Originally posted by wolf_Q
How do you know that Nova has Chinook in her for sure? I'm just wondering as that's a fairly rare breed.

1. Does it really matter?

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2. I email a breed specialist and he said "She looks pretty damn close." Meaning, yes, from the pics I sent him she looks exactly like one, infact, just like his dog Jamie. (she was a cutie, he sent me a pic!)


Also, on a website there are tons of pics of Chinooks that look EXACTLY like Nova, down to fur markings, height, weight and personlitly. She fits breed standard and has the personlitly that Chinook's are known to have. She has a pull drive, and a high prey drive (although many other dog's do) just like the chinook. So, am I 100% sure, no, but does that really matter? Nova LOVES to pull and she loves to run. To combine the two I am going to do bikejoring, they say even a Poodle can do it, so I don't see why my dog, who is assumed to be Chinook, or at least has the build of a Chinook, can't do it.

Glacier, I used a harness we have at home (it's not pull safty though) and Nova would run after lil critters who were in the yards, but only if we were going slow. Once we picked up the speed she didn't think about anything but the road. And after only one run with her on this harness, she did really well with leaving things, like there were dog's barking in a yard that she went after, I told her "On by" and she kinda got the idea. But, then on the way back I said "On by" and she didn't pay attention (we've been working on this command, I use it instead of Leave it.)

Thanx for the help! I might look into the Bikedog thing if This ends up not working out!!

Ash