Hurricane Chinooks
In Retirement . . .
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NBOB GR CH 'PR' Mystic's Hurricane Sydney TT BIS Mystic's Hurricane Sydney in Canada in August 2006. Sydney is a wonderful show dog, but she does keep me on my toes
at other times. When it is time for her to go into her crate,
she will actually assess if there are enough treats in the crate
to make it worth her while to actually get in the crate. On the
other hand, as a couch potato, she is a wonderful snuggler.
Her showing career has been exemplary. In her first year of showing
she already boasts a Best in Multi-Breed Show, and her biggest win was at
the 2005 Chinook National Specialty, where she attained the title
National Best of Breed
(NBOB) when she won the 2005 National Specialty.
She has excellent movement and demonstrates wonderful control over
her body. She is better balanced than most of my Chinooks and almost
always has a positive attitude in the ring. Of course, it is important to
let her think it was her idea to show well!
U.K.C. Registered Name: NBOB GRCH 'PR' Mystic's Hurricane Sydney Birth Name: Mystic's Hurricane Sydney Born: April 19, 2003 Sire: GR CH 'PR' Hurricane Janacek Dam: 'PR' Rain Mountain Anasazi Mystic Hips: OFA 'good' (CI229G27F-PI)         PennHIP Heart: No evaluation to date Eyes: CERF certificate CHI-255 Date of last eye exam: March 7, 2008 Temperament Test (TT) National Best of Breed (NBOB), United Kennel Club (UKC) Grand Champion (GR CH), United Kennel Club (UKC) She's keeping me on my toes! |
GR CH INTL/NAT CH ARBA CH 'PR' Hurricane
Chaser DNA-VIP TT NSW BIS
Chaser is out of U-CD GR CH 'PR' Romano's Tundra DNA-VIP OFA by GR CH
Hurricane Mackenzie DNA-VIP OFA. She is a solid Chinook with endless
energy and strength. Although quite a serious dog, she loves to run
for hours in the field with the rest of the Chinooks. She is
particularly strong,
well-muscled and has a very well-balanced body. She is noted for her
extremely smooth and efficient movement. Chaser weighs approximately
50 pounds and is a little over 21 inches at the shoulder. U.K.C. Registered Name: GR CH 'PR' Hurricane Chaser DNA-VIP Birth Name: 'PR' Hurricane Chaser Born: August 5, 1996 Sire: GR CH Hurricane Mackenzie Dam: U-CD GR CH 'PR' Romano's Tundra 20387 Hips: OFA 'good' (89G25F-T)         PennHIP Patellas: OFA 'normal-practitioner' CI-PA10/139F/P-PI Heart: OFA 'normal' (CI-CA8/35F/C-T) Eyes: CERF certificate (CHI-121) Date of last eye exam: August 22, 2004 DNA: DNA-VIP Temperament Test (TT) Grand Champion (GR CH), United Kennel Club (UKC) Champion (CH), American Rare Breed Association (ARBA) International Champion (Intl CH), IABCA National Champion (Nat CH), IABCA 2005 National Specailty Grand Champion class winner at almost 9 years of age 2000 National Specialty Winner 2000 #1 Top Ten Chinook, United Kennel Club 1999 #2 Top Ten Chinook, United Kennel Club 1998 #1 Top Ten Chinook, United Kennel Club Best in Show Winner (BIS), United Kennel Club DNA Profiled and Parentage Identified (DNA-VIP), United Kennel Club |
GR CH 'PR' Hurricane Keeper DNA-VIP TT
U.K.C. Registered Name: GR CH 'PR' Hurricane Keeper Birth Name: Hurricane Keeper Born: November 20, 2002 Sire: GR CH 'PR' Hurricane Janacek Dam: 'PR' Hurricane Riker Hips: OFA 'good' (CI-234G24F-PI) Heart: No evaluation to date Eyes: CERF certificate (CHI-202) Punctate cataract significance unknown Date of last eye exam: 17 October 2006 Temperament Test (TT) Champion (CH), United Kennel Club (UKC) Grand Champion (GR CH), United Kennel Club (UKC) She's really cute! Hurricane Keeper at 9 weeks of age |
GR CH Hurricane Electra DNA-VIP OFA
Electra is out of GR CH 'PR' Hurricane Kniki DNA-VIP OFA by GR CH Hurricane
Mackenzie DNA-VIP OFA. She is a very special girl to me as she carries
many of her father's traits. In addition, she and I just seem to have
a special bond. She is a wonderful
companion and trusted house pet. However, Electra spends much of her day
running in the pasture with my other Chinooks. She is the easiest to spot
as she takes her long graceful stides running with the group. She is a
very serious young lady and seems to have the potential to be a very
dedicated sled dog. She doesn't demonstrate excitement at being harnessed
as many other Chinooks do, but once the team moves out, her line is never
slack. She is a wonderful companion with a very focused work ethic.
