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Silly me. After ten years with one hosting company, I thought it would be a simple project to take down all of the Rain Mountain website and move it to a new hosting company. Hah! Little did I realize how big and complex the website had grown over the years. So the Rain Mountain website is currently undergoing a major overhaul. In the meantime, I am slowly getting information back up as the situation demands: the passing of Quinn and Rorik, a new litter at Frontier Chinooks (double grandpups of Rain Mountain), and so on. Slowly, very slowly. If you need any specific information at all, please email info@rainmountain.net in the meantime. I will do my best to keep this page updated with the latest and greatest in the way of news and events while I rebuild the website to its former status. Thanks for your patience. SAVE THE DATE August 14th 2nd Annual Chinook Picnic at the Rain Mountain Slug Ranch email ginger@rainmountain.net for more information  Last year's picnic had over 40 Chinooks playing together while their owners enjoyed burgers and hot dogs, washed down with micro brews, local wines, and sodas. We're hoping for an even bigger turn-out this year. Bring your Chinook, Chinook-Alike, or Chinook-Wannabe, a dish to share, and a lawn chair. We have trails to walk, critters for your Chinook to chase, and conversation for the humans. Welcome to Rain Mountain Check back often for the debut of our updated website with new information, new accomplishments, and new litters planned. If you have any suggestions, feel free to email them to the webmaster. As of June, 2010 here are the current plans and available Chinooks. Adults for Placement I may have a young male (3 years old) available for placement but I'm looking for a very specific situation: He will do best in a home where he has possibly another dog to play with, family that will be around most of the time, and who are willing to work with some insecurities that he has after a bad experience in his life. I would prefer that they be here in the Northwest so that I can keep in close contact with them. He's good with kids and cats of his own. Contact info@rainmountain.net for our Prospective Owner Questionaire. The Chinook Owners Association (COA) is in the process of rescuing some Chinooks from Canada. These are dogs that have spent their lives living in a musher's dog yard and are roughly ages 5 on up. They will need to learn to be a suburban house dog. For more information, contact COA Rescue at mgoist1@yahoo.com. I can't personally vouch for these dogs but do want to help creatures in need. You Don't Fool with Mother Nature (but she may fool us) Though we bred Lolo (Ch. PR BrownStone Lolo Kumtux of Rain CGC) to UWP Grand Ch. PR Rain Mountain Potlatch Kodiak just before Thanksgiving, Lolo pulled a prank on us. I've only had this happen one other time in all my years of breeding Chinooks. She had us all convinced she was pregnant, what with hiding her food, being sleepier than usual, and even fooling our vet when he palpated her. He was sure that her uterus felt pregnant even though he couldn't actually feel the babies. That wasn't unusual since Lolo is a big girl and can easily hide pups up under her ribs. She had us so convinced that we gave her the four week check-up and a six week check up. We had an eight week check up schedule since that is the earliest that an x-ray will show the babies. (Prior to this their skeletons are not calcified sufficiently.) But just prior to that she decided that she wasn't pregnant after all. Perhaps she decided that Quileute was her baby as she did start washing the little girl pup like crazy about this time. I am quite disappointed that she is not pregnant but I've learned not to even attempt to predict Mother Nature. I know that Lolo and Kodi could produce gorgeous babies. I'll give Lolo time off and let her rest for a year and will try the same breeding this fall. She's in the prime of her life now at five years old so we don't have any need to rush. Kodi is still ready, willing, and able.
If you are interested in a pup from one of my planned upcoming litters, drop me an email and I'll get you started on the process. If for any reason (such as Mother Nature pitching me a third strike) I don't have pups available for you, I will pass your name on to one of the other breeders planning litters here in the Northwest. Most of the Northwest litters involve dogs that are descendants of my Rain Mountain lines and/or I know the dogs in their pedigrees well so I can readily vouch for the health and soundness of their backgrounds. Corine Lindhorst of High Plains Chinooks in Great Falls, Montana is planning a litter, and Carie Taylor of Moonsong Chinooks in Kirkland, Washington is planning a summer litter. Do keep in mind that the best time to talk to breeders is when they are planning and breedings litters. Many will have a waiting list that fills up quickly even before the pups are born. Once the female is bred, the pregnancy can be confirmed when she's about four weeks along and the total gestation is nine weeks. The pups stay with their dam for at least eight weeks after they are born. Thanks for visiting. Come back often as we add more information. Ginger
Corley
Photos above: Above left, Thunder
always had a favorite teddy bear that he carried around the house.
Above right, Fisher Creek, which forms the west border of our property,
after a winter storm. It has a salmon run each fall.
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