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 March 1, 2011 here are the current plans and available Chinooks. Please forgive the many links that are not yet functioning and the sections where information is still lacking. With a Little Help from Mother Nature The plan to breed Boreayl Salishan of Rain to the very handsome Frontier Rafferty, bred and owned by Susan Fletcher of Frontier Chinooks, was planned for this fall and winter. Salishan is a very solid Chinook girl with amazing athleticism. She flies over fences as if they aren't there. However, once again we missed the window of opportunity. We now know that Salishan cycles very quickly so we plan to try again as soon as she goes into season, which should be sometime in April., Rafferty will move in here well ahead of time so we can't be caught off guard. Once the Salishan is bred, the pregnancy can be confirmed when she's about four weeks along and the total gestation is nine weeks. The pups will stay with her for at least eight weeks after they are born before they are ready to leave for a home of their own. So when we talk about breeding, you'll want to add 9 weeks for gestation plus 8 weeks for time with their mom to calculate when they will be ready for new homes. So if Salishan is bred in late April, she'll have pups in late June or early July and her pups will leave home in August. Lolo will be bred this fall to the very handsome Frontier Jackson. Jackson lives in the Midwest but luckily left some of the necessary souvenirs in Oregon with his breeder, Susan Fletcher of Frontier Chinooks the last time he was visiting. Lolo has had two litters before so I know she's a great mom dog and she absolutely LOVES having babies around. It doesn't even matter if they are hers or not, she mothers every pup that comes her way. I would anticipate breeding Lolo in October or November for pups that would be born in mid to late January of 2012. That would meant hey would be ready for new homes roughly March of 2012.
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 another 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 very 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. 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 every year in late fall during which the dogs suddenly go bonkers sine the salmon all die after laying and fertilizing the eggs.. The dogs' coats begin to glisten from the salmon oil but they also have the distinctive odor of dead fish since rolling in them is oh so much fun. Copyright © Ginger Corley, Rain Mountain Chinooks, 1988 to present. No material may be reproduced without permission, though permission is usually granted. Logo by Susan Fletcher, Frontier Chinooks, used here with permission and much appreciation of her great talent. |
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In
addition to these litters planned here at the Rain Mountain Slug Ranch,
there are several Rain Mountain Chinooks around the country that are
"on the singles scene" you might say. We have several young
males
that are at stud; you can meet these boys when you visit the Rain
Mountain Family webpage (currently under construction). Some
of them have hot dates lined
up,
which might mean that stud fee pups are coming back. If you
own a
female Chinook and would like more information on any of these males,
drop a note to