but this morning they had their first saucer of gruel (puppy food, Goat's milk and water) and they all ate very well. I hope to start seeing a lot more weight gain once they are eating regularly, as their weights are still low compared to our previous litters.

They sure are active little girls now. Miss Lt. Blue is regularly escaping the box and Ms. Purple and Yellow and eager to join her. From the moment they opened their eyes, they turned into little doggies, biting each other, growling, wagging tails, barking and howling. We have a few howlers already. My son Alex howls for the puppies and like our pack, several of them join in and howl right along with him. It's the cutest thing.

Weights today:

Yellow 2# 14oz
Pink 2# 13oz
Rainbow 2# 4oz
Green 2# 5oz
Purple 2# 14oz
Gold 2# 6oz
Red 2# 10oz
Blue 2# 13oz
Orange 2# 6oz
Black 1# 15oz

2006-02-16T13:23:00.001-08:00

Black Puppy 2 Wks Old

1lb 4oz

2006-02-16T13:23:00.000-08:00

Lt Blue Puppy 2 Wks Old

1lb 14oz

2006-02-16T13:22:00.000-08:00

Orange Puppy 2 Wks Old

1lb 11oz

2006-02-16T13:20:00.001-08:00

Red Puppy 2 Wks Old

1lb 10oz

2006-02-16T13:20:00.000-08:00

Gold Puppy 2 Wks Old

1lb 8oz

2006-02-16T13:19:00.000-08:00

Purple Puppy 2 Wks Old

2lbs

2006-02-16T13:18:00.000-08:00

Green Puppy 2 Wks Old

1lb 9oz

2006-02-16T13:15:00.000-08:00

Rainbow Puppy 2 Wks Old

1lb 10oz

2006-02-16T13:14:00.000-08:00

Pink Puppy 2 Weeks Old

1lb 14oz

2006-02-16T12:50:00.000-08:00

Yellow Puppy 2 Weeks Old

2 lbs

2006-02-16T12:43:00.000-08:00

The puppies are already two weeks old and the time seems to be flying by! Most of the puppies have newly opened eyes and are walking - if you want to call it that. They are "wobbling". The pups wobble over to me whenever I come near the box and they do the same when mom is standing outside the box. All of the pups are over a pound with a few over two pounds. They are still not caught up on the weight they lost that first week of life, but they will catch up eventually. The pups have had a couple of nail trims (boy that's fun!) and they are looking pretty darn cute if I do say so myself. We should be starting gruel food feedings in a week or so.

We have our CERF appointment for the litter scheduled on March 21st and I'm making their vet visit for March 27th, at which point they should receive their first set of vaccinations, get microchipped and have a physical exam.

We are allowing visitors at this point, but my weekends are fililng. Drop us a line if you want to come and visit. And no - we still have not asked for deposits for all of the pups yet as I'm seeking a breed potential home and would like to hold some options open for a little while.

2006-02-10T10:01:00.000-08:00

Pups were a week old - last night and this morning. This is my first litter born overnight and on two different days and I can't believe how confused I am as to which day of their life it is sometimes!

Jade and her girls are doing awesome. All of the pups have now exceeded their birth weights and nobody has had any supplemental feedings for a few days. It doesn't look like they have gained much, but in their first few days all of them lost several ounces so they have in fact made a good comeback over the last few days. The pups are getting softer fur and when they nurse their heads are soaked with milk. They are so adorable!

I'm still in the process of making final puppy placement decisions.

I need some help with holding pups so that I can take some pictures today, but my son is being volunteered for the job as soon as he gets home from school. Pictures will be posted on our Printroom page this evening. Jade X Kodiak Feb 2006 Litter

One Week Weights:

Yellow 1# 6oz B.W. 13oz
Pink 1# 1oz B.W. 12oz
Rainbow 15oz B.W. 12.5oz
Green 14oz B.W. 11oz
Purple 1# 5oz B.W. 14.5oz
Gold 15oz B.W. 11oz
Red 1# 1oz B.W. 12.5oz
Lt. Blue 1# 3oz B.W. 13oz
Orange 1# 1oz B.W. 11oz
Black 13oz B.W. 9oz

2006-02-05T14:19:00.000-08:00

The pups are now on their second full day of life and all ten girls appear to be doing pretty well. We have been giving bottle feedings to supplement mom's milk and had to tube feed one puppy last night, but today everybody is doing very well on their own. Their weights have all dropped a bit since birth, but we expect tonight's weigh-in to be a slight improvement. Most of them have fat bellies now and with Jade's milk finally coming in fully, we hope nobody will be skinny anymore in a day or two.

The puppies are beautiful and Jade is such a wonderful mom. Jade is well rested now and seems so content with her babies. She's venturing out of the room more often than she has with previous litters and appears to be more comfortable than ever as a mom this time around. (Not that she didn't do an excellent job before!) Jade has even enjoyed lots of puppy visitors already, little kids, big kids and adults alike. She's such a sweet girl!

2006-02-03T06:53:00.000-08:00

2006-02-03T06:43:00.000-08:00

Twelfth puppy born at 8:13am. Tawny female with black masking, weighs 9 oz. Little, but doing great. Black Collar. Born at home - yeah!

2006-02-03T05:47:00.000-08:00

There is only one puppy left. He or she has not been born. Our vet recommends that if she does not have this puppy at home by 10am, we should return for one more shot of Oxytocin and if that doesn't work, we need to do a C-section to retrieve this puppy. We hope this puppy will make it and hope everybody will think good thoughts for us. And last but not least, Jade is tired, but doing well and after being awake for 30+ hours, I'm right there with her! Thankfully my good Chinook friends and family were here to help out!

2006-02-03T05:45:00.000-08:00

Eleventh puppy born at 6:42am is a tawny female with black masking, weight 10.5 oz. Her collar color is Orange. She was born at the vet's office.

2006-02-03T05:38:00.000-08:00

Tenth puppy born at 6:35am was a silver fawn female, weighing 10.5 ounces. She is wearing the light blue collar. She was born directly after the stuck puppy and needed some extra help getting going. This puppy was born at the vet's office.

2006-02-03T05:36:00.000-08:00

At 5:30am, after the eighth puppy, we decided to take Jade into the vet for Oxytocin. She received three shots and with forceps, we were able to deliver a hydrops puppy. This puppy was a stillborn tawny male. The next two births follow...

2006-02-02T22:39:00.000-08:00

The eighth puppy was stillborn at 3:39am. This was a silver fawn male, 12 oz.

2006-02-02T22:26:00.000-08:00

Seventh puppy born at 12:17am. Tawny female with black masking, 12.5 oz. Wearing Red Collar. Doing good.

2006-02-02T21:24:00.000-08:00

Sixth puppy born at 11:25pm. Tawny female with black masking, weight 11oz. Gold collar. Doing fine -strong eater.