Electra during her September 2006 vacation to Canada.
Heart: no test to date NONE NONE Champion (CH), United Kennel Club (UKC) Grand Champion (GR CH), United Kennel Club (UKC) DNA Profiled and Parentage Identified (DNA-VIP), United Kennel Club Picture © Kathy Garcia Photo |
GR CH 'PR' Hurricane Starseeker
Starseeker is currently missing in the Ashland, KY area.
A reward is being offered for her return.
Hurricane Starseeker was the foundation bitch
of Starfire Chinooks. She has produced a number of very nice puppies and she
is now spayed and retired.
U.K.C. Registered Name: GR CH 'PR' Hurricane Starseeker DNA-VIP Birth Name: Hurricane Starseeker Born: 1999 Sire: GR CH Hurricane Mackenzie DNA-VIP Dam: GR CH Hurricane Kniki DNA-VIP Hips:  OFA "Excellent" (CI-123E31F-PI) PennHIP results: Age: 31 monthsHeart: OFA scheduled for August 2003 Eyes: CERF Normal (CHI-160/2003--50) Date of last eye exam: July 23, 2003 DNA: DNA-VIP
NONE Grand Champion (GR CH), United Kennel Club (U.K.C.) DNA Profiled (DNA-VIP), United Kennel Club |
In Memory . . .
NOTE: This section is in memory of Chinooks who have passed
on from Hurricane Chinooks. They have been a critical part of the history of
Hurricane Chinooks and have been contributors to the Chinook breed as a whole.
Hurricane Chinooks is proud to have had these Chinooks be a part of our lives. GR CH 'PR' Laughing Mountain Grean Bean
Green Bean was born at Laughing Mountain Chinooks in Boulder, Colorado. She
had grown into being a beautiful adult. She has passed all her health tests and
had just finished her Grand Championship when, at just four years of age, she
suddenly passed away. A necropsy indicated a hidden condition that struck with
no warning.
Green Bean's passing was a devistating loss to Hurricane Chinooks. She was
more than just an ordinary Chinook. She was outstanding in almost every way,
including as a wonderful family pet. She is greatly missed.
Tchoutacabouffa lived with her human family,
her puppy Stitch, and Great Mountain Tecumseh, in North Carolina. She was a
beautiful Chinook with wonderful structure and bone, and an outgoing temperament.
She was from a litter where all the siblings had a CERF certificate, were OFA
'excellent' hips and were UKC grand champions. OK, so there were only two in
the litter, but both Tchoutacabouffa and her sister, Electra, were wonderful
Chinooks. Electra is
still living in South Carolina at Hurricane Chinooks.
Tchoutacabouffa's only open offspring is GR CH 'PR' Hurricane Nittany, a Reserve
Best in Multi-breed Show winner, who just had her
first litter in November of
2010.
Tchoutacabouffa (pronounced CHEW-tu-ku-buff - the 'u's are short) was
named after the Tchoutacabouffa River in Mississippi.
U-CD GR CH INTL/NAT CH ARBA CH DFUSA CH 'PR' Romano's
Tundra DNA-P OFA CGC BIS
Tundra is out of Winterset Nannette by Timbermists Lucky Pierre. She is
extremely intelligent, has a strong desire to please and is a wonderful
snuggle puppy. Tundra weighs approximately 50 pounds. She is known for
her bubbly personality, and although light-framed, she is extremely strong
with seemingly endless endurance. Her workability is evidenced by her
successful completion of Search and Rescue dog training as a
tracking/trailing dog. In addition, she successfully
competed in many conformation show venues, including UKC, IABCA, WWKC,
ARBA and DFUSA. In 1997 she placed Best in Show in a Canine Rarities Shows
multi-breed show. She made both the
1998, the 1999 and the
2000 UKC Top Ten list.
Tundra is also a UKC Companion Dog, making her
the first Chinook to be a UKC Total Dog.
