  Malibu was one of those always happy dogs
The compromise turned out
to be me showing Malibu to his championship and then having him sire a
litter with Frontier Rain Dancer mcKenzie, whom I co-owned with Kay Lee
Brown. The result of that breeding was my sweet Lolo, one of the most
gorgeous Chinook bitches I ever had the pleasure to know. The
sole male from that litter, rodion, lived with Pam and tim Wilmot until
he was tragically killed in a house fire when he was just four years
old. Luckily he had sired one litter for his co-owner, Susan Fletcher
of Frontier Chinooks, before he died so his genes were not lost. Like
his sister Rodion was a magnificent big Chinook with a traditional
build. But back to Malibu. I was able to freeze semen from malibu
before he was neutered so he is still available for breeding though he
passed away in March of 2013. Please email ginger@rainmountain.net
for info on using Malibu at stud.
Malibu made a lasting dent
in the hearts of the Theime family and they are hoping to add another
Chinook to their family later this year. I know that I would welcome a
Chinook like him -- personality, looks, or both -- at any time. He's
one of those dogs that doesn't come along often. |
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Malibu was the running
buddy of Carla Theime, the family pet of the whole Theime family, and
the living teddy bear of the Tehime girls as they navigated their teen
years. to me, he was the son of my heart dog, Thunder and a fun dog to
show. If I could have kept all the dogs I wanted, he would have stayed
with me rather than go to Carla but at the time i was living in
suburbia and had just gained a nasty neighbor whose chief hobby seemed
to be peeking over the fence to spy on me and file complaints with any
county bureau who would listen to him (all were found to be baseless
thank goodness).
