Happy 2nd birthday to Aspen!

Aspen is now 2 years old! We have just recently had Aspen's hips evaluated and sent the x-rays off to the OFA. Hopefully she will have her hips rated soon. We will post her hip score on our website when we receive it from the OFA.

Stud selected for our 2010 breeding

We have tentatively selected a stud for our upcoming fall 2010 breeding of Sandhill's Kaya. The stud will be Aspencreek's Jackson Tyee. He's a gorgeous proven male who has produced a lot of wonderful offspring! We are so excited. These will be beautiful puppies!

Quick breeding update

I just wanted to post a quick breeding update. We are definitely planning for a fall 2010 litter for Sandhill's Kaya. We have not yet chosen a stud but are working with three breeding mentors to pick the best match for our girl. We will post stud information and pictures as soon as we have one!

Additionally, we just recently completely redid our website and if you are interested in one of Kaya's puppies, you should be able to find a link to our application on the breeding and link pages of our site. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about this breeding, puppies, or Chinooks in general. Thanks!!

Sandhill's Kaya's hip results are in!

We received Kaya's hip results this past week from OFA and are EXTREMELY happy to announce that she received an EXCELLENT! Her CERF was normal as well. Now that we have these results, we are going to start planning to hopefully breed her in winter 2010. Stay tuned for more details and be sure to check our breeders page on our website periodically for updates.

Happy 2nd birthday to Sandhill's Kaya!

Kaya turned 2 on September 12th! We will be getting her hips and eyes checked very soon. She just went into heat so it will be at least a month before we can get her hips tested but as soon as we have her hip information, we'll be sure to post it under the breeding link on our website. Stay tuned!

Way to go Chinooks!!

On Monday, June 8th, New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed a bill making the Chinook the state dog of New Hampshire! Way to go! We're so proud to be a part of this wonderful breed, and we're so happy that others are recognizing the value of Chinooks as well.

Snow!

Yesterday we got over 17 inches of snow in one day. This was Aspen's first real experience with snow. All of the other snow days that we've had here in Colorado this year have resulted in a lot less snow on the ground. Well, the dogs loved it!! They think snow is the greatest thing on Earth besides bones and playing with other dogs. It was fun watching them run around and bound through the snow, biting at it and sticking their heads into it. We took some pictures of Kaya and Aspen frolicking in the snow.

Kaya leaping through the snow.

Kaya posing in the snow.

Kaya sticking her nose into the snow to bite it.

Both girls posing for a picture break (Aspen left, Kaya right).

Playing chase in the snow is fun!

More playing.

Aspen leaping through the snow.

Kaya looking up in play. It's as if she's saying, "What's next??"

What a cutie! Aspen with snow on her nose.