GR CH ARBA Master CH Hurricane Kniki DNA-VIP OFA TT
Percentile:   50th - This indicates the ranking of
Hurricane Kniki's passive hip laxity (DI) in relation to all
breeds in the PennHIP database. This result means that Kniki's
hips lie within the 50th percentile or median range. The median
DI for this group is 0.50.
On April 23, 2003, at just 6 1/2 years old, 'PR' Hurricane Riker
passed away. She had contracted a fungal infection that was so rare
that it could not be positively identified. She probably had already
contracted the problem when she was bred in 2003. However, she
carried her litter to term and delivered a beautiful litter of puppies
in November 2003. Chaser, her sister, took over all the mothering
duties when the puppies were nursing, and Riker underwent treatment,
but the infection continued. Fortunately it was
not contagious. Until her last few days she seemed happy
and enjoyed yard time with the other dogs and puppies. Early the
morning of the 23rd she asked to go out. She was let out of her crate
and her first stop was to sit by the whelping box where Starseeker's 3
week old puppies were. She leaned up against the box and let the puppies
reach over the top and grab her ears--I could almost see her smile as she
seemed so content. She enjoyed puppies more than any Chinook
I've ever owned.
I feel so lucky to have had this time with her. She was such a sweet
dog. I'm sure her puppies will be a great asset to the breed and
wonderful companions for their people. Her daughter from her only
litter, 'PR' Hurricane Keeper, stayed with me and is a really sweet, fun
Chinook. I will miss Riker greatly.
Birth Name: 'PR' Hurricane Riker To see upcoming United Kennel Club activities, browse over to their
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Herding pictures are by Sandy Smith; copyright Sandy
Smith, 1999. All other pictures are by Joyce Maley; copyright Joyce Maley,
1998-2003.
Grean Bean playing in the back yard water tank and, a year later, during her
2009 vacation in Ontario
She definately like water!
U.K.C. Registered Name: 'PR' Laughing Mountain Green Bean
Birth Name: Laughing Mountain Green Bean
Born: February 9, 2007
Sire: CH 'PR' Springcreek Lambeau Leap
Dam: CH 'PR' Hurricane Freyja Rain
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Hips: OFA 'good' CI-388G25F-VPI
Elbows: OFA 'normal' CI-EL40F25-VPI
Patellas: OFA 'normal-practitioner'
Heart: OFA 'normal - practitioner' CI-CA30/13F/P-VPI
Eyes: Certificate CHI-447
Date of last eye exam: June 24, 2009
Temperament and Behavioral Certification
NONE
NONE
NONE
Green Bean vacationing at Turtle Lake in Ontario, in August 2009.
GR CH Hurricane Tchoutacabouffa OFA DNA-VIP
U.K.C. Registered Name: GR CH 'PR' Hurricane Tchoutacabouffa DNA-VIP
Birth Name: GR CH 'PR' Hurricane Tchoutacabouffa
Born: November 12, 1998
Sire: GR CH Hurricane Mackenzie
Dam: CH Hurricane Kniki
Hips: OFA 'excellent'
Heart: No evaluation to date
Eyes: CERF Normal
DNA: DNA-VIP
NONE
Grand Champion (GR CH), United Kennel Club (U.K.C.)
DNA Profiled and Parentage Identified (DNA-VIP), United Kennel Club
Tundra did a wonderful job with her four litters, as she is a very caring
and devoted mother. One of her greatest accomplishments is producing the
1998 #1 Top Ten Chinook, GR CH 'PR' Hurricane Chaser; and the 1998 Top Ten Best
of Breed winner, GR CH 'PR' Hurricane Tobruk. Her litter from the end of
November, 1999 has already produced two UKC Champions.
UKC Registered Name: U-CD GR CH 'PR' Romano's Tundra DNA-P
Birth Name: Romano's Tundra
Born: September 17, 1992
Sire: Timbermist's Lucky Pierre
Dam: Winterset Nanette
Hips: OFA Good (
CI-36G24F-T)
Heart: OFA Normal (
CI-CA3/82F/C-T)
Eyes: CERF Normal (CFI-122)
Date of last eye exam: August 22, 2004
DNA: DNA-P
First Chinook to become a UKC Total Dog
Dam of GR CH 'PR' Hurricane Chaser, 1998 and 2000 #1 Top Ten Chinook and
      2000 National Specialty Winner
Dam of CH 'PR' Hurricane Hunter, working Search and Rescue (SAR) dog
Dam of GR CH 'PR' Hurricane Tobruk, First Chinook Best of Breed Top Ten winner
Top Producing Female - recognized in the October 2003 issue of Bloodlines
AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC)
Companion Dog (U-CD), United Kennel Club (UKC)
Grand Champion (GR CH), United Kennel Club (UKC)
Champion (CH), American Rare Breed Association (ARBA)
Champion (CH), Dog Fanciers USA (DFUSA)
International Champion (Intl CH), IABCA
National Champion (Nat CH), IABCA
Best in Show Winner (BIS), Canine Rarities Shows
DNA Profiled (DNA-P), United Kennel Club
Kniki is out of U-CD GR CH 'PR' Romano's Tundra DNA-VIP OFA by GR CH
North Wind Kodiac DNA-P OFA. Although she is a bit heavier boned than
my other females, she is a very agile dog. She is approximately 21
inches at the shoulder and weighs a little over 50 pounds.
