Meet Maple

Barkerville X Sweet Maple Mae

DOB: 5/3/2021

Sire: Vanguard North Brother Mtn (1st generation CBCP Cross)

Dam: Barkerville Cora Anne (Purebred Chinook)

Height: 22.5"

Weight: 50 lbs

Hips: OFA Excellent

Eyes: CAER Normal (2024)

Genetics: Clear of MRD1, increased risk of CDDY/IVDD, carries for dwarfism

Other: Seizure and allergy free.

2022: ChesterH Sweetie Award, COA Chinook National Specialty

Maple is 2nd generation in the COA’s Chinook Breed Conservation Program and brings genetic diversity to the table. When bred with a purebred Chinook Maple’s puppies will be eligible to be registered as UKC purebreds. Maple is expecting puppies in December 2024.

Maple is a sweet girl with beautiful conformation and movement. She loves living with her papa, Brud. She's not shy, but she needs a moment when meeting new people. She is a friend after that.

Maple lent her likeness to Sweet Maple Mae Sugar Shack.
She is sweeter than the maple syrup that is named after her.

See Maple's pedigree on Dogs Global - Chinook Global Database (dogsglobal.com)

Meet Maple's puppies from her 1st litter!

Maple had 6 puppies on December 9 and 10, 2024. Desert Sol Arlo Baci is the sire of these pups, which the 3rd generation of a Chinook crossbreeding with a Tamaskan Dog. Read more about the Chinook-Tamaskan crosses and the lineage of these puppies in our Crossbreeding section.

During an early winter storm in Maine, we gathered in our own little world oblivious of the outside conditions. All of our attention was focused on Maple and the pending arrival of her puppies. The first puppy arrived shortly after 7 pm on 12/9/24. Maple whelped with relative ease and tended to her pups with focused care.

We were delighted to welcome 3 females and 3 male Chinooks into the world and invite you to meet them below.

Name That Tune Litter

Have you ever been singing along with a song and someone dear comes to your mind? This litter's theme is Name That Tune. Puppy names come from song titles (some favorite oldies). I am imagining people serenading their Chinook with sweet lyrics from each of these songs - serenading them across their lifetime.

Let me introduce you to the Name That Tune puppies!

Sylvie Sol, formerly Daisy Jane

Daisy Jane, a tawny female, arrived at 7:20 pm on 12/9/24., weighing in at 16.07 oz.

Daisy Jane is a tawny pup with a dark muzzle. She has a nice front and a strong rear. While she has lesser bone than her 2 sisters, she has a solid body. She has a nice head with a short and deep muzzle with a deep back skull which makes for a really nice wedge-shaped head. She is a sweet girl and has been enjoying exploring beyond the whelping box.

The song, Daisy Jane by America, contains this passage that I enjoy singing to this sweet puppy:

Do you really love me?

I hope you do

Like the stars above me

How I love you

Able, formerly Sweet Baby James

Able, whose puppy name was Sweet Baby James, is a tawny male who arrived at 8:14 pm on 12/9/24., weighing in at 16.02 oz.

The 1st conformation evaluation found that he has a nice front, straight legs, a broader chest, and heavier bone. He has a strongest rear in the litter with straight legs that a moderately placed and are well muscled. He has a nicely balanced body with a level topline, a better forechest, and a strong neck. SBJ has proper rear and front angulation with a stronger stifle He is well muscled and has greater overall substance.

The song, Sweet Baby James by James by James Taylor contains this passage that I sing to this puppy:

Goodnight, you moonlight ladies

Rockabye, sweet baby James

Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose

Won't you let me go down in my dreams?

And rockabye, sweet baby James

Quimbo, formerly Bridge

Bridge is a black and tan male who arrived at 9:25 pm on 12/9/24., weighing in at 14.8 oz.

Bridge has a nice front with straight legs. He has a narrower chest, lesser bone and less overall substance than his brothers. Bridge has a nice rear with straight legs that a moderately spaced. Bridge has a nice head with a strong underjaw. He has a proper stop and a nice wedge-shape.

The song, Bridge Over Troubled Waters by Simon & Garfunkel, is the source of his name and contains this passage that I sing to him:

When you're weary

Feeling small

When tears are in your eyes

I'll dry them all

I'm on your side

Oh, when times get rough

Bowie, formerly Friend

Friend, a gray male, arrived at 12:07 am on 12/10/24., weighing in at 15.2 oz.

Friend is a silver tawny puppy. He has a nice front with straight legs. He has a proper turnout at the foot. Friend has a nice rear with straight legs that a moderately spaced. Friend is long in the body and is a leggy boy. He has nice substance. Friend has a nice head. He has a short muzzle, a proper stop, and an aquiline nose.

Friend gets his name from the song title, Whenever I Call You Friend by Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks. I sing these words to him and he pays rapt attention:

Whenever I call you "friend"

I believe I've come to understand

Everywhere we are

You and I were meant to be

Forever and ever

Juniper, formerly Lovely

Juniper, whose puppy name was Lovely, is a tawny female who arrived at 12:31 am on 12/10/24., weighing in at 14.3 oz. She is, indeed Lovely.

Lovely is a tawny pup with a dark muzzle. She has a nice front with straight legs. She toes out on both feet, slightly more on the right. She has a strong rear with straight legs that a moderately placed and are well muscled. She has heavy bone, a nice topline, and lovely balance. She has a good upper arm and a better layback of shoulder. She has a nice broad and curved stifle. Lovely had a nice head with a shorter and deeper muzzle and strong underjaw. She has an aquiline nose and almost too much of a stop. She has a wedge-shaped head with a rounded and deeper back skull

The song, Isn't She Lovely by Stevie Wonder provides her name and I sing these words to her:

Isn't she lovely?

Isn't she wonderful?

Isn't she precious?

Less than one minute old

River, formerly Sun

River, whose puppy name was Sun, is a buff female who arrived at 3:41 am on 12/10/24., weighing in at 15.5 oz.

Sun is a buff puppy. She has a nice front with straight legs and a broader chest than her sisters. She has a proper turnout at the foot. She has a strong rear with straight legs that a moderately placed and are well muscled. She is longer than tall. She has a nice long upper arm, making strong front angulation. She is leggy and has heavy bone. At the initial conformation evaluation Sun appeared to have an underbite. This evaluation noted that this has resolved and she has a proper scissors bite.

The song, Here Comes the Sun by Beatles provides her name and I sing this to her:

Little darling, the smile's returning to their faces

Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun

Here comes the sun, and I say

It's all right