In the conformation ring her best assets are movement, head structure
and bone. She is a UKC Grand Champion, and on August 18, 2002, became the
Chinook breed's first ARBA Master Champion.
She was a truly unique puppy when
growing up. Her nickname is Kniki "Not Gotta Clue," which she earned
early in life. However, that is
very deceptive. She is actually one of the smartest Chinooks I have.
At a very early age she realized that unless I was right next to her, she
could do anything she wanted without getting in trouble. She would fake
not being able to hear me so that I would leave her out in the yard to
play until she was ready to come in. For a while I considered
taking her to a
specialist to see if she was deaf. However, I soon found that I only
had to whisper "Milkbone Dog Biscuit" and she would be right at my side.
She had trained me well!
Unlike any other Chinook I have raised, as a puppy, she was a chewer.
She chewed
a hole in my couch and dug holes in the yard. In
addition, leather shoes were her favorite. One day when I
was getting ready for work, I felt tugging at my foot. I looked
down and there was Kniki. She had her paws wrapped around my
foot and was leisurely munching away at
the back of my shoe while I was wearing it! Fortunately
she has outgrown all her bad habits and is now a most trusted
house dog. She is also a wonderful dog to travel with.
Kniki has been bred three times. In my opinion she has produced a couple
of the best puppies I've ever seen come from my line. One has become a U.K.C.
Grand Champion and three have become U.K.C. Champions. In addition, she has
produced three offspring that have OFA 'excellent' hips.
U.K.C. Registered Name: GR CH 'PR' Hurricane Kniki DNA-VIP
Birth Name: 'PR' Hurricane Kniki
Born: February 2, 1995
Sire: GR CH North Wind Kodiac
Dam: U-CD GR CH 'PR' Romano's Tundra
Hips: OFA Good (CI-56G24F)
          PennHIP
Age: 64 months
Heart: OFA Normal (CI-CA4/53F/C-T)
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TDistraction
Index (DI)0.52
DI is greater than 0.30 with no radiographic evidence of DJD. There is an increasing risk of developing DJD and the DI increases; low risk when DI is close to 0.30, high risk when DI is close to 0.70 or above.
Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)
None
Cavitation
No
Other Findings
N/A
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TDistraction
Index (DI)0.50
DI is greater than 0.30 with no radiographic evidence of DJD. There is an increasing risk of developing DJD and the DI increases; low risk when DI is close to 0.30, high risk when DI is close to 0.70 or above.
Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)
None
Cavitation
No
Other Findings
N/A
Eyes: CERF Normal (CHI-119)
Date of last eye exam: August 22, 2004
DNA: DNA-VIP
Temperament Test (TT)
Grand Champion (GR CH), United Kennel Club (U.K.C.)
Master Champion (ARBA Master CH), American Rare Breed Association (ARBA)
First Chinook to become an ARBA Master Champion
DNA Profiled and Parentage Identified (DNA-VIP), United Kennel Club
First Place Award for the Silliest Lapdog in the Lapdog Class of New Jersey
'PR' Hurricane Riker DNA-VIP OFA CGC
Born: August 5, 1996
Sire: GR CH Hurricane Mackenzie
Dam: U-CD GR CH Romano's Tundra
Hips: OFA Good (CI-88G26F-T)
Heart: OFA Normal (CI-CA7/35F/C-T)
Eyes: CERF Normal (CHI-120/2001--60)
Date of last eye exam: August 19, 2001
DNA: DNA-VIP
AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC)
NONE
DNA Profiled (DNA-VIP), United Kennel Club
You can contact the U.K.C. National Breed Club,
the Chinook Owners Association (COA),
for additional information about U.K.C. Chinook information.
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